Slow meaning

What does “slow” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“slow” is a verb, adjective and adverb with 11 meanings. Its most common meaning is: lose velocity; move more slowly.

slow

lose velocity; move more slowly
“The car decelerated”
Synonymsdecelerate slow down slow up retard
become slow or slower
“Production slowed”
Synonymsslow down slow up slack slacken
cause to proceed more slowly
“The illness slowed him down”
Synonymsslow down slow up

not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
“a slow walker”
“the slow lane of traffic”
Oppositesfast
at a slow tempo
“the band played a slow waltz”
Oppositesfast
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
“so dense he never understands anything I say to him”
“never met anyone quite so dim”
Synonymsdense dim dull dumb obtuse
(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
“the clock is slow”
Oppositesfast
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
“a boring evening with uninteresting people”
“the deadening effect of some routine tasks”
Synonymsboring deadening dull ho-hum irksome tedious tiresome wearisome
(of business) not active or brisk
“business is dull (or slow)”
“a sluggish market”
Synonymsdull sluggish

without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
“he spoke slowly”
“go easy here--the road is slippery”
Synonymsslowly easy tardily
of timepieces
“the clock is almost an hour slow”
“my watch is running behind”
Synonymsbehind

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University