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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

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

delayer, procrastinator

Near Antonyms of snail

go-getter, hustler, scrambler

hurrier, rusher, speeder

Antonyms of snail

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

Antonyms of snail

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

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