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Antonyms for slow
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Wiktionary
slowverb
Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
a slow train
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dilatory, tardy, boring, gradual, dull-witted, inactive, dull, slothful, sluggishslowverb
Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast. --Milton
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delay, hinder, retard, boring, inactive, gradual, slothful, tardy, sluggish, dull, dull-witted, dilatoryslowadjective
Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
John is very slow; he is ten seconds behind everybody else when it comes to math.
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slacken, decelerate, inactive, dull, tardy, gradual, slothful, dilatory, sluggish, dull-witted, boringslowadjective
Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation.
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding. --Prov. xiv. 29.
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prompt, hasty, precipitateSynonyms:
inactive, sluggish, tardy, gradual, boring, dull-witted, dilatory, slothful, dullslowadjective
Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
That clock is slow.
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dull, inactive, sluggish, slothful, gradual, tardy, dilatory, boring, dull-wittedslowadjective
That takes a long time to transfer data.
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dull, inactive, boring, tardy, dull-witted, sluggish, gradual, dilatory, slothfulslowadjective
Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
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sluggish, slothful, dull-witted, gradual, inactive, dull, boring, tardy, dilatoryslowadjective
Not busy; lacking activity.
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boring, inactive, gradual, dull-witted, dull, dilatory, tardy, slothful, sluggishslowadjective
Synonyms:
moderate, deliberate
English Synonyms and Antonyms
slow
Slow signifies moving through a relatively short distance, or with a relatively small number of motions in a given time; slow also applies to that which is a relatively long while in beginning or accomplishing something; a watch or a clock is said to be slow when its indications are behind those of the standard time. Tardy is applied to that which is behind the proper or desired time, especially in doing a work or arriving at a place. Deliberate and dilatory are used of persons, tho the latter may be used also of things, as of a stream; a person is deliberate who takes a noticeably long time to consider and decide before acting or who acts or speaks as if he were deliberating at every point; a person is dilatory who lays aside, or puts off as long as possible, necessary or required action; both words may be applied either to undertaking or to doing. Gradual (Latin gradus, a step) signifies advancing by steps, and refers to slow but regular and sure progression. Slack refers to action that seems to indicate a lack of tension, as of muscle or of will, sluggish to action that seems as if reluctant to advance.
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Synonyms:
dawdling, delaying, deliberate, dilatory, drowsy, dull, gradual, inactive, inert, lingering, moderate, procrastinating, slack, sluggish, tardy
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Princeton's WordNet
slowadjective
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"
Antonyms:
rapid, presto, allegro, express, smart, quick, prestissimo, swift, instantaneous, prompt, high-speed, immediate, high-velocity, active, straightaway, speedy, red-hot, fast-breaking, hot, fast, scurrying, blistering, double-quick, instant(a), andantino, windy, alacritous, fast-paced, allegretto, meteoric, accelerated, fleet, hurrying, vivace, winged, interestingSynonyms:
wearisome, dull, obtuse, deadening, boring, irksome, dim, tedious, dumb, tiresome, dense, sluggish, ho-humslowadjective
at a slow tempo
"the band played a slow waltz"
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fast, speedy, allegretto, instantaneous, hurrying, meteoric, immediate, rapid, prestissimo, smart, andantino, interesting, swift, quick, hot, red-hot, winged, high-velocity, alacritous, presto, windy, fast-breaking, allegro, active, vivace, instant(a), fast-paced, fleet, double-quick, express, high-speed, scurrying, prompt, blistering, straightaway, acceleratedSynonyms:
wearisome, dull, obtuse, deadening, boring, irksome, dim, tedious, dumb, tiresome, dense, sluggish, ho-humdense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slowadjective
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"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
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quick, allegro, smart, interesting, hurrying, instantaneous, fast-paced, double-quick, rapid, straightaway, allegretto, immediate, fast, fleet, high-speed, scurrying, windy, speedy, presto, express, prompt, fast-breaking, alacritous, accelerated, swift, vivace, andantino, hot, prestissimo, instant(a), high-velocity, blistering, active, winged, red-hot, meteoricSynonyms:
vague, ho-hum, muted, sluggish, subdued, deadening, faint, mute, thudding, boring, dumb, dense, irksome, black, silent, wispy, heavy, dim, purblind, muffled, tedious, impenetrable, dull, dimmed, speechless, shadowy, tiresome, softened, bleak, thick, wearisome, obtuse, leadenslowadjective
(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
"the clock is slow"
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meteoric, double-quick, hot, scurrying, prestissimo, winged, quick, smart, presto, accelerated, allegro, straightaway, red-hot, instantaneous, rapid, speedy, prompt, express, high-speed, fleet, alacritous, high-velocity, blistering, hurrying, fast, fast-paced, windy, active, immediate, andantino, instant(a), interesting, swift, allegretto, fast-breaking, vivaceSynonyms:
wearisome, dull, obtuse, deadening, boring, irksome, dim, tedious, dumb, tiresome, dense, sluggish, ho-humboring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisomeadjective
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"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
