moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity

a slow train.

characterized by lack of speed

a slow pace.

taking or requiring a comparatively long time for completion

a slow meal; a slow trip.

requiring or taking a long time for growing, changing, or occurring; gradual

a plant of slow growth.

sluggish in nature, disposition, or function.

dull of perception or understanding; mentally dull

a slow child.

not prompt, readily disposed, or in haste (usually fol. by to or an infinitive)

slow to anger; slow to take offense.

burning or heating with little speed or intensity, as a fire or an oven.

slack; not busy

The market was slow today.

having some quality that retards speed or causes movement, progress, work, etc., to be accomplished at less than the usual or expected rate of speed

a slow, careful worker; a slow road.

running at less than the proper rate of speed or registering less than the proper time, as a clock.

passing heavily or dragging, as time

It's been a slow afternoon.

not progressive; behind the times

a slow town.

dull, humdrum, uninteresting, or tedious

What a slow party!

Photography . requiring long exposure, as by having a small lens diameter or low film sensitivity

a slow lens or film.

(of the surface of a race track) sticky from a fairly recent rain and in the process of drying out.

in a slow manner; slowly

Drive slow.

to make slow or slower (often fol. by up or down ).

to retard; reduce the advancement or progress of

His illness slowed him at school.

to become slow or slower; slacken in speed (often fol. by up or down ).

adjective

active , busy , fast , hurried , quick , rapid , on cue , on time , ready , waiting , cognizant , intelligent , smart

verb

advance , forward , push

adjective

apathetic , crawling , creeping , dawdling , delaying , deliberate , dilatory , disinclined , dreamy , drowsy , easy , gradual , heavy , idle , imperceptible , inactive , indolent , inert , lackadaisical , laggard , lagging , leaden , leisurely , lethargic , listless , loitering , measured , moderate , negligent , passive , phlegmatic , plodding , ponderous , postponing , procrastinating , quiet , reluctant , remiss , slack , sleepy , slothful , slow-moving , sluggish , snaillike , stagnant , supine , tardy , torpid , tortoiselike , backward , behindhand , belated , conservative , dead , delayed , detained , down , draggy , dull , hindered , impeded , lingering , long-delayed , long-drawn-out , low , off , overdue , prolonged , protracted , reduced , stiff , tame , tedious , time-consuming , uneventful , unproductive , unprogressive , unpunctual , dense , dim , dimwitted , dumb , dunce , imbecile , limited , moronic , obtuse , simple , slow on the uptake , stupid , thick , unresponsive , slow-footed , slow-going , slow-paced , soft , simple-minded , slow-witted , (colloq.)wearisome , andante , bovine , comatose , costive , elephantine , languid , languorous , lentissimo , lumbering , prosaic , purblind , tiresome , unenergetic , uninteresting , unready

verb

abate , anchor it , back-water , bog down , brake , check , choke , curb , curtail , cut back , cut down , decelerate , decrease , detain , diminish , ease off , ease up , embog , handicap , hinder , hit the brakes , hold back , hold up , impede , keep waiting , lag , lessen , let down flaps , loiter , lose speed , lose steam , mire , moderate , postpone , procrastinate , qualify , quiet , reduce , reduce speed , reef , regulate , rein in , relax , retard , retardate , set back , slacken , stall , stunt , temper , wind down , hang up , backward , behind , boring , delay , delaying , deliberate , dilatory , dragging , dull , gradual , hamper , inactive , lackadaisical , laggard , languid , late , lazy , leisurely , lingering , phlegmatic , plodding , poky , recede , relaxed , simple , slack , sluggard , sluggish , subside , taper off , tardy , tarry , unhurried

adverb

behind , behindhand , late