Synonyms of slowing (down or up)

slowing (down or up)

verb

present participle of slow (down or up)

as in hanging (around or out)

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hanging (around or out)
• decelerating
• strolling
• fiddling (around)
• staggering
• fooling around
• ambling
• puttering (around)
• shuffling
• pottering (around)
• sauntering
• inching
• messing around
• monkeying (around)
• procrastinating
• plodding
• temporizing
• easing
• stalling
• idling
• lumbering
• filibustering
• loafing
• lounging
• trifling
• lolling
• lingering
• delaying
• lagging
• loitering
• dawdling
• dragging
• moping
• playing
• creeping
• diddling
• lallygagging
• crawling
• lollygagging
• poking
• tarrying
• dillydallying
• dallying
• shilly-shallying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flying
• tearing
• speeding
• rushing
• running
• hurrying
• racing
• whirling
• hastening
• ripping
• dashing
• scurrying
• coursing
• whizzing
• bolting
• barreling
• scudding
• whisking
• scooting
• speeding (up)
• zipping
• rocketing
• hotfooting (it)
• careering
• darting
• scrambling
• hurtling
• hustling
• humping
• bowling
• stampeding
• running
• galloping
• breezing
• trotting
• jogging
• catching up
• accelerating
• sprinting
• barrelling
• quickening
• outstripping
• overtaking
• outpacing
• outrunning
• fast-forwarding