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Synonyms for slowed down
verb stick; become stuck

stall
impede
halt
decelerate

delay
detain
retard
set back

sink
slacken
hang up
slow down

slow up

Antonyms for slowed down

advance

help

forward

Synonyms
verb check; stop

decelerate
impede
hinder
obstruct

slow
bar
halt
slacken

dam
stop
moderate
block

reduce speed
slow down

Antonyms

aid
assist
permit
liberate
unblock
accelerate

advance
allow
encourage
forward
help
promote

push
open
continue
free
let go

Synonyms
verb hinder, restrain

control
prevent
halt
stop
reduce
arrest
curb
obstruct
repulse
thwart
neutralize
terminate
obviate
harness

snub
counteract
tame
circumvent
bottleneck
repress
delay
checkmate
moderate
frustrate
suppress
retard
stay
baffle

foil
pause
impede
interrupt
bit
hold
rebuff
discourage
inhibit
bar
preclude
choke
withhold
limit

squelch
bridle
constrain
cut short
hold back
nip in the bud
hold down
hold in
keep back
play for time
rein in
slacken pace
slow down

Antonyms

aid
assist
abet
permit
release
include
welcome
facilitate

expedite
liberate
let go
allow
help
continue
encourage
support

forward
open
approve
advance
free
indulge

Synonyms
verb grow less or make less

ebb
wane
dwindle
reduce
soften
curb
weaken
decline
ease
subside
fall off
drop off
slash
curtail
shrink

depreciate
deteriorate
slump
sink
abate
diminish
cut down
lower
slacken
drop
lessen
settle
degenerate
decay
devaluate

lighten
modify
quiet
evaporate
crumble
quell
wither
restrain
contract
fade
waste
shrivel
check
droop
calm down

let up
peter out
wear down
die down
dry up
lose edge
narrow down
run low
slack off
slow down
tail off
wear away

Antonyms

increase
grow
enlarge
improve
ascend
lengthen
prolong
compliment

laud
praise
liberate
rise
raise
develop
expand
extend

strengthen
irritate
go up
upset
build
add

Synonyms
verb hold, keep back; arrest

apprehend
delay
confine
jail
decelerate
hinder
retard
nab

pinch
inhibit
bust
withhold
intern
restrain
ice
mire

impede
constrain
check
reserve
bog down
hold up
pick up
pull in

put away
run in
set back
buttonhole
hang up
send up
slow down
slow up

Antonyms

liberate
aid
assist
facilitate
permit

release
free
advance
allow
forward

help
push
let go
give
offer

Synonyms
verb move very slowly

hang
crawl
creep
shuffle
procrastinate
traipse
poke

linger
lag
sag
tarry
delay
dawdle
stagnate

loiter
inch
straggle
dally
shamble
mark time
put off

be delayed
be quiescent
encounter difficulty
lag behind
limp along
slow down
trail behind

Antonyms

complete
hurry
hasten
speed

advance
finish
rush
go

leave
run
push

Synonyms
verb bother, burden

overburden
obstruct
load
cramp
clog
weight
tax
hamper

overload
charge
lade
handicap
inconvenience
incommode
embarrass
hog-tie

retard
saddle
trammel
discommode
impede
hinder
oppress
block

hold up
weigh down
hang up
make difficult
saddle with
slow down

Antonyms

aid
assist
benefit
release
unblock
exonerate
permit
further
gladden

facilitate
boost
clear
help
promote
support
unburden
allow
let go

free
open
encourage
please
advance
push
make happy
forward

Synonyms
verb impede, restrict

hinder
obstruct
inhibit
thwart
stymie
prevent
handicap
inconvenience
retard
frustrate
hamstring

hold up
curb
hobble
block
foil
bar
cramp
clog
fetter
trammel
bind

balk
leash
cumber
baffle
encumber
shackle
restrain
embarrass
hog-tie
tie
entangle

check
tie up
get in the way
hang up
interfere with
slow down
cramp one’s style
drag one’s feet
tie one’s hands

Antonyms

aid
assist
facilitate
further
permit
benefit
abet
loosen
release

explain
liberate
expedite
advance
allow
encourage
forward
help
promote

push
support
free
let go
open
unfasten
loose
untie

Synonyms
verb postpone

hinder
suspend
stop
detain

delay
impede
interrupt
stay

interfere
pause
retard
set back

waive
hold off
prorogue
slow down

Antonyms

aid
assist
facilitate
further
permit

advance
allow
encourage
forward
help

continue
go
promote
give

Synonyms
verb obstruct, hinder

cut off
retard
slow
thwart
stymie
deter
delay
curb
interfere
disrupt

hamper
block
discomfit
clog
bar
rattle
dam
stop
stonewall
freeze

faze
restrain
oppose
embarrass
brake
check
disconcert
hold up
shut down
blow whistle on

