slow down
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
lose velocity; move more slowly
The car decelerated
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- quicken antonym
- slowdown derivation
- deceleration derivation
Sense 2 verb
become slow or slower
Production slowed
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
Related & opposite
- slowdown derivation
- deceleration derivation
- drop-off derivation
Sense 3 verb
cause to proceed more slowly
The illness slowed him down
Types & categories
- slow down hypernym
- bog hyponym
- constipate hyponym
Related & opposite
- slowdown derivation
Sense 4 verb
reduce the speed of
He slowed down the car
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- accelerate antonym
- slowdown derivation
- deceleration derivation
Sense 5 verb
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
He relaxed in the hot tub
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
- vege out hyponym
- sit back hyponym
Related & opposite
- tense up antonym
- repose derivation
- relaxation derivation
- relaxant derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | quicken |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slowdown |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceleration |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slow up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | delay |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slowdown |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceleration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | drop-off |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | slowdown |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | slow down |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bog |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | constipate |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | accelerate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | slowdown |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceleration |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | moderate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | retard |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fishtail |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | tense up |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | repose |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | relaxation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | relaxant |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vege out |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sit back |