SLOW (DOWN OR UP) Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

slow (down or up)

verb

Definition of slow (down or up)

as in to decelerate

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Those comments now has Aubrey Tianello, senior analyst at BNP Paribas Equity Research, noting that investors might be expecting decelerating comp growth at both core Dick’s and Foot Locker doors.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
That works beautifully during the build-out and gets ugly at exactly the moment growth decelerates, because that's when the depreciation from peak spending years hits an income statement that's no longer growing into it.

— Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of decelerate

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The charter Girardeau sailed with was about four miles out and almost at the its trip when word of the hammerhead was radioed out — the crew decided to take a chance and sped up the coast 15 minutes to see the shark still sauntering in the sea.

— Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026
Before sauntering down the stairwell to the dressing room, Stones stopped to sign autographs for fans in Inter’s pitchside hospitality suites.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of saunter

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The funding document stated that the funding would be staggered and tied to different stages of the project, such as the official announcement of filming in Madrid, the start of shooting, and that Madrid had to appear in the film’s title.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
Darwin, by then forty-nine and not in the greatest health, was staggered.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of stagger

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That, as well as other symptoms, can contribute to people with these disorders being more prone to procrastinate.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
According to accounts by Wright’s apprentices, after procrastinating on drawing any plans for nine months, Wright designed the house in two hours in September 1935 while the Kaufmanns were driving to his office to review them.

— Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026

Definition of procrastinate

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