| Main Entry: | slowdown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slacking off; gradual decrease |
Synonyms: |
arrest, deceleration, decline, delay, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, falloff, freeze, inactivity, retardation, slack, slackening, slow-up, stagnation, stoppage, strike |
Antonyms: |
breakthrough, increase, rise, speed-up |
| Main Entry: | setback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointment |
Synonyms: |
about-face, backset, bath, blow, bottom, check, comedown, defeat, delay, difficulty, drawing board, flip-flop, hindrance, hitch*, hold-up, impediment, misfortune, obstacle, rebuff, regress, regression, reversal, reversal of fortune, reverse, slowdown, stumbling block, trouble, upset, whole new ballgame |
Antonyms: |
achievement, advance, blessing, boon, boost, success |
| Main Entry: | slack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | looseness, excess |
Synonyms: |
give, leeway, play, room, slackening, slow-up, slowdown |
Antonyms: |
rigidity, stiffness, tautness, tightness |
| Main Entry: | job action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work stoppage |
Synonyms: |
blue flu, industrial action, sick-in, slowdown, stickout, strike, tie-up, walkout |
| Main Entry: | blue flu |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | staged sickout by police |
Synonyms: |
sick-in, sickout, slowdown |
| Main Entry: | decrement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decrease |
Synonyms: |
abatement, curtailment, cutback, decline, diminishment, diminution, lessening, reduction, slowdown, subtraction |
| Concept: | [Thing deducted] Decrement. |
| Category: | 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
decrement, discount, defect, loss, deduction; afterglow; eduction; waste.
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Antonyms: |
adjunct |
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