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SPEEDWELL Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word speedwell. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For SPEEDWELL

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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

dawdle
verbv
verb

• take one's time; proceed slowly

• waste time

• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

delay
verb, nounv, n
noun

• time during which some action is awaited

• the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

verb

• cause to be slowed down or delayed

• act later than planned, scheduled, or required

• stop or halt

• slow the growth or development of

drag
nounn
noun

• the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

• something that slows or delays progress

• something tedious and boring

• clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• the act of dragging (pulling with force)

verb

• pull, as against a resistance

• draw slowly or heavily

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

• move slowly and as if with great effort

• to lag or linger behind

• suck in or take (air)

• use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it

• walk without lifting the feet

• search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

• persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting

• proceed for an extended period of time

lethargy
nounn
noun

• a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

• weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy

• inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

linger
verbv
verb

• remain present although waning or gradually dying

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• leave slowly and hesitantly

• take one's time; proceed slowly

• to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time

plod
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the act of walking with a slow heavy gait

verb

• walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

saunter
verbv
noun

• a careless leisurely gait

• a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

verb

• walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

slowness
nounn
noun

• unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

• a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

• lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

sluggishness
nounn
noun

• a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

• the pace of things that move relatively slowly

• inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

Alternatives for CRAWL

Alternatives for DAWDLE

Alternatives for DELAY

Alternatives for DRAG

Alternatives for LETHARGY

Alternatives for LINGER

Alternatives for PLOD

Alternatives for SAUNTER

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