close off
flag one
hang up
saddle with
shut off
slow down
cramp one’s style

Antonyms

permit
aid
assist
expedite
unblock
soothe
liberate
release

comfort
facilitate
allow
encourage
advance
help
push
forward

promote
free
open
unclog
continue
go
support

Synonyms
verb lower, reduce

mitigate
dilute
erode
slacken
minimize
ease
shrink
impair
dwindle
decrease
abate
narrow

diminish
curtail
lighten
weaken
decline
cut
clip
taper
abridge
attenuate
degrade
crop

downsize
soft-pedal
drain
contract
amputate
truncate
close
moderate
thin
cut back
taper off
minify

de-escalate
become smaller
die down
grow less
roll back
slack up
slow down
take the bite out
take the edge off
take the sting out
wind down

Antonyms

increase
intensify
worsen
enlarge
grow
prolong

lengthen
stretch
irritate
strengthen
develop
expand

extend
rise
go up
raise

Synonyms
verb pause

abate
cease
decrease
diminish
ease

ebb
fall
moderate
release
relent

slacken
stop
subside
wane
die down

die out
ease off
ease up
slow down

Antonyms

continue

Synonyms
verb be idle, lazy

laze
loll
trifle
lie
stall
slack
relax
goldbrick
dillydally
loiter
drift

evade
lounge
idle
malinger
bum
shirk
dally
dream
saunter
stroll
vegetate

fool around
kill time
let down
waste time
fritter away
piddle
be inactive
be indolent
be slothful
be unoccupied
bum around

hang out
knock around
lounge around
not lift a finger
pass time
sit around
slow down
stand around
take it easy
twiddle thumbs
while away hours

Antonyms

hurry
achieve
energize
labor

rush
face
meet
do

run
work hard

Synonyms
verb delay, catch up in

bog down
entangle
implicate
embroil
ensnare
involve

flounder
enmesh
stick
tangle
trap
decelerate

retard
soil
detain
dirty
cling
snare

entrap
sink
set back
hang up
slow down
slow up

Antonyms

exclude
untangle
release
clean

liberate
untwist
free
let go

remove
uncomplicate

Synonyms
verb prevent, restrict

hinder
cut off
inhibit
thwart
stymie
retard
stonewall
interfere
stall
impede
curb
obscure

hamper
block
clog
shield
terminate
hamstring
close
check
fill
hide
arrest
restrain

crab
occlude
congest
stop
frustrate
interrupt
throttle
plug
stopper
bar
mask
choke

trammel
barricade
foul up
hold up
weigh down
sandbag
get in the way
hang up
monkey with
shut off
slow down
drag one’s feet

Antonyms

aid
assist
facilitate
further
permit
unblock
uncover
release
liberate
unmask
abet

advance
allow
encourage
forward
help
promote
push
free
open
unstop
lay bare

begin
start
unplug
continue
reveal
let go
support
boost
clear

Synonyms
verb make less; decrease

trim
lower
cut
dwindle
shorten
lessen
pare
slash
diminish
curtail
cut down
weaken
shave
dilute

clip
abridge
slim
impair
impoverish
depress
debase
bankrupt
ruin
rebate
moderate
depreciate
truncate
deflate

break
discount
cheapen
diet
abate
pauperize
drain
taper
recede
contract
chop
cut back
step down
tone down

turn down
scale down
bant
go on a diet
lose weight
mark down
nutshell
roll back
slow down
take off weight
taper off
wind down

Antonyms

increase
compliment
praise
enlarge
grow
lengthen
prolong

laud
upgrade
enhance
stretch
amplify
invigorate
develop

raise
expand
extend
strengthen
rise
win

Synonyms
verb restrain, control

restrict
suppress
curb
repress

compose
halt
smother
collect

limit
bridle
hold
check

cool
hold back
simmer down
slow down

Antonyms

release
disperse
scatter

let go
encourage
continue

free

Synonyms
verb diminish, lessen

loosen
slow
reduce
ease
relieve
modify

lower
weaken
mitigate
slack
slacken
loose

remit
abate
moderate
modulate
ebb
lax

let up
untighten
ease off
lose speed
slow down

Antonyms

grow
increase
incite
intensify

excite
worry
raise
strengthen

rise
agitate
tense

Synonyms
verb hinder, obstruct

decelerate
handicap
lessen
impede
crimp
hamper
defer
loaf
clog
fetter
reduce
down
dawdle

decrease
check
hesitate
poke
detain
delay
arrest
falter
postpone
balk
mire
baffle
flag

slacken
choke
encumber
stall
loiter
brake
bog
back off
bog down
hold back
hold up
let up
set back

shut down
take down
choke off
bring to screeching halt
close off
hang up
retardate
shut off
slow down
slow up

