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slow
adjective as in unhurried, lazy
Strongest matches
easy, gradual, heavy, lackadaisical, leisurely, lethargic, moderate, passive, quiet, reluctant, sluggish, stagnant
Strong matches
crawling, creeping, dawdling, delaying, deliberate, disinclined, idle, lagging, loitering, measured, plodding, postponing, procrastinating, slack
Weak matches
apathetic, bit-by-bit, dilatory, dreamy, drowsy, imperceptible, inactive, indolent, inert, laggard, leaden, listless, negligent, phlegmatic, ponderous, remiss, sleepy, slothful, slow-moving, snaillike, supine, tardy, torpid, tortoiselike
adjective as in behind, late
Strongest matches
dull, gradual, low, moderate, sluggish, stagnant, stiff, tame, tedious, time-consuming
Strong matches
delayed, detained, down, hindered, impeded, lingering, off, prolonged, protracted, reduced, slack
Weak matches
backward, behindhand, belated, conservative, dead, dilatory, draggy, inactive, long-delayed, long-drawn-out, overdue, sleepy, tardy, uneventful, unproductive, unprogressive, unpunctual
adjective as in unintelligent
verb as in delay, restrict
Strongest matches
abate, curb, curtail, decelerate, decrease, diminish, hinder, impede, lag, lessen, moderate, reduce, relax, retard, slacken, stall, temper
Strong matches
brake, check, choke, detain, loiter, mire, postpone, procrastinate, qualify, quiet, reef, regulate, stunt
Weak matches
anchor it, back-water, bog down, cut back, cut down, ease off, ease up, embog, hit the brakes, hold back, hold up, keep waiting, let down flaps, lose speed, lose steam, reduce speed, rein in, set back, wind down
Example Sentences
“I just thought talking to people one-on-one was too slow,” she said.
And I thought, ‘Oh, right. Don’t slow down. Cross the finish line with force.’
I need to slow down and take care,’” he says.
“In other countries, illegal online drug markets employ the post to send drugs. In Russia, the post is extremely slow and unreliable, so local dealers came up with a new and more efficient way of distribution,” explained sociologist Alex Knorre.
Past presidents have employed this method liberally, often as a way of circumventing political divides that would slow nominations.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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