Slower

//ˈsloʊɚ//

Synonyms for "slower" (572 found)

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Closest matches (115)

decelerate dilatory behind boring delay deliberate dense gradual lazy sluggish tardily adagio after time almost unheard-of ambling andante apathetic arid arrest arrested

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Verb(4 words)

decelerate retard slacken delay

Adjective(27 words)

boring deliberate gradual harebrained abeyant ass-brained baby-brained bee-brained beetle-headed birdbrained boneheaded boobily booby boofheaded brainless buffle-headed bullet-headed careful cautious cessant

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chary chowderheaded chuckleheaded crackbrained crawling creeping dateless

Adverb(1 words)

behind

Adjective(2 words)

boring deadening

Strong matches (171)

deliberately detain detained dilatorily dillydallying dim dim witted dim-witted discourage disinclined dismal do nothing do-nothing doless doltish dopey dormant dragging draggy draw rein

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drawn out drearisome dreary dronish drony droopy drugged dry dryasdust dull dull of mind dull witted dull-headed dull-pated dull-witted dumb dunch dusty ease off ease up easily easy easygoing effete elephantine empty enervated ergophobic etiolated exanimate fade faineant faltering falteringly far on fat-witted feeble feebleminded flagging flat foot dragging foot-dragging gentle gently good-for-nothing gross-headed grudging half-witted halting haltingly hamper hasteless heavy hebetudinous held up hesitant ho hum ho-hum hobbled hobbling hold back hold in check hold up hollow humdrum hung up idle idly imbecile impede in a bind in abeyance in low gear in march time in slow motion in slow tempo inactive inane inanimate indifferent indisposed indolent indolently inert inexcitable infrequent insipid interfere jaded jammed jejune keep back lackadaisical lacklustre lag laggard lagging languid languidly languorous languorously larghetto larghissimo largo late latish lax leaden leisurely

Adjective(6 words)

dense dim dull dumb ho-hum irksome

Adjective(34 words)

dented dilatory dozy draggy dreich drowsy dull dull-witted dumb as a post dumb as an ox dumb as dirt dunderheaded empty-headed fatheaded fatuous flea-brained gastropodous glacial gormless half-brained

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hammer-headed headass heavy-footed inactive inching inert jolterheaded labored lackluster languid languorous latent lead-footed leaden

Adverb(1 words)

easy

Verb(1 words)

hinder

Related words (286)

lentissimo lento let down let up lethargic lifeless limited limping limpingly lingering lingeringly listless loath loitering loiteringly lollygagging long playing lose ground lose momentum lose speed

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low spirited low-spirited lumbering lumpish measurable measured micawberish moderate moderately moderato monotonous moratory moribund moronic never on time nonaggressive none too soon not with it numb obstruct obstructed obtuse old-fashioned old-fogyish opaque oppose out of date out of it overdue pale pallid parasitic pedestrian pepless perceptible perfunctory phlegmatic plodding pointless pokily poking pokingly poky ponderous pooped prevent procrastinating procrastinative procrastinatory progressive quiet rare reef rein rein in relax relaxed relaxedly reluctant reluctantly remiss renitent restive retard retarded rusty sated sauntering scarce scrounging seldom met with seldom seen set back shiftless shuffling simple simpleminded slack slack off slack up slacken sleepy slothful slow as death slow as molasses slow as slow slow down slow moving slow to slow up slow witted slow-crawling slow-foot slow-going slow-legged slow-moving slow-paced slow-poky slow-running slow-sailing slow-stepped slow-witted slowly sluggishly snail-paced snaillike soft solemn somnolent soporific sparse spiritless sponging square staggering stagnant stagnating stay steady stem sterile stiff stodgy stolid stop stopped straggling strolling stuffy stultified stunt stupid superficial supine take in sail take it easy tame tardy tarryingly tasteless tedious tentative tentatively thick thick witted thick-brained thick-headed thick-pated thick-witted thickheaded thickskulled throttle throttle down tiresome toddling torpid tortoiselike tottering trudging turtlelike uncommon under easy sail unenterprising unenthusiastic uneventful unfrequent unhasty unhurried unhurriedly unimaginative unintelligent uninteresting unique unlively unproductive unprogressive unpunctual unready unresponsive untimely unusual unwilling unzealous vapid vegetable vegetative waddling wan wearisome weary with agonizing slowness with deliberation wooden work-shy world-weary

Adjective(61 words)

lethargic long low-speed lumbering lunkheaded meatheaded mentally challenged meticulous moderate muttonheaded nitty numbskulled peabrained piecemeal plodding pokey ponderous prudent pudding-headed purblind

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Adjective(5 words)

obtuse sluggish tedious tiresome wearisome

Verb(3 words)

slack slow down slow up

Adverb(2 words)

slowly tardily

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derived

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Zeeman slower

derived from

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slow

form of

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slow

Sample sentences

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Stop inhaling your food. You should eat a little slower.

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But light does not travel at the same speed through all materials; it goes slower through some than through others.

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The wider the V angle, the slower the speed.

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While light waves travel most quickly through air, they go slower through water and even slower through glass.

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