slow

slow is a 4-letter English word with 23 senses as adverb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 23 senses

Definitions

1. imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
2. superlative. Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion.
3. superlative. Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
4. superlative. Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue.
5. superlative. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.
6. superlative. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.
7. superlative. Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.
8. superlative. Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull.
9. adverb. Slowly.
10. transitive verb. To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer.
11. intransitive verb. To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.
12. noun. A moth.
13. verb. lose velocity; move more slowly

    "The car decelerated"

    Synonyms: decelerate, retard

14. verb. become slow or slower

    "Production slowed"

    Synonyms: slack, slacken

15. verb. cause to proceed more slowly

    "The illness slowed him down"

16. adjective. (of business) not active or brisk

    "business is dull (or slow)"

    "a sluggish market"

    Synonyms: dull, sluggish

17. adjective. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity- Thackeray

    "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"

    "never met anyone quite so dim"

    Synonyms: dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse

18. adjective. not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time

    "a slow walker"

    "the slow lane of traffic"

19. adjective. at a slow tempo

    "the band played a slow waltz"

20. adjective. (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time

    "the clock is slow"

21. adjective. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness- Edmund Burke- Mark Twain

    "a boring evening with uninteresting people"

    "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"

    Synonyms: boring, deadening, dull, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome

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

    "he spoke slowly"

    "go easy here--the road is slippery"

    Synonyms: easy, slowly, tardily

23. adverb. of timepieces

    "the clock is almost an hour slow"

    "my watch is running behind"

    Synonyms: behind

Synonyms

decelerate, retard, slack, slacken, dull, sluggish, dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, boring, deadening, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, easy, slowly, tardily, behind

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in slow:

lows, owls, sowl

Common word forms

slows, slowed, slower, slowly, slowest, slowing, slowness

Words from these letters

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