| slow | (adjective) not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time | - |
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| (adjective) at a slow tempo | - |
| (adjective) (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time | - |
| (adjective) (of business) not active or brisk | Synonyms: dull, sluggish |
| (adjective) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity | Synonyms: dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse |
| (adjective) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | Synonyms: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome |
| (adverb) without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly') | Synonyms: easy, slowly, tardily |
| (adverb) showing a time that is earlier than the actual time | Synonyms: behind |
| (verb) lose velocity; move more slowly | Synonyms: decelerate, retard, slow down, slow up |
| (verb) become slow or slower | Synonyms: slack, slacken, slow down, slow up |
| (verb) cause to proceed more slowly | Synonyms: slow down, slow up |
| slowcoach | (noun) someone who moves slowly | Synonyms: plodder, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud |
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| slowdown | (noun) the act of slowing down or falling behind | Synonyms: lag, retardation |
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| slower | (adverb) more slowly | - |
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| slowest | (adverb) most slowly | - |
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| slowgoing | (adjective) not inclined to be enterprising | Synonyms: unenergetic |
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| slowing | (noun) a decrease in rate of change | Synonyms: deceleration, retardation |
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| slowly | (adverb) in music | Synonyms: lento |
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| (adverb) without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly') | Synonyms: easy, slow, tardily |
| slowness | (noun) a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry | Synonyms: deliberateness, deliberation, unhurriedness |
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| (noun) lack of normal development of intellectual capacities | Synonyms: backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, subnormality |
| (noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness |
| slowpoke | (noun) someone who moves slowly | Synonyms: plodder, slowcoach, stick-in-the-mud |
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| slowworm | (noun) small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind | Synonyms: Anguis fragilis, blindworm |
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