SLOW-MOVING Synonyms

• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

• the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

• unable to move or resist motion

• having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive

• slow and apathetic

• lacking spirit or liveliness

• in an unhurried way or at one's convenience

• not hurried or forced

• hard monotonous routine work

• the act of walking with a slow heavy gait

• (of movement) slow and laborious

• dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve

• a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality

• a stretch of water without current or movement

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

• the quality of being loose (not taut)

• a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely

• not tense or taut

• flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide

• lacking in rigor or strictness

• avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

• be inattentive to, or neglect

• release tension on

• make less active or fast

• become slow or slower

• make less active or intense

• become less in amount or intensity

• cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water

• slow or slothful

• (of business) not active or brisk

• slow and apathetic

• after the expected or usual time; delayed

• relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste

• capable of accepting delay with equanimity