" slow "

1: moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed;

  * e.g., " ... because of the holiday, traffic to the beach was particularly slow "

•  Synonyms : 

•  crawling,

•  creeping,

•  dallying,

•  dawdling,

•  dilatory,

•  dillydallying,

•  dragging,

•  laggard,

•  lagging,

•  languid,

•  leisurely,

•  poking,

•  poky,

•  sluggish,

•  snaillike,

•  snail-paced,

•  tardy,

•  unhurried

•  Antonyms : 

•  barreling,

•  bolting,

•  breakneck,

•  breathless,

•  brisk,

•  careering,

•  dizzy,

•  fast,

•  fleet,

•  flying,

•  hasty,

•  hurrying,

•  lightning,

•  meteoric,

•  quick,

•  racing,

•  rapid,

•  rocketing,

•  running,

•  rushing,

•  scooting,

•  scudding,

•  scurrying,

•  snappy,

•  speeding,

•  speedy,

•  swift,

•  warp-speed,

•  whirling,

•  whirlwind,

•  whisking,

•  zipping

2: not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily;

  * e.g., " ... we love our bulldog though he's a little slower than our German shepherd "

•  Synonyms : 

•  airheaded,

•  birdbrained,

•  bonehead,

•  boneheaded,

•  brain-dead,

•  brainless,

•  bubbleheaded,

•  chuckleheaded,

•  dense,

•  dim,

•  dim-witted,

•  doltish,

•  dopey,

•  dorky,

•  dull,

•  dumb,

•  dunderheaded,

•  empty-headed,

•  fatuous,

•  gormless,

•  half-witted,

•  knuckleheaded,

•  lamebrain,

•  lunkheaded,

•  mindless,

•  oafish,

•  obtuse,

•  opaque,

•  pinheaded,

•  senseless,

•  simple,

•  slow-witted,

•  soft,

•  softheaded,

•  stupid,

•  thick,

•  thick-witted,

•  thickheaded,

•  unintelligent,

•  unsmart,

•  vacuous,

•  weak-minded,

•  witless

•  Antonyms : 

•  apt,

•  brainy,

•  bright,

•  brilliant,

•  clever,

•  fast,

•  hyperintelligent,

•  intelligent,

•  keen,

•  nimble,

•  quick,

•  quick-witted,

•  sharp,

•  sharp-witted,

•  smart,

•  supersmart,

•  ultrasmart

3: lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation;

  * e.g., " ... a slow day on Wall Street "

•  Synonyms : 

•  comatose,

•  dead,

•  sleepy

•  Antonyms : 

•  alive,

•  animated,

•  astir,

•  bustling,

•  busy,

•  buzzing,

•  flourishing,

•  humming,

•  lively,

•  thriving,

•  vibrant

1: as in plodding, inching;

•  Synonyms : 

•  ambling,

•  heavy-footed,

•  inching,

•  plodding,

•  shuffling,

•  lingering,

•  loitering,

•  tarrying,

•  strolling,

•  inactive,

•  inert,

•  lethargic,

•  loafing,

•  lounging,

•  decelerating,

•  slowing,

•  deliberate,

•  measured,

•  filibustering,

•  procrastinating,

•  stalling,

•  crawling,

•  creeping,

•  dallying,

•  dawdling,

•  dilatory,

•  dillydallying,

•  dragging,

•  laggard,

•  lagging,

•  languid,

•  leisurely,

•  poking,

•  poky,

•  slow,

•  sluggish,

•  snaillike,

•  snail-paced,

•  tardy,

•  unhurried

•  Antonyms : 

•  barreling,

•  bolting,

•  breakneck,

•  breathless,

•  brisk,

•  careering,

•  dizzy,

•  fast,

•  fleet,

•  flying,

•  hasty,

•  hurrying,

•  lightning,

•  meteoric,

•  quick,

•  racing,

•  rapid,

•  rocketing,

•  running,

•  rushing,

•  scooting,

•  scudding,

•  scurrying,

•  snappy,

•  speeding,

•  speedy,

•  swift,

•  warp-speed,

•  whirling,

•  whirlwind,

•  whisking,

•  zipping,

•  expeditious,

•  prompt,

•  ready,

•  accelerated,

•  hastened,

•  quickened,

•  hurried,

•  rushed

1: not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily;

  * e.g., " ... all but the most slow-witted readers will have solved the mystery long before they reach the book's final chapter "

•  Synonyms : 

