slow
adjective
[ sləʊ ]
• moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed; not quick or fast.
• "until recently diesel cars were slow and noisy"
Similar:
unhurried,
leisurely,
measured,
moderate,
deliberate,
steady,
sedate,
slow-moving,
slow-going,
easy,
relaxed,
unrushed,
gentle,
undemanding,
comfortable,
ponderous,
plodding,
laboured,
dawdling,
loitering,
lagging,
laggard,
sluggish,
sluggardly,
snail-like,
tortoise-like,
leaden-footed,
leaden,
creeping,
laggy,
lollygagging,
• (of a clock or watch) showing a time earlier than the correct time.
• "the clock was five minutes slow"
• not prompt to understand, think, or learn.
• "he's so slow, so unimaginative"
Similar:
obtuse,
stupid,
unperceptive,
imperceptive,
blind,
uncomprehending,
unimaginative,
insensitive,
bovine,
stolid,
slow-witted,
dull-witted,
unintelligent,
doltish,
witless,
blockish,
dense,
dim,
dim-witted,
thick,
slow on the uptake,
dumb,
dopey,
not with it,
boneheaded,
blockheaded,
lamebrained,
wooden-headed,
muttonheaded,
dozy,
glaikit,
dumb-ass,
chowderheaded,
dof,
• uneventful and rather dull.
• "a slow and mostly aimless narrative"
Similar:
dull,
boring,
uninteresting,
unexciting,
uneventful,
tedious,
tiresome,
wearisome,
dry,
as dry as dust,
monotonous,
plodding,
tame,
dreary,
lacklustre,
ho-hum,
quiet,
sleepy,
unprogressive,
behind the times,
backward,
backwoods,
backwater,
dead,
one-horse,
dead-and-alive,
dullsville,
• (of a film) needing long exposure.
• (of a fire or oven) burning or giving off heat gently.
• "bake the dish in a preheated slow oven"
slow
adverb
• at a slow pace; slowly.
• "the train went slower and slower"
slow
verb
• reduce one's speed or the speed of a vehicle or process.
• "the train slowed to a halt"
Similar:
reduce speed,
go slower,
decelerate,
lessen one's speed,
brake,
put the brakes on,
slack off,
Origin:
Old English slāw ‘slow-witted, sluggish’, of Germanic origin.
