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

Starmer stepped down in July after two years in office, following missteps, policy U-turns and his failure to get Britain’s sluggish economy growing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
Along with Puma’s reset measures, the decline was driven by low demand in Europe as well as sluggish sales in the Middle East due to the ongoing conflict there, the company explained.

— Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 31 July 2026

Definition of sluggish

Adjective

With Prague Boats, a two-hour trip takes you out into the suburbs for a leisurely journey through a different side of Prague.

— Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 21 July 2026
Previously contained by Happy Madison and the occasional Gary Sánchez outing, we’re now inundated by comedies about the leisurely arts.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 July 2026

Definition of leisurely

Adjective

General Daily Insight for July 26, 2026 A slower pace could reveal what pressure has been hiding.

— Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
With a boat launch, any size motors are invited, but must be operated at a slow no-wake speed, according to the park website.

— Zuri Primos July 26, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026

Definition of slow

Adjective

Microsoft’s video game division plans to eliminate 3,200 jobs, or around 20% of its staff, over the next year as part of a sweeping reorganization to revive the company’s lagging games division.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
The United States typically experiences the lagging edge of Latin American displacement waves.

— Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025

Definition of lagging

Adjective

Dreamy piano phrases weave around understated guitars and an unhurried rhythm section, creating the feeling of rolling down an open highway with nowhere particular to be.

— Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026
The easy, unhurried pace of the ocean vanishes, and it’s replaced by the coordinated hustle of hundreds (or thousands) of passengers preparing to step back into reality.

— Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026

Definition of unhurried

Adjective

The loadout on sale here differs from our review model in a few ways, notably swapping an AMD Ryzen 5 processor in for the poky 12th-generation Intel Core i3 and doubling the RAM.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026
The region’s pokey residential construction pace is a big factor.

— Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026

Definition of poky

Adjective

In the nearly 90-second recording, Varela calls the customer service representative lazy, rude and racist and asks her for her name tag.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Summer could be the perfect time to savor just about anything—from the long, lazy days to the farmers-market-fresh flavors.

— Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026