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Antonyms for slow-moving
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : sloh-moo-ving |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsloʊˈmu vɪŋ |
- activated
- active
- alert
- attentive
- busy
- careful
- caring
- cognizant
- complex
- complicated
- concerned
- diligent
- disciplined
- energetic
- enthusiastic
- fast
- fresh
- hard-working
- hectic
- hurried
- industrious
- intelligent
- interested
- intricate
- lively
- moving
- on cue
- on time
- quick
- rapid
- ready
- rigid
- smart
- stiff
- strict
- strong
- taut
- tight
- vivacious
- waiting
Definition of slow-moving
- As in lazy : adj inactive, sluggish
- As in leisurely : adj casual, unhurried
- As in slack : adj loose, baggy; inactive
- As in slack : adj lazy, negligent
- As in slow : adj unhurried, lazy
- As in torpid : adj lazy, slow
- As in slow-footed : adj slow
- As in slow-going : adj slow
- As in slow-paced : adj slow
- “Look, Rebby,” she said, pointing in the direction139 of the slow-moving craft.
- Extract from : « A Little Maid of Old Maine » by Alice Turner Curtis
- This river is narrow and slow-moving, as there are no heights to give it force.
- Extract from : « Denmark » by M. Pearson Thomson
- Any questions that might have occurred to him were banished from his slow-moving thoughts.
- Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum
- As they are slow-moving creatures, I was able to kill every one of them before they could escape.
- Extract from : « Dick Onslow » by W.H.G. Kingston
- And again, with slow-moving white arms she began to semaphore.
- Extract from : « Tarrano the Conqueror » by Raymond King Cummings
- The village life, though rude and slow-moving, was hearty and cheerful.
- Extract from : « A Son of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
- The fallen bough suggested no danger to his slow-moving mind.
- Extract from : « Sophy of Kravonia » by Anthony Hope
- A slow-moving cinematograph has also been used to obtain series of pictures.
- Extract from : « Meteorology » by Charles Fitzhugh Talman
- Betsey, seated by her sister in their slow-moving vehicle, was silent.
- Extract from : « Through the Gates of Old Romance » by W. Jay Mills
- The slow-moving flood of the Belt glittered in newborn sunlight.
- Extract from : « Egholm and his God » by Johannes Buchholtz
Synonyms for slow-moving
- apathetic
- asleep on the job
- behindhand
- benumbed
- careless
- comatose
- comfortable
- crawling
- creeping
- dallying
- dawdling
- delayed
- delaying
- deliberate
- delinquent
- derelict
- dilatory
- disinclined
- disregardful
- dopey
- dormant
- dreamy
- drowsy
- dull
- easy
- easy-going
- fainéant
- feeble
- flabby
- flaccid
- flagging
- flexible
- flimsy
- free
- gentle
- gradual
- heavy
- hebetudinous
- idle
- imperceptible
- inactive
- inattentive
- indifferent
- indolent
- inert
- infirm
- lackadaisical
- laggard
- lagging
- laid-back
- languid
- languorous
- latent
- lax
- lazy
- leaden
- leisurely
- lethargic
- lifeless
- limp
- listless
- loafing
- loitering
- lymphatic
- measured
- moderate
- motionless
- neglectful
- negligent
- not busy
- not taut
- numb
- out of it
- paralyzed
- passive
- permissive
- phlegmatic
- plodding
- ponderous
- postponing
- procrastinating
- quaggy
- quiescent
- quiet
- regardless
- relaxed
- reluctant
- remiss
- restful
- shiftless
- slack
- slackened
- sleepy
- sloppy
- slothful
- slow
- slow-footed
- slow-going
- slow-moving
- slow-paced
- sluggish
- slumberous
- snaillike
- snoozy
- sodden
- soft
- somnolent
- stagnant
- static
- stupid
- stuporous
- supine
- tardy
- tired
- torpid
- tortoiselike
- trifling
- unconcerned
- unenergetic
- unhasty
- unindustrious
- unpersevering
- unready
- unsteady
- weak
- weary
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