slow
Definitions
Adjective
- Not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
- At a slow tempo
- (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
Verb
- Lose velocity; move more slowly
- Become slow or slower
- Cause to proceed more slowly
Adverb
- Without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
- Of timepieces
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Words that contain the term "slow".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slowly | 2 | 115 |
| 2 | slow | 1 | 60 |
| 3 | slowed | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | winslow | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | slower | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | slowing | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | slowness | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | slowest | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | breslow | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | crisslow | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | denslow | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | enslow | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | jarislowsky | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | kinslow | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | koslow | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | koslow's | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | koslowski | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | maslow | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | maslowski | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | onslow | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | parslow | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | saslow | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | slowdown | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | slowdowns | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | slowey | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | slowik | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | slowinski | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | slowpoke | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | slows | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | truslow | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | zaslow | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "slow".
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Words that often follow the term "slow" in a sentence.
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Words that often precede the term "slow" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "slow" in the same piece of text.
Results:
Term
Definitions: 8
Fragments: 31
Sound Alikes: 1
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 2
Words that Precede: 3
Statistically Associated: 10
Consonant Matches: 2
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
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