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Synonyms for slows up
verb stick; become stuck

stall
impede
halt
decelerate

delay
detain
retard
set back

sink
slacken
hang up
slow down

slow up

Antonyms for slows up

advance

help

forward

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 slowly; delay

slow
slacken
wane
fall off
trail
decrease
falter
diminish
fail
shuffle
ebb
slouch

tarry
jelly
dawdle
procrastinate
poke
dillydally
idle
lounge
plod
tail
inch
limp

tool
stay
flag
hobble
straggle
dally
saunter
retard
trudge
linger
drag
stagger

loiter
hang back
put off
be behind
get no place fast
inch along
lose strength
slow up
drag one’s feet

Antonyms

grow
increase
enlarge
complete
hasten
hurry
raise

develop
expand
run
rise
finish
go
push

rush
advance
do
tiptoe
leave

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 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 defer, postpone

suspend
waive
freeze
prolong
put off
dismiss
scrub

drop
pigeonhole
stay
delay
sideline
table
hold

hold up
tie up
mothball
give up
prorogue
hang up
hold off

hold over
lay aside
put aside
put on back burner
put on hold
put on ice
slow up

Antonyms

carry out
go ahead

continue
go

advance
do