All slow synonyms
slow
S s verb slow
- cool it β If you tell someone to cool it, you want them to stop being angry and aggressive and to behave more calmly.
- come around β If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
- moderate β kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- dam β A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop the water flowing and to make a lake.
- aways β to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- anaesthetizing β Present participle of anaesthetize.
- drag one's feet β to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- mellow out β soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- die down β If something dies down, it becomes very much quieter or less intense.
- embog β (transitive) To bog down.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- anaesthetised β anesthetize.
- ko'd β a knockout in boxing.
- hold off β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- kos β a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- deaden β If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.
- hang loose β to let loose; free from bonds or restraint.
adj slow
- gradational β any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- dense β Something that is dense contains a lot of things or people in a small area.
- long-drawn-out β lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
- mopish β given to moping; listless, apathetic, or dejected.
- half-baked β insufficiently cooked.
- mothballed β a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- all thumbs β clumsy
- easy going β calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual: an easygoing person.
- gradual β taking place, changing, moving, etc., by small degrees or little by little: gradual improvement in health.
- dilatory β tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- lamebrained β a dunce; booby; fool.
- dopey β stupid; inane: It was rather dopey of him to lock himself out.
- at ease β If you are at ease, you are feeling confident and relaxed, and are able to talk to people without feeling nervous or anxious. If you put someone at their ease, you make them feel at ease.
- ho-hum β dull, boring, or routine; so-so: a ho-hum performance.
- forever and a day β without ever ending; eternally: to last forever.
- leisurely β acting, proceeding, or done without haste; unhurried; deliberate: a leisurely conversation.
- languid β lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
- diffusive β tending to diffuse; characterized by diffusion.
- dumdum β a silly, stupid person.
- ill-fitted β badly or uncomfortably fitted: an ill-fitted denture.
- dull as dishwater β water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- dull-witted β mentally slow; stupid.
- cursive β of or relating to handwriting in which letters are formed and joined in a rapid flowing style
adjective slow
- longwinded β Alternative spelling of long-winded.
- dunce β a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.
- dawdling β proceeding at a slow pace
- oafish β a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- waveless β Free from waves.
- yoyo β a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
- lingering β to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- impeded β to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
adv slow
- behind β If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
- behind time β late