Antonyms for slow down
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : sloh |
Phonetic Transcription : sloÊŠ |
- abet
- accelerate
- achieve
- activate
- add
- advance
- aggravate
- agitate
- aid
- allow
- amplify
- animate
- approve
- ascend
- assist
- begin
- benefit
- boost
- build
- build up
- carry out
- clean
- clear
- comfort
- complete
- compliment
- comply
- continue
- develop
- disperse
- do
- encourage
- energize
- enhance
- enlarge
- excite
- exclude
- exonerate
- expand
- expedite
- explain
- extend
- face
- facilitate
- finish
- forward
- free
- further
- give
- gladden
- go
- go up
- grow
- hasten
- help
- hurry
- improve
- incite
- include
- increase
- indulge
- intensify
- invigorate
- irritate
- labor
- laud
- lay bare
- leave
- lengthen
- let go
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- maintain
- make happy
- meet
- miss
- not touch
- obey
- offer
- open
- pass up
- permit
- persevere
- please
- pour
- praise
- prepare
- prolong
- promote
- purify
- push
- raise
- ready
- refresh
- release
- relieve
- remove
- reveal
- rise
- run
- rush
- scatter
- soothe
- speed
- start
- stiffen
- strengthen
- stretch
- succeed
- support
- tangle
- tap
- tense
- tighten
- twist
- unblock
- unburden
- unclog
- uncomplicate
- uncover
- unfasten
- unmask
- unplug
- unstop
- untangle
- untie
- untwist
- upgrade
- upset
- welcome
- win
- wind
- work hard
- worry
- worsen
Definition of slow down
Origin :- Old English slaw "inactive, sluggish, torpid, lazy," also "not clever," from Proto-Germanic *slæwaz (cf. Old Saxon sleu "blunt, dull," Middle Dutch slee, Dutch sleeuw "sour, tart, blunt," Old High German sleo "blunt, dull," Old Norse sljor, Danish sløv, Swedish slö "blunt, dull"). Meaning "taking a long time" is attested from early 13c. Meaning "dull, tedious" is from 1841. As an adverb c.1500. The slows "imaginary disease to account for lethargy" is from 1843.
- As in lessen : verb lower, reduce
- As in let up : verb pause
- As in loaf : verb be idle, lazy
- As in mire : verb delay, catch up in
- As in obstruct : verb prevent, restrict
- As in reduce : verb make less; decrease
- As in rein : verb restrain, control
- As in relax : verb diminish, lessen
- As in retard : verb hinder, obstruct
- As in set back : verb delay, hinder
- As in slack/slacken : verb do little or nothing; loosen
- As in stall : verb delay for own purposes
- As in strike : verb walk out of job in protest
- As in unwind : verb relax
- As in weaken : verb reduce the strength of
- As in : verb take a short break
- As in bog down : verb stick; become stuck
- As in brake : verb check; stop
- As in cumber : verb hamper
- As in check : verb hinder, restrain
- As in laze : verb idle
- As in peter : verb decrease
- As in decrease : verb grow less or make less
- As in detain : verb hold, keep back; arrest
- As in drag : verb move very slowly
- As in encumber : verb bother, burden
- As in hamper : verb impede, restrict
- As in hold up : verb postpone
- As in impede : verb obstruct, hinder
- The men inside had expected the driver to slow down to avoid a collision.
- Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
- Once you are free of the liner I'll slow down so that the black ship will have to slow down, too.
- Extract from : « Loot of the Void » by Edwin K. Sloat
- When they sight albacore they run up on the school and slow down.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- Nor were there any wires or relays to impede and slow down communication.
- Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
- After a short time all three boys had to slow down to a walk.
- Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock
- But it's going to slow down the work I'm doing on the Mayor's campaign for re-election!
- Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
- And maybe another ten to give the capsule time to slow down.
- Extract from : « The Quantum Jump » by Robert Wicks
- With eighteen feet covered, their progress began to slow down.
- Extract from : « The Day Time Stopped Moving » by Bradner Buckner
- Pop Monroe was trying for just one solid blow to slow down the Champ.
- Extract from : « Vital Ingredient » by Gerald Vance
- Their energy and working capacity will slow down long before noon.
