Best Opposite Words For SPEED
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crawl | verbv | |||||||
noun • a very slow movement • a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick • a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body verb • move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground • feel as if crawling with insects • be full of • show submission or fear • swim by doing the crawl | ||||||||
creep | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric • a slow longitudinal movement or deformation • a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot • a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body verb • move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground • to go stealthily or furtively • grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface) • show submission or fear | ||||||||
decelerate | verbv | |||||||
verb • lose velocity; move more slowly • reduce the speed of | ||||||||
leisurely | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adverb • in an unhurried way or at one's convenience adjective satellite • not hurried or forced | ||||||||
plodding | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • hard monotonous routine work • the act of walking with a slow heavy gait adjective satellite • (of movement) slow and laborious | ||||||||
procrastinate | verbv | |||||||
verb • postpone doing what one should be doing • postpone or delay needlessly | ||||||||
slow | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time • at a slow tempo • (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time adverb • without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly') • showing a time that is earlier than the actual time adjective satellite • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness • (of business) not active or brisk verb • lose velocity; move more slowly • become slow or slower • cause to proceed more slowly | ||||||||
sluggish | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • slow or slothful • (of business) not active or brisk • slow and apathetic | ||||||||
tardy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • after the expected or usual time; delayed | ||||||||
unhurried | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste adjective satellite • capable of accepting delay with equanimity |