slow

1. adjective

1)

their slow walk home

the donkey was annoyingly slow

Syn:

unhurried, leisurely, steady, sedate, slow-moving, downtempo, plodding, dawdling, sluggish, sluggardly, lead-footed, poky

Ant:

fast

2)

a slow process

Syn:

long-drawn-out, time-consuming, lengthy, protracted, prolonged, gradual

Ant:

brief, short

3)

he can be so slow

Syn:

obtuse, stupid, unperceptive, insensitive, bovine, stolid, slow-witted, dull-witted, unintelligent, doltish, witless; informal dense, dim, dimwitted, thick, slow on the uptake, dumb, dopey, boneheaded, chowderheaded

See note at stupid

Ant:

astute, bright

4)

they were slow to voice their opinions

Syn:

reluctant, unwilling, disinclined, loath, hesitant, afraid, chary, shy

5)

the slow season

Syn:

sluggish, slack, quiet, inactive, flat, depressed, stagnant, dead

Ant:

busy, hectic

6)

a slow movie

Syn:

dull, boring, uninteresting, unexciting, uneventful, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, monotonous, dreary, lackluster

Ant:

exciting

2. verb

1)

the traffic forced him to slow down

Syn:

reduce speed, go slower, decelerate, brake

Ant:

accelerate

2)

you need to slow down

Syn:

take it easy, relax, ease up/off, take a break, slack off, let up; informal chill (out), hang loose

3)

this would slow up our progress

Syn:

hold back/up, delay, retard, set back; restrict, check, curb, inhibit, impede, obstruct, hinder, hamper; archaic stay