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Defenition of the word slow

    • Defenition of the word slow

      • With low speed.
      • Reduce the velocity.
      • To become slower.
      • of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"
      • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
      • lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
      • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
      • (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
      • not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth"
      • (music) at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz"
      • (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow"
      • cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
      • become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
      • without speed; "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly' as in "please go slow; I want to see the sights")
      • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials mak
      • at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz"
      • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn''t capture their attention";
      • without speed (`slow'' is sometimes used informally for `slowly''); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights"
      • lose velocity; move more slowly
      • become slow or slower
      • cause to proceed more slowly
      • (of business) not active or brisk
      • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
      • not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
      • at a slow tempo
      • (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
      • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
      • without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
      • of timepieces

    Synonyms for the word slow

      • behind
      • boring
      • brake
      • dawdling
      • deadening
      • decelerate
      • deliberate
      • dense
      • dim
      • dull
      • dumb
      • easy
      • gradual
      • ho-hum
      • irksome
      • leisurely
      • lengthy
      • lingering
      • long-drawn-out
      • long-winded
      • measured
      • obtuse
      • protracted
      • reduce speed
      • retard
      • slack
      • slacken
      • slow down
      • slow on the uptake
      • slow up
      • slowly
      • sluggish
      • stupid
      • tardily
      • tedious
      • thick
      • time-consuming
      • tiresome
      • unhurried
      • wearisome

    Similar words in the slow

      • adagio
      • andante
      • bumper-to-bumper
      • crawling
      • dawdling
      • delayed
      • dilatory
      • dragging
      • drawling
      • drawn-out
      • gradual
      • inactive
      • laggard
      • larghetto
      • larghissimo
      • largo
      • lazy
      • lentissimo
      • lento
      • long-play
      • long-playing
      • moderato
      • pokey
      • poky
      • slow
      • slow-moving
      • slowdown
      • slowdown's
      • slowdowns
      • slower
      • slowest
      • slowly
      • slowness
      • slowness's
      • slowpoke
      • slowpoke's
      • slowpokes
      • sluggish
      • stupid
      • unhurried
      • uninteresting

    Hyponyms for the word slow

      • bog
      • bog down
      • clog
      • constipate
      • delay
      • detain
      • hold up
      • slow
      • slow down
      • slow up

    Hypernyms for the word slow

      • decelerate
      • decrease
      • diminish
      • fall
      • lessen
      • retard
      • slow
      • slow down
      • slow up
      • weaken

    Antonyms for the word slow

      • accelerate
      • apace
      • chop-chop
      • fast
      • quicken
      • quickly
      • rapidly
      • speed
      • speed up
      • speedily

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