slow

Adjective
  1. Not moving quickly;
    Taking a comparatively long time (synset 300983718)
    "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth"
    also:
    • gradual - proceeding in small stages
    • unhurried - relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste
    tells us about: fastness, speed, swiftness - a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
    similar to:
  2. At a slow tempo (synset 300985793)
    "the band played a slow waltz"
    referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
    similar to:
  3. Slow to learn or understand;
    Lacking intellectual acuity (synset 300442596)
    "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"; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
    similar to: stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
    same as: dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse
  4. (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time (synset 300986913)
    "the clock is slow"
  5. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness (synset 301348155)
    "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"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
    similar to: uninteresting - arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement
    same as: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
  6. (of business) not active or brisk (synset 300037111)
    "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
    referred to in: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
    similar to: inactive - lacking activity; lying idle or unused
    same as: dull, sluggish
Adverb
  1. Without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly') (synset 400162829)
    "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    same as: easy, slowly, tardily
  2. Of timepieces (synset 400224359)
    "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"
    same as: behind
Verb
  1. Lose velocity;
    Move more slowly (synset 200440913)
    "The car decelerated"
    is a type of: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen - decrease in size, extent, or range
    subtypes:
    same as: decelerate, retard, slow down, slow up
  2. Become slow or slower (synset 200441535)
    "Production slowed"
    is a type of: weaken - become weaker
    same as: slack, slacken, slow down, slow up
  3. Cause to proceed more slowly (synset 200441741)
    "The illness slowed him down"
    is a type of: decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up - lose velocity; move more slowly
    subtypes:
    same as: slow down, slow up

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