Synonyms for decelerationde·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. Pascal Blanqué:

   We see some upside for the year. Markets are now pricing in the best possible world : earnings re-acceleration and economic rebound, but for the coming quarters we see some challenges — vaccination delays, severe lockdowns hitting the economy — that could prevent an upside. A deceleration is possible, given valuations are already expensive, so, it is a situation that deserves some caution.

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. Gil Luria:

   It's not consumption that would be driving the deceleration of the Chinese economy -- to the extent that it's decelerating, it's more because of investment flowing down, it looks like the Chinese consumer is still strong and growing.

4. Craig Johnson:

   Sales have been sluggish so far this year as most consumers are still buying close to need, what's worse is the marked deceleration from a year ago.

5. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich:

   The nervous system of philosophy fails, as in the neurons of philosophy, like the black holes of the cosmos, a quantum acceleration or deceleration of progress or regression.

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