Synonyms for deceleration
de·cel·er·a·tion

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1. decelerationnoun

   Antonyms:
   acceleration

2. decelerationnoun

   The rocket is now in deceleration.

   Antonyms:
   acceleration

3. decelerationnoun

   The brakes produce a deceleration of 10 metres per second per second.

   Antonyms:
   acceleration

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1. deceleration, slowing, retardationnoun

   a decrease in rate of change

   "the deceleration of the arms race"

   Synonyms:
   slowness, subnormality, slowing, slowdown, mental retardation, retardant, backwardness, lag, retardent, retardation

   Antonyms:
   acceleration, speedup, quickening

2. decelerationnoun

   (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity

   Synonyms:
   slowing, retardation

   Antonyms:
   acceleration, quickening, speedup

3. decelerationnoun

   the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed

   "he initiated deceleration by braking"

   Synonyms:
   slowing, retardation

   Antonyms:
   acceleration, speedup, quickening

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Physics
   • Rate
   • Speed

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1. List of paraphrases for "deceleration":

   decel, slowdown, downturn, slowing, slow-down, retardation

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1. Anthony Fauci:

   When I talk about the pandemic I put it into five phases. The truly pandemic phase where the whole world is really very negatively impacted – as we are right now. Then there's the deceleration of the pandemic. Then there's control. There's elimination and eradication.

2. Morgan Stanley:

   Bottom line: faster tapering with a greater deceleration in growth implies a greater than 10% correction.

3. Craig Johnson:

   What's worse is the marked deceleration from a year ago.

4. Craig Johnson:

   Sales have been sluggish so far this year as most consumers are still buying close to need, what's worse is the marked deceleration from a year ago.

5. Van Jones:

   This is going to be an incredibly emotional moment, you think about speech after speech, and this is the last one. This is the last State of the Union. And there's no deceleration in this guy. There's no deceleration. This is the guy that we voted for.