SLOWED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

slowed

verb

past tense of slow

as in braked

to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace if you don't slow your delivery down a bit, your speech will be over too soon

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Recent Examples of slowed For example, footwear and athletic apparel sales have slowed as shoppers put off buying trendy items. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 Gas purchases pump up retail sales A separate report from the Commerce Department Thursday showed that Americans slowed their spending in September. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 Some speakers asked for the process to be slowed down, to get more community feedback on the DGO. — Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Graduate unemployment is at 23 percent, white-collar job growth has slowed to a creeping one percent this year, and nearly a quarter of Indians between the ages of 15 and 29 are not in employment, education, or training programs. — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026 But in recent months, as Netflix growth has slowed, so too has the aura around its original programming. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 Starting in early September, concerns with overseas conflict, inflation and surging yields slowed activity across Wall Street, Pick noted. — Hugh Son, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 That implied that the effect of the subsidy terminations had slowed, in the view of market analysts at Cox Automotive. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 While cases have slowed in Ituri province, the epicenter, the outbreak is spreading in emerging hot spots in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. — Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slowed

Verb

There were no signs the driver braked in the moments before the collision, video footage of the incident shows.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
The driver struck Sabini with the right front corner of the Honda, braked and came to rest in the westbound lane.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of braked

Verb

When electricity demand picks up, the rotor can be decelerated by connecting it to a generator that converts the kinetic motion into electric charge that can then be supplied to the grid on demand.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
In June, wholesale inflation is expected to have decelerated slightly.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 10 July 2026

Definition of decelerated

Verb

When the chemical block was attached to the site around amino acid 300, the fiber’s growth was inhibited.

— Mike McRae October 13, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
Historical discriminatory practices like redlining have inhibited homeownership for Black and Latino families across the nation dating back to the 1930s.

— Stephanie A. Dhuman, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026