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slows (down or up)

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present tense third-person singular of slow (down or up)

Synonyms & Antonyms of slows (down or up)

as in decelerates

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for slows (down or up)

decelerates

ambles,
eases,
inches,
lumbers,
plods,
saunters,
shuffles,
staggers,
strolls

filibusters,
procrastinates,
stalls,
temporizes

hangs (around or out),
idles,
loafs,
lolls,
lounges

fiddles (around),
fools around,
messes around,
monkeys (around),
plays,
potters (around),
putters (around),
trifles

crawls,
creeps,
dallies,
dawdles,
delays,
diddles,
dillydallies,
drags,
lags,
lingers,
loiters,
lollygags
(also lallygags),
mopes,
pokes,
shilly-shallies,
tarries

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for slows (down or up)

barrels,
bolts,
careers,
courses,
dashes,
flies,
hastens,
hotfoots (it),
hurries,
races,
rips,
rockets,
runs,
rushes,
scoots,
scuds,
scurries,
speeds,
tears,
whirls,
whisks,
whizzes,
zips

bowls,
breezes,
darts,
humps,
hurtles,
hustles,
scrambles,
stampedes

gallops,
jogs,
runs,
sprints,
trots

accelerates,
quickens,
speeds (up)

catches up,
fast-forwards,
outpaces,
outruns,
outstrips,
overtakes

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“Slows (down or up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slows%20%28down%20or%20up%29. Accessed 20 May. 2022.

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