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| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, restrict |
| Synonyms: | abate, bog down, brake, check, choke, curb, curtail, cut back, cut down, decelerate, decrease, detain, diminish, handicap, hinder, hold back, hold up, impede, lag, lessen, loiter, mire, moderate, postpone, procrastinate, qualify, quiet, reduce, reef, regulate, relax, retard, set back, slacken, stall, stunt, temper, anchor it, back-water, ease off, ease up, embog, hit the brakes, keep waiting, let down flaps, lose speed, lose steam, reduce speed, rein in, retardate, wind down |
| Antonyms: | advance, forward, push |
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhurried, lazy |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, crawling, creeping, delaying, deliberate, dilatory, disinclined, dreamy, drowsy, easy, gradual, heavy, idle, imperceptible, inactive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, listless, measured, moderate, negligent, passive, phlegmatic, ponderous, quiet, reluctant, remiss, slack, sleepy, slothful, sluggish, stagnant, supine, tardy, torpid, dawdling, lagging, loitering, plodding, postponing, procrastinating, slow-moving, snaillike, tortoiselike |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, fast, hurried, quick, rapid |
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | behind, late |
| Synonyms: | backward, belated, conservative, dead, delayed, dilatory, down, dull, gradual, inactive, low, moderate, off, overdue, prolonged, reduced, slack, sleepy, sluggish, stagnant, stiff, tame, tardy, tedious, uneventful, unproductive, behindhand, detained, draggy, hindered, impeded, lingering, long-delayed, long-drawn-out, protracted, time-consuming, unprogressive, unpunctual |
| Antonyms: | on time, ready, on cue, waiting |
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unintelligent |
| Synonyms: | backward, dense, dim, dull, dumb, dunce, imbecile, limited, moronic, obtuse, simple, stupid, thick, unresponsive, dimwitted, slow on the uptake |
| Antonyms: | cognizant, intelligent, smart |
| Main Entry: | abate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lessen, grow or cause to grow less |
| Synonyms: | allay, chill out*, coast*, cool, decline, decrease, diminish, dull, dwindle, ebb, let up, moderate, quell, recede, reduce, slacken, slow, subdue, subside, taper, wane, cool it, go with the flow, hang easy, hang loose, lay back, let go, let it all hang out, mellow out, take it easy, taper off, unlax |
| Antonyms: | amplify, enhance, enlarge, extend, increase, intensify, magnify, prolong, revive, rise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check; stop |
| Synonyms: | bar, block, dam, decelerate, halt, hinder, impede, moderate, obstruct, slacken, slow, stop, reduce speed, slow down |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
| Antonyms: | accelerate |
| Main Entry: | dam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back; block |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, brake, check, choke, clog, close, confine, hinder, impede, obstruct, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, slow, suppress, hold in, stop up |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate, release, let go, unblock, unclog, unloose |
| Main Entry: | deaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, muffle, quiet |
| Synonyms: | abate, alleviate, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken, KO, anesthetize, etherize, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten |
| Antonyms: | animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | dilatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | procrastinating |
| Synonyms: | backward, delaying, deliberate, laggard, late, lax, lazy, leisurely, neglectful, negligent, remiss, slack, slow, sluggish, tardy, unhurried, behindhand, dallying, lingering, loitering, moratory, putting off, snail-like, tarrying, time-wasting, unhasty |
| Antonyms: | diligent, eager, enthusiastic, ready, zealous, hard-working |
| Main Entry: | disinclined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwilling |
| Synonyms: | afraid, antipathetic, averse, backward, doubtful, dubious, hesitating, indisposed, loath, opposed, reluctant, resistant, shy, slow, unsympathetic, balking, not in the mood, objecting, protesting, shying, sticking, uneager |
| Antonyms: | bent, desirous, disposed, enthusiastic, inclined, leaning, willing |
| Main Entry: | dopey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | comatose, dense, dumb, foolish, heavy, idiotic, lethargic, senseless, silly, simple, slow, sluggish, thick, torpid, hebetudinous, slumberish |
| Antonyms: | brainy, intelligent, sensible, smart |
| Main Entry: | feebleminded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally handicapped |
| Synonyms: | dim-witted, dumb, half-witted, moronic, retarded, simple, slow, stupid, unintelligent, weak-minded, dull-witted, imbecilic, soft in the head |
| Main Entry: | gradual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening slowly, evenly |
| Synonyms: | by degrees, continuous, creeping, even, gentle, graduate, moderate, piecemeal, progressive, regular, slow, steady, successive, unhurried, bit-by-bit, step-by-step |
| Antonyms: | abrupt, infrequent, intermittent, sudden, uneven |
| Main Entry: | half-baked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid; not thought through |
| Synonyms: | backward, batty*, brainless, crazy, dumb, foolish, harebrained*, idiotic, ignorant, impractical, indiscreet, moronic, retarded, senseless, short-sighted, silly, slow, sophomoric, underdeveloped, unformed, witless, birdbrained, blockheaded, boneheaded, feeble-minded, ill-conceived, imbecilic, poorly planned |
| Antonyms: | intelligent, smart, thoughtful, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | halting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hesitant |
| Synonyms: | awkward, clumsy, doubtful, gauche, imperfect, indecisive, inept, irresolute, labored, lumbering, maladroit, slow, tentative, uncertain, vacillating, wavering, wooden*, bumbling, claudicant, faltering, limping, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, unhandy, vacillatory |
| Antonyms: | flowing, smooth, unhesitating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hesitant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncertain, waiting |
| Synonyms: | afraid, averse, backward, delaying, diffident, disinclined, doubtful, doubting, half-hearted, halting, hesitating, indecisive, irresolute, lazy, loath, reluctant, shy, skeptical, slow, tentative, timid, unpredictable, unsure, unwilling, vacillating, wavering, dawdling, faltering, hanging back, lacking confidence, uneager |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, resolute, sure, unwavering, unhesitant |
| Main Entry: | imbecile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, foolish |
| Synonyms: | asinine, backward, deranged, dim-witted, dull, fatuous, idiotic, inane, ludicrous, moronic, simple, slow, thick, witless, feeble-minded, imbecilic, simple-minded |
| Antonyms: | brainy, intelligent, smart |
| Main Entry: | impede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct, hinder |
| Synonyms: | bar, block, blow whistle on, brake, check, clog, close off, cramp one's style, curb, cut off, dam, delay, deter, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, embarrass, faze, flag one, freeze, hamper, hang up, hold up, interfere, oppose, rattle, restrain, retard, saddle with, shut down, shut off, slow, slow down, stonewall*, stop, stymie, thwart |
| Antonyms: | advance, aid, assist, facilitate, forward, help, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inactive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not engaged in action; inert, lazy |
| Synonyms: | asleep, blah*, disengaged, do-nothing*, dormant, down, dull, idle, immobile, indolent, inoperative, jobless, latent, lax, lethargic, limp, low-key, motionless, ossified, out of commission*, out of work*, passive, quiescent, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, somnolent, stable, static, still, torpid, unemployed, unoccupied, unused, abeyant, draggy, in holding pattern, mothballed, on hold, out of action, out of service |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, involved, working |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inapt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incompetent; not suitable |
| Synonyms: | awkward, banal, clumsy, dull, flat, gauche, ill-suited, improper, inappropriate, incongruous, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insipid, jejune, maladroit, malapropos, slow, stupid, unable, unfit, unskilled, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, ill-adapted, ill-fitted, inadept, inapposite, infelicitous, undexterous, unfacile, unhandy, unmeet, unproficient |
| Antonyms: | apt, competent, happy, suitable, suited |
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