All deceleration synonyms
de·cel·er·ate
D d noun deceleration
- stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- downturn — an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down: the downturn of a lower lip in a permanent pout.
- slackening — an act of becoming looser
- downtrend — a downward or decreasing tendency, movement, or shift: a downtrend in gasoline consumption; a downtrend in stock prices.
- drop-off — a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
- decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- falloff — a decline in quantity, vigor, etc.
- stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
- retardation — the act of retarding or state of being retarded.
- arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
- slack — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
- slow-up — a delay or retardation in progress or activity; slowdown.
- braking — the act or process of slowing or stopping a vehicle, wheel, shaft, etc, or for keeping it stationary, esp by means of friction
- checking — the process of making sure that something is correct or satisfactory