Synonyms for deceleration
de·cel·er·a·tion

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1. decelerationnoun

   Antonyms:
   acceleration

2. decelerationnoun

   The rocket is now in deceleration.

   Antonyms:
   acceleration

3. decelerationnoun

   The brakes produce a deceleration of 10 metres per second per second.

   Antonyms:
   acceleration

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1. deceleration, slowing, retardationnoun

   a decrease in rate of change

   "the deceleration of the arms race"

   Synonyms:
   slowness, subnormality, slowing, slowdown, mental retardation, retardant, backwardness, lag, retardent, retardation

   Antonyms:
   acceleration, speedup, quickening

2. decelerationnoun

   (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity

   Synonyms:
   slowing, retardation

   Antonyms:
   acceleration, quickening, speedup

3. decelerationnoun

   the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed

   "he initiated deceleration by braking"

   Synonyms:
   slowing, retardation

   Antonyms:
   acceleration, speedup, quickening

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Physics
   • Rate
   • Speed

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1. List of paraphrases for "deceleration":

   decel, slowdown, downturn, slowing, slow-down, retardation

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1. Anthony Fauci:

   We do not know that and I think we have to be openly honest about that, when I talk about the pandemic I put it into five phases. The truly pandemic phase where the whole world is really very negatively impacted – as we are right now. Then there's the deceleration of the pandemic. Then there's control. There's elimination and eradication.

2. Mayor Stephen Benjamin of Columbia:

   When you should go back to business is when you have some true indicators over two weeks that show a deceleration of the pandemic, we need more testing. We need more data, and then we can decide how we go back into business.

3. Eric Green:

   This data has periodically proved to be very lumpy and the sharp deceleration is inconsistent with other measures of wage inflation that are trending higher, not falling off a cliff.

4. Morgan Stanley:

   Bottom line: faster tapering with a greater deceleration in growth implies a greater than 10% correction.

5. Justin Onuekwusi:

   We're seeing yields backing up and safe havens and defensive equities underperform so we are seeing a bit rotation. I don't think it's a structural shift, it's just that markets went too far and too soon, and we are seeing alleviation of that move, the market is being driven by two extremes: one if we get further deceleration in trade, the probability of recession becomes quite high. But if we get a (Sino-U.S. trade deal) we could see confidence coming back.