SLOW

SLOW 1 syllable

B1 · Intermediate 📏 4 letters 🎲 Scrabble 7 ✅ valid word

Useful in everyday and work contexts.

verb
  1. lose velocity
  2. become slow or slower
  3. cause to proceed more slowly

💬 Examples

  • "move more slowly"
  • "The car decelerated"
  • "Production slowed"
  • "The illness slowed him down"

🔗 Similar words

decelerateslow_downslow_upretardslackslacken
adjective
  1. not moving quickly
  2. at a slow tempo
  3. slow to learn or understand
  4. (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time

💬 Examples

  • "taking a comparatively long time"
  • "a slow walker"
  • "the band played a slow waltz"
  • "lacking intellectual acuity"

🔗 Similar words

densedimdulldumbobtuseboring
adverb
  1. without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
  2. of timepieces

💬 Examples

  • "he spoke slowly"
  • "go easy here--the road is slippery"
  • "the clock is almost an hour slow"
  • "my watch is running behind"

🔗 Similar words

slowlyeasytardilybehind
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