Synonyms: retard, slow, slow down, slow up, decelerate
Definition: lose velocity; move more slowly
Usage: The car decelerated
Similar words: fall, lessen, diminish, decrease
Definition: decrease in size, extent, or range
Usage: The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester; The cabin pressure fell dramatically; her weight fell to under a hundred pounds; his voice fell to a whisper
Synonyms: slack, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up
Definition: become slow or slower
Usage: Production slowed
Similar words: weaken
Definition: become weaker
Usage: The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days
Synonyms: slow, slow down, slow up
Definition: cause to proceed more slowly
Usage: The illness slowed him down
Similar words: retard, slow, slow down, slow up, decelerate
Definition: lose velocity; move more slowly
Usage: The car decelerated
Synonyms: dull, slow, sluggish
Definition: (of business) not active or brisk
Usage: business is dull (or slow); a sluggish market
Similar words: inactive
Definition: lacking activity; lying idle or unused
Usage: an inactive mine; inactive accounts; inactive machinery
Synonyms: dim, dense, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
Definition: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Usage: 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
Similar words: stupid
Definition: lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
Synonyms: slow
Definition: not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
Usage: a slow walker; the slow lane of traffic; her steps were slow; he was slow in reacting to the news; slow but steady growth
Similar words: bumper-to-bumper
Definition: used of traffic
Usage: bumper-to-bumper traffic
Similar words: dilatory, pokey, poky, laggard
Definition: wasting time
Similar words: drawn-out
Definition: (used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels
Similar words: lazy
Definition: moving slowly and gently
Usage: up a lazy river; lazy white clouds; at a lazy pace
Similar words: long-play, long-playing
Definition: (used of records) playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records
Similar words: slow-moving
Definition: moving slowly
Usage: slow-moving cars
Similar words: sluggish, sulky
Definition: moving slowly
Usage: a sluggish stream
Synonyms: slow
Definition: at a slow tempo
Usage: the band played a slow waltz
Similar words: adagio
Definition: (of tempo) leisurely
Similar words: andante
Definition: (of tempo) moderately slow
Similar words: lento
Definition: (of tempo) slow
Similar words: lentissimo
Definition: (of tempo) very slow
Similar words: largo
Definition: very slow in tempo and broad in manner
Similar words: larghetto
Definition: (of tempo) less slow and broad than largo
Similar words: larghissimo
Definition: (of tempo) as slow and broad as possible
Similar words: moderato
Definition: (of tempo) moderate
Synonyms: tiresome, tedious, irksome, boring, ho-hum, slow, dull, deadening, wearisome
Definition: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Usage: 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
Similar words: uninteresting
Definition: arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement
Usage: a very uninteresting account of her trip