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snail

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of snail

someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others

  • go and tell the snails in the back to hurry up
Synonyms of snail

crawler, dallier, dawdler, dragger, laggard, lagger, lingerer, loiterer, plodder, slowpoke, straggler
Words Related to snail

latecomer

idler, lazybones, loafer, lounger, slouch, slug, sluggard

delayer, procrastinator
Near Antonyms of snail

go-getter, hustler, scrambler

hurrier, rusher, speeder
Antonyms of snail

speedster

snail

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of snail

to move slowly

  • the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles
Synonyms of snail

crawl, creak (along), creep, drag, inch, limp, nose, ooze, plod, poke, slouch
Words Related to snail

lumber, shamble, shuffle, tramp, trudge
Near Antonyms of snail

float, glide, sail

hurry, tear
Antonyms of snail

fly, race, speed, whiz (or whizz), zip

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