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hurrying, instantaneous, quick, high-velocity, fleet, express, high-speed, fast-paced, meteoric, accelerated, blistering, prompt, red-hot, smart, instant(a), presto, speedy, prestissimo, double-quick, rapid, windy, andantino, alacritous, swift, hot, fast, straightaway, allegro, active, vivace, fast-breaking, immediate, winged, scurrying, allegretto, interestingSynonyms:
dull, dim, windy, wearisome, wordy, dense, muted, boring, verbose, dumb, leaden, tedious, sluggish, obtuse, deadening, tiresome, muffled, ho-hum, long-winded, irksome, thudding, softeneddull, slow, sluggishverb
(of business) not active or brisk
"business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
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allegretto, alacritous, high-velocity, fleet, immediate, instantaneous, allegro, smart, rapid, vivace, accelerated, double-quick, andantino, windy, quick, speedy, scurrying, instant(a), interesting, hot, high-speed, straightaway, fast, meteoric, presto, hurrying, fast-paced, swift, active, fast-breaking, blistering, express, winged, prompt, prestissimo, red-hotSynonyms:
thudding, dim, wearisome, torpid, dense, muted, boring, dumb, leaden, tedious, sluggish, obtuse, deadening, soggy, sulky, tiresome, muffled, ho-hum, irksome, inert, dull, softeneddecelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retardverb
lose velocity; move more slowly
"The car decelerated"
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high-speed, fast-paced, hurrying, fast, speedy, immediate, quick, red-hot, alacritous, fleet, meteoric, express, allegretto, vivace, windy, instant(a), rapid, prestissimo, double-quick, smart, prompt, swift, andantino, accelerated, instantaneous, high-velocity, scurrying, presto, interesting, straightaway, allegro, active, blistering, hot, winged, fast-breakingSynonyms:
decompress, delay, slack, check, unwind, loosen up, slow up, decelerate, unbend, retard, slacken, relax, slow downslow, slow down, slow up, slack, slackenverb
become slow or slower
"Production slowed"
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fast-breaking, fleet, hot, allegretto, fast-paced, double-quick, allegro, swift, alacritous, quick, fast, speedy, rapid, straightaway, hurrying, prestissimo, active, high-speed, instantaneous, interesting, blistering, accelerated, immediate, andantino, windy, smart, high-velocity, winged, meteoric, instant(a), express, prompt, presto, red-hot, vivace, scurryingSynonyms:
decompress, slow down, unbend, slacken, remit, let up, slack off, abate, loosen up, decelerate, slack up, retard, slake, relax, slack, die away, unwind, slow upslow, slow down, slow upadverb
cause to proceed more slowly
"The illness slowed him down"
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fleet, prestissimo, smart, rapid, vivace, instant(a), immediate, accelerated, hot, quick, scurrying, blistering, fast-breaking, active, red-hot, double-quick, straightaway, high-velocity, interesting, speedy, fast-paced, high-speed, winged, prompt, allegro, fast, express, hurrying, presto, alacritous, allegretto, meteoric, windy, instantaneous, andantino, swiftSynonyms:
decompress, decelerate, slack, unwind, loosen up, slow up, slacken, unbend, retard, relax, slow downslowly, slow, easy, tardilyadverb
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"
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andantino, alacritous, fast, hurrying, fleet, vivace, allegro, swift, instant(a), fast-paced, smart, high-speed, interesting, allegretto, high-velocity, active, speedy, accelerated, rapid, immediate, meteoric, blistering, prompt, quick, express, straightaway, hot, instantaneous, fast-breaking, red-hot, presto, winged, scurrying, windy, double-quick, prestissimoSynonyms:
slowly, easily, tardily, behind, soft, easy, lento, late, belatedlybehind, slowadverb
of timepieces
"the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"
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hot, allegro, vivace, speedy, active, prestissimo, windy, express, smart, hurrying, quick, allegretto, swift, straightaway, fast, fast-breaking, double-quick, andantino, blistering, instantaneous, accelerated, immediate, winged, presto, instant(a), prompt, scurrying, rapid, fleet, high-speed, red-hot, meteoric, alacritous, interesting, high-velocity, fast-pacedSynonyms:
easy, slowly, behind, tardily, in arrears, behindhand
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Editors Contribution
hastilyadjective
being unhurried
"the turtle is too slow"
Submitted by kydykbekovaa08 on September 21, 2021hurtled
because if you hurtled a ball it would go fast and the opposite of fast is slow.
i hurtled the ball at my brother yesterday.
metacognition
knowing what strategies to use easily is the definition right? so slow would be a good antonym.
unwinking
How to use slow in a sentence?
Utilities are really threatened now by batteries, they’re really putting up a big fight to try to slow this market down.
If you're trying to be number one in the market, slamming on the brakes is one of the worst things you can do, you want to make some adjustments before you get to that point -- slow down, switch gears. This is not the preferred outcome for Zillow.
More payers are coming around, but it's slow.
We did a good job on Randle in the first half to slow him down and Derrick picked it up for him, those two guys kept the Knicks in the game.
Mindfulness is a way to slow down and be in the present moment and that's what mindfulness training is, so in a mindfulness class people focus on breathing and relaxation and that's sort of how they ease into a practice of meditation.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#487 | hot | |
#801 | early | |
#852 | fast | |
#934 | quick | |
#954 | active | |
#1292 | ready | |
#1365 | express | |
#1748 | interesting | |
#2207 | smart | |
#2450 | alert | |
#2901 | slow | |
#3122 | immediate | |
#3809 | rapid | |
#6013 | fleet | |
#6394 | prompt | |
#8034 | sudden | |
#9077 | swift | |
#11031 | accelerated | |
#12285 | lively | |
#14815 | speedy | |
#16762 | windy | |
#17514 | allegro | |
#18212 | winged | |
#23870 | instantaneous | |
#27624 | presto | |
#30505 | brisk | |
#32405 | hasty | |
#40699 | blistering | |
#41439 | precipitate | |
#63424 | hurrying | |
#71687 | vivace | |
#76663 | allegretto | |
#83766 | meteoric | |
#83883 | scurrying | |
#86275 | straightaway | |
#180412 | andantino |
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