adjadj.allnot moving quickly; taking a comparatively long timeAttributes:fastness speed swiftness
Examples:- a slow walker
- the slow lane of traffic
- her steps were slow
- he was slow in reacting to the news
- slow but steady growth
Antonyms:fast
Derivationally Related Form:slowness
Inherited Hypernyms:slow
Similar to:bumper-to-bumper dilatory laggard pokey poky drawn-out lazy long-play long-playing slow-moving sluggish sulky
See also:gradual unhurried
adjadj.allat a slow tempoTopic:music
Examples:- the band played a slow waltz
Antonyms:fast
Derivationally Related Form:slowness
Inherited Hypernyms:slow
Similar to:adagio andante larghetto larghissimo largo lentissimo lento moderato
adj satadj.allslow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuitySynset:dense dim dull dumb obtuse slow
Examples:- so dense he never understands anything I say to him
- never met anyone quite so dim
- although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick - Thackeray
- dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
- he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
- worked with the slow students
Antonyms:smart
Derivationally Related Form:slownessdensenessdumbnessobtusenessdullness
Inherited Hypernyms:dense
Similar to:stupid
adj satadj.allso lacking in interest as to cause mental wearinessSynset:boring deadening dull ho-hum irksome slow tedious tiresome wearisome
Examples:- a boring evening with uninteresting people
- the deadening effect of some routine tasks
- a dull play
- his competent but dull performance
- a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
- what an irksome task the writing of long letters is - Edmund Burke
- tedious days on the train
- the tiresome chirping of a cricket - Mark Twain
- other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
Antonyms:interesting
Derivationally Related Form:boringnessdullnesstediumtediousnesstiresomeness
Inherited Hypernyms:boring
Similar to:uninteresting
adj satadj.all(of business) not active or briskTopic:businessbusiness enterprisecommercial enterprise
Synset:dull slow sluggish
Examples:- business is dull (or slow)
- a sluggish market
Antonyms:active
Derivationally Related Form:sluggishness
Inherited Hypernyms:dull
Similar to:inactive
advadv.allmost slowlyPertainyms:slow
Inherited Hypernyms:slowest