Adjective: slow (slower,slowest) slow
- Not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
"her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth"; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"
- Taking more than usual time to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
"worked with the slow students";
- dense, dim [informal], dull, dumb, obtuse
- (of business) not active or brisk
"business is slow";
- dull, sluggish
- (music) at a slow tempo
"the band played a slow waltz"
- (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
"the clock is slow"
- So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
"a slow evening with uninteresting people";
- boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum [informal], irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, unamusing, deadly [informal], draggy [informal], mind-numbing
- Lose velocity; move more slowly
"The car slowed";
- decelerate, slow down, slow up, retard
- Become slow or slower
"Production slowed";
- slow down, slow up, slack, slacken
- Cause to proceed more slowly
"The illness slowed him down"; "The heavy traffic slowed up our journey";
- slow down, slow up
- With low speed
"please go slow so I can see the sights";
- slowly, easy, tardily
- Showing a time that is earlier than the actual time
"the clock is almost an hour slow";
- behind
Derived forms: slows, slower, slowed, slowest, slowing
See also: adagio, andante, bumper-to-bumper, daft [Brit, informal], dilatory, drawn-out, dumb, fastness, foolish, gradual, imbecile, imbecilic, inactive, laggard, lame, lameo [informal], larghetto, larghissimo, largo, lazy, lentissimo, lento, long-play, long-playing, meh [informal], moderato, pokey [N. Amer], poky [N. Amer, informal], samey [Brit, informal], slow-moving, sluggish, speed, stupid, sulky, swiftness, unhurried, uninspiring, uninteresting
Type of: come down, decrease, dent, diminish, fall, go down, lessen, sink, weaken
Antonym: fast
Encyclopedia: Slow, It Goes