SLOWISH Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

slowish

adjective

Definition of slowish

as in sluggish

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Recent Examples of slowish Outside of slowish feet, Suniev is the complete package as a player. — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026 Yadav and Rohit Sharma combined for 53 off 40 balls but the slowish Delhi pitch didn’t allow the Mumbai stars to run away. — ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slowish

Adjective

The company has also contended with sluggish sales due to softer consumer demand and mounting competition.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
At the same time, sluggish growth makes new projects harder to finance, particularly at rents that lower-income residents can pay.

— Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of sluggish

Adjective

Guests can choose to grab a smoothie and pastry to go or enjoy a leisurely breakfast of bacon and egg sammys on brioche buns or a forest mushroom and goat cheese omelet.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
For the next 20 minutes, Hutzler flies at a leisurely 35 mph (56 kph) above the expansive fields around Pueblo, a city near the Front Range mountains.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of leisurely

Adjective

Every initiative should identify its operational leading indicator, financial lagging indicator, value owner and realization mechanism.

— Todd Bernson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Just last month, Microsoft began layoffs of 20% of its Xbox employees as part of a sweeping reorganization to revive the company’s lagging games division.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of lagging

Adjective

Filmed largely in natural daylight, the film drifts between still, unhurried, panning shots to evoke not only the spiritual energy that keeps the temples humming but also a world in slow, gradual decay.

— Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
The climbing gym, meanwhile, feels unhurried and ad hoc, a relic of another time.

— Sarah Rose Siskind, Curbed, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of unhurried

Adjective

For comparison, the Canon CP1500—a speed demon for the 4-by-6-inch photo category—took roughly 40 seconds per photo, while the HP Sprocket Studio Plus averaged a pokey 121 seconds.

— M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 2 Aug. 2026
The region’s pokey residential construction pace is a big factor.

— Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026

Definition of poky

Adjective

The play depends on the creeping eeriness of thinking your place of comfort has been corrupted and undercut by evil.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
The warmth of the film—shot on location in Positano, Italy—only adds to its creeping, sexy menace.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026

Definition of creeping

Adjective

All is peaceful under the long, lazy loggia laden with vibrant fuschia bougainvillaea – the Passeggiata dei Monaci – and in the neat orchards low-hanging with fat, bobbly Amalfi lemons.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
With the White Sox clinging to a one-run lead, Anthony Kay erased Yordan Alvarez on a lineout and got Jose Altuve to hit a lazy fly ball, ending the threat.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026