adj. 25B6; adjective
their slow walk home : UNHURRIED, leisurely, steady, sedate, slow-moving, plodding, dawdling, sluggish, sluggardly.
a slow process : LONG-DRAWN-OUT, time-consuming, lengthy, protracted, prolonged, gradual.
he can be so slow : OBTUSE, stupid, unperceptive, insensitive, bovine, stolid, slow-witted, dull-witted, unintelligent, doltish, witless; informal dense, dim, dim-witted, thick, slow on the uptake, dumb, dopey, boneheaded; Brit. informal dozy; N. Amer. informal chowderheaded.
they were slow to voice their opinions : RELUCTANT, unwilling, disinclined, loath, hesitant, afraid, chary, shy.
the slow season : SLUGGISH, slack, quiet, inactive, flat, depressed, stagnant, dead.
a slow narrative : DULL, boring, uninteresting, unexciting, uneventful, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, monotonous, dreary, lacklustre.
fast.
25B6; verb
the traffic forced him to slow down : REDUCE SPEED, go slower, decelerate, brake.
you need to slow down : TAKE IT EASY, relax, ease up/off, take a break, slack off, let up; N. Amer. informal chill out, hang loose.
this would slow down economic growth : HOLD BACK/UP, delay, retard, set back; restrict, check, curb, inhibit, impede, obstruct, hinder, hamper; archaic stay.
accelerate.