Synonyms for slow down
slow down

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1. slow downverb

   Synonyms:
   slow up

   Antonyms:
   speed up

2. slow downverb

   decelerate

   When approaching a bend in the road, slow down, and speed up after exiting it.

   Synonyms:
   slow up

   Antonyms:
   speed up

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1. decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retardverb

   lose velocity; move more slowly

   "The car decelerated"

   Synonyms:
   decompress, delay, slack, check, unwind, loosen up, slow up, decelerate, unbend, retard, slacken, relax, slow

2. slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slackenverb

   become slow or slower

   "Production slowed"

   Synonyms:
   decompress, unbend, slacken, remit, let up, slack off, abate, loosen up, slow, decelerate, slack up, retard, slake, relax, slack, die away, unwind, slow up

3. slow, slow down, slow upverb

   cause to proceed more slowly

   "The illness slowed him down"

   Synonyms:
   decompress, decelerate, slack, unwind, loosen up, slow up, slacken, unbend, retard, relax, slow

4. decelerate, slow downverb

   reduce the speed of

   "He slowed down the car"

   Synonyms:
   decompress, slack, unwind, loosen up, slow up, decelerate, unbend, retard, slacken, relax, slow

5. relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow downverb

   become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

   "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"

   Synonyms:
   straighten, decompress, unbend, depressurise, loosen, disentangle, warm up, slacken, depressurize, unlax, unroll, limber up, loosen up, slow, decelerate, unstuff, loose, slack up, wind off, slow up, uncompress, retard, relax, slack, unwind, make relaxed, unstrain

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1. Chris Sununu:

   I'd rather push Chris Sununu 120 miles-per-hour delivering wins for New Hampshire than to slow down and end up on Capitol Hill debating partisan politics without results.

2. Wendy Suzuki:

   You can't force your heart rate to slow down, but you can consciously start to breathe deeply and slowly. And you can do it stealthily.

3. Alice Domar:

   Our bodies try to tell us to slow down, and we just don't listen.

4. Hue Frame:

   The IMF downgrading 2019/20 and the continued rhetoric from Davos reiterating that they expect global growth to slow down over the next two years is providing selling pressure in oil.

5. Charlie Whiting:

   The stewards accepted Nico’s explanation and looked at the data and felt that he had slowed down, but then the question is did he slow down enough, what’s enough? So if you can’t set a time, then that’s that, it removes all that subjective discussion.