Synonyms of slows (down or up)

slows (down or up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of slow (down or up)

as in decelerates

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decelerates
• temporizes
• strolls
• inches
• ambles
• hangs (around or out)
• saunters
• staggers
• shuffles
• fools around
• eases
• procrastinates
• plods
• stalls
• fiddles (around)
• messes around
• lumbers
• idles
• filibusters
• potters (around)
• putters (around)
• monkeys (around)
• lounges
• loafs
• delays
• lingers
• lags
• lolls
• lollygags
• trifles
• drags
• loiters
• dawdles
• lallygags
• dillydallies
• shilly-shallies
• diddles
• plays
• mopes
• crawls
• tarries
• creeps
• pokes
• dallies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tears
• courses
• speeds
• races
• careers
• hastens
• rushes
• hurries
• barrels
• flies
• runs
• rips
• whirls
• whizzes
• scurries
• speeds (up)
• dashes
• whisks
• scoots
• rockets
• zips
• bolts
• hurtles
• scuds
• bowls
• hustles
• darts
• breezes
• humps
• scrambles
• hotfoots (it)
• runs
• stampedes
• accelerates
• jogs
• gallops
• trots
• quickens
• sprints
• catches up
• outstrips
• outpaces
• overtakes
• outruns
• fast-forwards