Antonyms

aid
assist
expedite
hasten
hurry
unblock
release
grow
increase
speed

liberate
persevere
further
help
promote
advance
forward
do
free
let go

expand
raise
strengthen
rush
allow
continue
encourage
maintain
push

Synonyms
verb delay, hinder

bog down
decelerate
defeat
detain

hold up
impede
mire
retard

reverse
slow
embog
hang up

slow down
slow up

Antonyms

advance

forward

Synonyms
verb do little or nothing; loosen

abate
decrease
diminish
dodge
drop off
dwindle
ease
flag

goof off
idle
lax
lessen
let up
loose
moderate
neglect

reduce
relax
release
shirk
taper
tire
wane
goldbrick

untighten
ease off
featherbed
lay back
lie down on job
slack off
slow down

Antonyms

stiffen

tighten

Synonyms
verb delay for own purposes

hinder
slow
halt
stop
stay
suspend
put off
interrupt
postpone

hamper
filibuster
fence
temporize
die
equivocate
tarry
stonewall
prevaricate

arrest
brake
stand
hedge
still
check
quibble
shut down
avoid the issue

beat around the bush
hold off
not move
play for time
slow down
stand off
stand still
drag one’s feet
take one’s time

Antonyms

aid
assist
permit
carry out
expedite
release
further

advance
allow
encourage
forward
help
promote
push

continue
go
do
face
meet

Synonyms
verb walk out of job in protest

stop
negotiate
quit
picket
revolt

arbitrate
boycott
resist
mediate
mutiny

hold out
stick out
tie up
be on strike
go on strike

hit the bricks
refuse to work
sit down
sit in
slow down

Antonyms

comply
obey
tap

lose
miss
not touch

pass up

Synonyms
verb relax

recline
quieten
rest

calm down
take it easy
sit back

ease off
loosen up
quiet down

slow down
take a break
wind down

Antonyms

tangle
wind

prepare
ready

twist
agitate

Synonyms
verb reduce the strength of

depress
lower
dilute
halt
decline
dwindle
lessen
wane
reduce
cripple
soften
impair
decrease
abate

diminish
sap
undermine
invalidate
debilitate
limp
crumble
impoverish
fail
enervate
tremble
languish
cut
debase

droop
tire
faint
vitiate
fade
moderate
totter
exhaust
relax
flag
devitalize
adulterate
relapse
mitigate

wilt
minimize
thin
lose
temper
break up
water down
ease up
give way
lose spirit
slow down
thin out

Antonyms

increase
compliment
praise
enlarge
grow
aid
assist
prolong
energize
invigorate
achieve
activate

animate
improve
clean
enhance
purify
refresh
incite
excite
build up
encourage
raise
rise

strengthen
develop
expand
extend
help
succeed
win
free
agitate
aggravate

Synonyms
verb take a short break

breathe
recuperate
relax

rest
ease off
mellow out

sit down
slow down
stop for a breath

take a break
take ten
wind down

Synonyms
verb hamper

hinder
obstruct
inhibit
load

saddle
tax
overload
delay

encumber
impede
burden
trouble

oppress
hold back
weigh down
slow down

Antonyms

aid
assist
facilitate
further
advance

allow
forward
help
promote
boost

support
relieve
unburden

Synonyms
verb idle

loll
saunter
loiter
trifle
lie
loaf
slack
relax
drift
dillydally
goldbrick

evade
malinger
lounge
stall
bum
shirk
dally
dream
stroll
vegetate
fool around

fritter away
kill time
let down
waste time
piddle
be inactive
be indolent
be slothful
be unoccupied
bum around
hang out

knock around
lounge around
not lift a finger
pass time
sit around
slow down
stand around
take it easy
twiddle thumbs
while away hours

Antonyms

do

face

meet

Synonyms
verb decrease

ebb
wane
curb
degenerate
check
decline
droop
decay
ease
rebate
fade
waste
shrink
slash
slump
sink

lower
drain
taper
drop
quiet
contract
settle
abate
calm down
crumble
curtail
cut down
depreciate
deteriorate
devaluate
diminish

drop off
dwindle
evaporate
fall off
lessen
let up
lighten
modify
peter out
quell
reduce
restrain
shrivel
slacken
soften
subside

weaken
wear down
wither
die down
dry up
lose edge
narrow down
run low
slack off
slow down
tail away
tail off
wear away

Antonyms

increase
grow
aid
assist
improve
ascend

enlarge
stretch
pour
rise
raise
help

develop
go up
build
strengthen
expand