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