- Extract from : « American Cookery » by Various
Synonyms for slow down
- abate
- abridge
- adulterate
- amputate
- apprehend
- arbitrate
- arrest
- attenuate
- avoid the issue
- back off
- baffle
- balk
- bankrupt
- bant
- bar
- barricade
- be delayed
- be inactive
- be indolent
- be on strike
- be quiescent
- be slothful
- be unoccupied
- beat around the bush
- become smaller
- bind
- bit
- block
- blow whistle on
- bog
- bog down
- bottleneck
- boycott
- brake
- break
- break up
- breathe
- bridle
- bring to screeching halt
- bum
- bum around
- burden
- bust
- buttonhole
- calm down
- cease
- charge
- cheapen
- check
- checkmate
- choke
- choke off
- chop
- circumvent
- cling
- clip
- clog
- close
- close off
- collect
- compose
- confine
- congest
- constrain
- contract
- control
- cool
- counteract
- crab
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- crawl
- creep
- crimp
- cripple
- crop
- crumble
- cumber
- curb
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- cut off
- cut short
- dally
- dam
- dawdle
- de-escalate
- debase
- debilitate
- decay
- decelerate
- decline
- decrease
- defeat
- defer
- deflate
- degenerate
- degrade
- delay
- depreciate
- depress
- detain
- deter
- deteriorate
- devaluate
- devitalize
- die
- die down
- die out
- diet
- dillydally
- dilute
- diminish
- dirty
- discomfit
- discommode
- disconcert
- discount
- discourage
- disrupt
- dodge
- down
- downsize
- drag one's feet
- drain
- dream
- drift
- droop
- drop
- drop off
- dry up
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ease up
- ebb
- embarrass
- embog
- embroil
- encounter difficulty
- encumber
- enervate
- enmesh
- ensnare
- entangle
- entrap
- equivocate
- erode
- evade
- evaporate
- exhaust
- fade
- fail
- faint
- fall
- fall off
- falter
- faze
- featherbed
- fence
- fetter
- filibuster
- fill
- flag
- flag one
- flounder
- foil
- fool around
- foul up
- freeze
- fritter away
- frustrate
- get in the way
- give way
- go on a diet
- go on strike
- goldbrick
- goof off
- grow less
- halt
- hamper
- hamstring
- handicap
- hang
- hang out
- hang up
- harness
- hedge
- hesitate
- hide
- hinder
- hit the bricks
- hobble
- hog-tie
- hold
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- hold off
- hold out
- hold up
- ice
- idle
- impair
- impede
- implicate
- impoverish
- inch
- incommode
- inconvenience
- inhibit
- interfere
- interfere with
- intern
- interrupt
- invalidate
- involve
- jail
- keep back
- kill time
- knock around
- lade
- lag
- lag behind
- languish
- lax
- lay back
- laze
- leash
- lessen
- let down
- let up
- lie
- lie down on job
- lighten
- limit
- limp
- limp along
- linger
- load
- loaf
- loiter
- loll
- loose
- loosen
- loosen up
- lose
- lose edge
- lose speed
- lose spirit
- lose weight
- lounge
- lounge around
- lower
- make difficult
- malinger
- mark down
- mark time
- mask
- mediate
- mellow out
- minify
- minimize
- mire
- mitigate
- moderate
- modify
- modulate
- monkey with
- mutiny
- nab
- narrow
- narrow down
- neglect
- negotiate
- neutralize
- nip in the bud
- not lift a finger
- not move
- nutshell
- obscure
- obstruct
- obviate
- occlude
- oppose
- oppress
- overburden
- overload
- pare
- pass time
- pauperize
- pause
- peter out
- pick up
- picket
- piddle
- pinch
- play for time
- plug
- poke
- postpone
- preclude
- prevaricate
- prevent
- procrastinate
- prorogue
- pull in
- put away
- put off
- quell
- quibble
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieten
- quit
- rattle
- rebate
- rebuff
- recede
- recline
- recuperate
- reduce
- reduce speed
- refuse to work
- rein in
- relapse
- relax
- release
- relent
- relieve
- remit
- repress
- repulse
- reserve
- resist
- rest
- restrain
- restrict
- retard
- retardate
- reverse
- revolt
- roll back
- ruin
- run in
- run low
- saddle
- saddle with
- sag
- sandbag
- sap
- saunter
- scale down
- send up
- set back
- settle
- shackle
- shamble
- shave
- shield
- shirk
- shorten
- shrink
- shrivel
- shuffle
- shut down
- shut off
- simmer down
- sink
- sit around
- sit back
- sit down
- sit in
- slack
- slack off
- slack up
- slacken
- slacken pace
- slash
- slim
- slow
- slow down
- slow up
- slump
- smother
- snare
- snub
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soil
- squelch
- stagnate
- stall
- stand
- stand around
- stand off
- stand still
- stay
- step down
- stick
- stick out
- still
- stonewall
- stop
- stop for a breath
- stopper
- straggle
- stroll
- stymie
- subside
- suppress
- suspend
- tail away
- tail off
- take a break
- take down
- take it easy
- take off weight
- take one's time
- take ten
- take the bite out
- take the edge off
- take the sting out
- tame
- tangle
- taper
- taper off
- tarry
- tax
- temper
- temporize
- terminate
- thin
- thin out
- throttle
- thwart
- tie
- tie one's hands
- tie up
- tire
- tone down
- totter
- trail behind
- traipse
- trammel
- trap
- tremble
- trifle
- trim
- trouble
- truncate
- turn down
- twiddle thumbs
- undermine
- untighten
- vegetate
- vitiate
- waive
- wane
- waste
- waste time
- water down
- weaken
- wear away
- wear down
- weigh down
- weight
- while away hours
- wilt
- wind down
- wither
- withhold
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