| slow | | |
| v. (change) | 1. decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up | lose velocity; move more slowly.; "The car decelerated" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "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" |
| ~ slow up, slow, slow down | cause to proceed more slowly.; "The illness slowed him down" |
| ~ delay, detain, hold up | cause to be slowed down or delayed.; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" |
| v. (change) | 2. slack, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up | become slow or slower.; "Production slowed" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| v. (change) | 3. slow, slow down, slow up | cause to proceed more slowly.; "The illness slowed him down" |
| ~ bog, bog down | cause to slow down or get stuck.; "The vote would bog down the house" |
| ~ decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard | lose velocity; move more slowly.; "The car decelerated" |
| ~ constipate, clog | impede with a clog or as if with a clog.; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today" |
| adj. | 4. slow | not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time.; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth" |
| ~ bumper-to-bumper | used of traffic.; "bumper-to-bumper traffic" |
| ~ dilatory, laggard, pokey, poky | wasting time. |
| ~ drawn-out | (used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels. |
| ~ lazy | moving slowly and gently.; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace" |
| ~ long-play, long-playing | (used of records) playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records. |
| ~ slow-moving | moving slowly.; "slow-moving cars" |
| ~ sluggish, sulky | moving slowly.; "a sluggish stream" |
| ~ gradual | proceeding in small stages.; "a gradual increase in prices" |
| ~ unhurried | relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste.; "people strolling about in an unhurried way"; "an unhurried walk"; "spoke in a calm and unhurried voice" |
| adj. | 5. slow | at a slow tempo.; "the band played a slow waltz" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ adagio | (of tempo) leisurely. |
| ~ andante | (of tempo) moderately slow. |
| ~ lento | (of tempo) slow. |
| ~ lentissimo | (of tempo) very slow. |
| ~ largo | very slow in tempo and broad in manner. |
| ~ larghetto | (of tempo) less slow and broad than largo. |
| ~ larghissimo | (of tempo) as slow and broad as possible. |
| ~ moderato | (of tempo) moderate. |
| adj. | 6. dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow | slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.; "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"; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" |
| ~ stupid | lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity. |
| adj. | 7. slow | (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time.; "the clock is slow" |
| adj. | 8. boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.; "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"; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" |
| ~ uninteresting | arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement.; "a very uninteresting account of her trip" |
| adj. | 9. dull, slow, sluggish | (of business) not active or brisk.; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| ~ inactive | lacking activity; lying idle or unused.; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" |
| adv. | 10. easy, slow, slowly, tardily | without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly').; "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| adv. | 11. behind, slow | of timepieces.; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind" |
| unintelligent | | |
| adj. | 1. stupid, unintelligent | lacking intelligence.; "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers" |
| ~ stupid | lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity. |
| ~ brainless, headless | not using intelligence. |
| ~ retarded | relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development.; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded" |
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