Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Slowness

Nouns
  • slowness etc. adj.
  • languor etc. (inactivity) Inactivity
  • drawl
  • creeping etc. v., lentor. retardation
  • slackening etc. v.
  • delay etc. (lateness) Lateness
  • claudication. jog trot, dog trot
  • mincing steps
  • slow march, slow time. slow goer, slow coach, slow back
  • lingerer, loiterer, sluggard, tortoise, snail
  • poke [U.S.]
  • dawdle etc. (inactive) Inactivity.
Verbs
  • move slowly etc. adv.
  • creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter
  • plod, trudge, stump along, lumber
  • trail, drag
  • dawdle etc. (be inactive) Inactivity
  • grovel, worm one's way, steal along
  • job on, rub on, bundle on
  • toddle, waddle, wabble, slug, traipse, slouch, shuffle, halt, hobble, limp, caludicate, shamble
  • flag, falter, trotter, stagger
  • mince, step short
  • march in slow time, march in funeral procession
  • take one's time
  • hang fire etc. (be late) Lateness. retard, relax
  • slacken, check, moderate, rein in, curb
  • reef
  • strike sail, shorten sail, take in sail
  • put on the drag, apply the brake
  • clip the wings
  • reduce the speed
  • slacken speed, slacken one's pace
  • lose ground.
Adjectives
  • slow, slack
  • tardy
  • dilatory etc. (inactive) Inactivity
  • gentle, easy
  • leisurely
  • deliberate, gradual
  • insensible, imperceptible
  • glacial, languid, sluggish, slow paced, tardigrade, snail-like
  • creeping etc. v.
  • reptatorial.
Adverbs
  • slowly etc. adj.
  • leisurely
  • piano, adagio
  • largo, larghetto
  • at half speed, under easy sail
  • at a foots pace, at a snail's pace, at a funeral pace
  • in slow time, with mincing steps, with clipped wings
  • by degrees, by slow degrees, by inches, by little and little
  • step by step, one step at a time
  • inch by inch, bit by bit, little by little, seriatim
  • consecutively.
Phrases
  • at a glacial pace.