Thesaurus:slow down
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
Sense: go slower[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- cumber (dated)
- decelerate
- foreslow (obsolete)
- put the brakes on (idiomatic)
- rein in (idiomatic)
- retard
- slow [⇒ thesaurus]
- slowen (nonstandard)
- slow down
- slow up
Antonyms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
- put the brakes on (literal)
- rein in (literal)
- strike sail
- —
- unaccelerate (rare)
Hypernyms[edit]
Various[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “275. slowness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “slow down” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.