Slow (2024)

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What is a better word for slow? ›

bit by bit, costive, leisurely, sluggish, tardy, unhurried.

dull, gradual, low, moderate, sluggish, stagnant, stiff, tame, tedious, time-consuming. Strong matches. delayed, detained, down, hindered, impeded, lingering, off, prolonged, protracted, reduced, slack.

sluggish in nature, disposition, or function. Synonyms: slothful, lazy, indolent, dilatory, sluggardly.

“Slow” can mean just that — someone who isn't a quick learner, they don't “get” jokes quickly, is easy-going, their speech is slower than fast talkers, etc.

heavy inactive lethargic listless slack slow stagnant.

Inattentive, mentally slow and inert, easily distracted, speech is monotone.

apathetic careless dull inattentive indifferent lackadaisical lethargic passive sleepy tired weary.

deceleration, decline, delay, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, falloff, slackening, stagnation, strike.

apathetic crawling creeping dawdling delaying deliberate dilatory disinclined dreamy drowsy easy gradual heavy idle imperceptible inactive indolent inert lackadaisical laggard lagging leaden leisurely lethargic listless loitering measured moderate negligent passive phlegmatic plodding ponderous postponing ...

The cars on the road are all moving slow/slowly. She stood up slow/slowly after falling off her bike. Her son ate so slow/slowly that it was bedtime when he was finally finished. The computer was running so slow/slowly that he didn't finish his homework on time.

What is the verb of slow? ›

verb. slowed; slowing; slows. transitive verb. : to make slow or slower : slacken the speed of. slow a car.

From Middle English slow, slaw, from Old English slāw (“sluggish, inert, slothful, late, tardy, torpid, slow”), from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt, dull, faint, weak, slack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sleyH-u- (“bad”).

Some common synonyms of delay are dally, dawdle, lag, loiter, and procrastinate. While all these words mean "to move or act slowly so as to fall behind," delay usually implies a putting off of something (such as a beginning or departure).

Inattentive, mentally slow and inert, easily distracted, speech is monotone.

dawdle delay hesitate linger loiter meander mosey procrastinate vacillate.