RAPID Antonyms

• the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

• wasting time

• proceeding in small stages

• (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt

• (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass

• disinclined to work or exertion

• (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless

• someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

• wasting time

• lacking spirit or liveliness

• in an unhurried way or at one's convenience

• not hurried or forced

• deficient in alertness or activity

• being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme

• a person who takes a position in the political center

• not extreme

• marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

• preside over

• make less fast or intense

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• make less severe or harsh

• make less strong or intense; soften

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

• hard monotonous routine work

• the act of walking with a slow heavy gait

• (of movement) slow and laborious

• a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

• wasting time

• small and remote and insignificant

• 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

• disinclined to work or exertion

• not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time

• at a slow tempo

• (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time

• without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')

• showing a time that is earlier than the actual time

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• (of business) not active or brisk

• lose velocity; move more slowly

• become slow or slower

• cause to proceed more slowly

• 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

• behave carelessly or indifferently

• waste time

• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

• consider not very seriously

• Like a sluggard.