•  airheaded,

•  birdbrained,

•  bonehead,

•  boneheaded,

•  brain-dead,

•  brainless,

•  bubbleheaded,

•  chuckleheaded,

•  dense,

•  dim,

•  dim-witted,

•  doltish,

•  dopey,

•  dorky,

•  dull,

•  dumb,

•  dunderheaded,

•  empty-headed,

•  fatuous,

•  gormless,

•  half-witted,

•  knuckleheaded,

•  lamebrain,

•  lunkheaded,

•  mindless,

•  oafish,

•  obtuse,

•  opaque,

•  pinheaded,

•  senseless,

•  simple,

•  slow,

•  soft,

•  softheaded,

•  stupid,

•  thick,

•  thick-witted,

•  thickheaded,

•  unintelligent,

•  unsmart,

•  vacuous,

•  weak-minded,

•  witless

•  Antonyms : 

•  apt,

•  brainy,

•  bright,

•  brilliant,

•  clever,

•  fast,

•  hyperintelligent,

•  intelligent,

•  keen,

•  nimble,

•  quick,

•  quick-witted,

•  sharp,

•  sharp-witted,

•  smart,

•  supersmart,

•  ultrasmart

1: to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace;

  * e.g., " ... if you don't slow your delivery down a bit, your speech will be over too soon "

•  Synonyms : 

•  brake,

•  decelerate,

•  retard,

•  slacken

•  Antonyms : 

•  accelerate,

•  hasten,

•  hurry,

•  quicken,

•  rush,

•  speed (up),

•  step up

1: as in sink, weaken;

•  Synonyms : 

•  flag,

•  sink,

•  slacken,

•  weaken,

•  drop,

•  fall,

•  slump,

•  abate,

•  contract,

•  decrease,

•  de-escalate,

•  die (down),

•  diminish,

•  dwindle,

•  ebb,

•  lessen,

•  let up,

•  lower,

•  moderate,

•  recede,

•  relent,

•  shrink,

•  subside,

•  taper,

•  taper off,

•  wane,

•  sag,

•  slip

•  Antonyms : 

•  rocket,

•  shoot (up),

•  soar,

•  balloon,

•  burgeon,

•  enlarge,

•  escalate,

•  expand,

•  increase,

•  mount,

•  multiply,

•  mushroom,

•  proliferate,

•  snowball,

•  swell,

•  wax,

•  crest,

•  peak,

•  surge

1: as in decelerate;

•  Synonyms : 

•  decelerate,

•  amble,

•  ease,

•  inch,

•  lumber,

•  plod,

•  saunter,

•  shuffle,

•  stagger,

•  stroll,

•  filibuster,

•  procrastinate,

•  stall,

•  temporize,

•  hang (around or out),

•  idle,

•  loaf,

•  loll,

•  lounge,

•  fiddle (around),

•  fool around,

•  mess around,

•  monkey (around),

•  play,

•  potter (around),

•  putter (around),

•  trifle,

•  crawl,

•  creep,

•  dally,

•  dawdle,

•  delay,

•  diddle,

•  dillydally,

•  drag,

•  lag,

•  linger,

•  loiter,

•  lollygag,

•  mope,

•  poke,

•  shilly-shally,

•  tarry

•  Antonyms : 

•  barrel,

•  bolt,

•  career,

•  course,

•  dash,

•  fly,

•  hasten,

•  hotfoot (it),

•  hurry,

•  race,

•  rip,

•  rocket,

•  run,

•  rush,

•  scoot,

•  scud,

•  scurry,

•  speed,

•  tear,

•  whirl,

•  whisk,

•  whiz,

•  zip,

•  bowl,

•  breeze,

•  dart,

•  hump,

•  hurtle,

•  hustle,

•  scramble,

•  stampede,

•  gallop,

•  jog,

•  run,

•  sprint,

•  trot,

•  accelerate,

•  quicken,

•  speed (up),

•  catch up,

•  fast-forward,

•  outpace,

•  outrun,

•  outstrip,

•  overtake

1: at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected;

  * e.g., " ... you need to go slow with this experiment, or you'll make mistakes "

•  Synonyms : 

•  laggardly,

•  leisurely,

•  pokily,

•  slowly,

•  sluggishly,

•  tardily

•  Antonyms : 

•  apace,

•  briskly,

•  fast,

•  fleetly,

•  full tilt,

•  hastily,

•  meteorically,

•  quick,

•  quickly,

•  rapidly,

•  snappily,

•  speedily,

•  swift,

•  swiftly

1: an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something;

  * e.g., " ... The toddler moved from a slow burn to an all-out rage in a matter of seconds. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  anger,

•  angriness,

•  birse,

•  choler,

•  furor,

•  fury,

•  indignation,

•  irateness,

•  ire,

•  lividity,

•  lividness,

•  mad,

•  madness,

•  mood,

•  outrage,

•  rage,

•  spleen,

•  wrath,

•  wrathfulness

•  Antonyms : 

•  delight,

•  pleasure

1: as in sit-in, slowdown;

•  Synonyms : 

•  job action,

•  sick-out,

•  sit-down,

•  sit-in,

•  slowdown,

•  sympathetic strike,

•  sympathy strike,

•  lockout,

•  strike,

•  walkout

•  Antonyms : 

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