Meaning of slow in English

1. Pronunciation

   /sloʊ/

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1. Verb

   slow

   Definitions

   1. lose velocity

   Examples

   • « move more slowly »
   • « The car decelerated »

   Antonyms

   • accelerate
   • speed up
   • speed
   • quicken
2. 2. become slow or slower

   Examples

   • « Production slowed »
3. 3. cause to proceed more slowly

   Examples

   • « The illness slowed him down »

4. Classifying Adjective

   slow

   Definitions

   1. slow to learn or understand

   Examples

   • « lacking intellectual acuity »
   • « so dense he never understands anything I say to him »
   • « never met anyone quite so dim »
   • « although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick- Thackeray »
   • « dumb officials mak »

   Synonyms

   • stupid
5. 2. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

   Examples

   • « a boring evening with uninteresting people »
   • « the deadening effect of some routine tasks »
   • « a dull play »
   • « his competent but dull performance »
   • « a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention; »

   Synonyms

   • uninteresting
6. 3. (of business) not active or brisk

   Examples

   • « business is dull (or slow) »
   • « a sluggish market »

   Synonyms

   • inactive

7. Adverb

   slow

   Definitions

   1. without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')

   Examples

   • « he spoke slowly »
   • « go easy here--the road is slippery »
   • « glaciers move tardily »
   • « please go slow so I can see the sights »

   Antonyms

   • quickly
   • rapidly
   • speedily
   • chop-chop
   • apace
8. 2. of timepieces

   Examples

   • « the clock is almost an hour slow »
   • « my watch is running behind »

9. Qualitative Adjective

   slow

   Etymology

   Old English slāw ‘slow-witted, sluggish’, of Germanic origin

   Definitions

   1. not moving quickly

   Examples

   • « taking a comparatively long time »
   • « a slow walker »
   • « the slow lane of traffic »
   • « her steps were slow »
   • « he was slow in reacting to the news »
   • « slow but steady growth »

   Synonyms

   • bumper-to-bumper
   • dilatory
   • laggard
   • poky
   • pokey
   • dragging
   • drawn-out
   • lazy
   • long-play
   • long-playing
   • slow-moving
   • sluggish

   Antonyms

   • fast
10. 2. at a slow tempo

    Examples

    • « the band played a slow waltz »

    Synonyms

    • adagio
    • andante
    • lento
    • lentissimo
    • largo
    • larghetto
    • larghissimo
    • moderato

    Antonyms

    • fast
11. 3. (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time

    Examples

    • « the clock is slow »

    Antonyms

    • fast