Other Words for Slow

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Slow as a Adjective has these synonyms:

behindhand, tardily, late, unpunctually
Example: All the trains seem to be running a bit slow tonight.

boring, dull, tiresome, ennuyant, tedious, dead, sleepy, somnolent, torpid, soporific, wearisome, dry-as-dust, uninteresting, monotonous, tame, uneventful, humdrum, ho-hum, dead-and-alive
Example: This town becomes really slow in the autumn, till the tourists reappear in the spring.

conservative, unprogressive, old-fashioned, out of date, backward, old-fogyish or old-fogeyish, behind the times, square, not with it, past it, out of it
Example: The council has been rather slow in realizing the needs of the community.

dense, dull, slow-witted, dull-witted, obtuse, backward, bovine, dim, dim-witted, stupid, unresponsive, blockish, cloddish, unintelligent, doltish, simple, stolid, unimaginative, Boeotian, slow on the uptake, thick, dumb
Example: I'm afraid I'm a bit slow when it comes to particle physics.

lagging, laggard, dawdling, sluggish, sluggard(ly), slow-moving, leaden, ponderous, unhurried, plodding, snail-like, tortoise-like, torpid, leaden-footed, creeping, crawling, deliberate, slow-paced, leisurely, gradual, easy, relaxed, lax, lackadaisical
Example: They walked at a slow pace back to the house. Philip has become a little slower in his old age.

late, tardy, behindhand, dilatory, delayed, unpunctual
Example: You were so slow in getting here that everyone has gone.

reluctant, not quick, unwilling, hesitant, disinclined, averse, loath or loth, indisposed
Example: Even when provoked, Cassie tends to be slow to anger.

slack, inactive, quiet, sluggish, unproductive
Example: Business is always a bit slow after the holidays.

slowly, easy, leisurely, easily
Example: They told him to take things slower or he'd have another heart attack.

slowly, unhurriedly, cautiously, carefully, circumspectly
Example: He failed his test because he drove too slow.

Slow as a Adverb has these synonyms:

relax, take it easy, ease up
Example: The doctor suggested that at my age I ought to slow down a little.

Slow as a Noun has these synonyms:

behindhand, unpunctual
Example: I missed the train because my watch is five minutes slow.

unhurried, slow-moving, slow-paced
Example: The slow funeral cortege crept through the streets.

Slow as a Verb has these synonyms:

gradual, progressive, moderate, perceptible, almost imperceptible, measurable
Example: The church elders have noted a slow decline in moral standards.

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