'slowdown' definitions:
Definition of 'slowdown'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of slowing down or falling behind [syn: slowdown, lag, retardation]
Synonyms of 'slowdown'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- action,
- afterthought,
- arrest,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- boom,
- bottoming out,
- boycott,
- boycottage,
- bureaucratic delay,
- business cycle,
- business fluctuations,
- bust,
- catabasis,
- check,
- cheeseparing,
- collapse,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- crash,
- crisis,
- curtailment,
- cutback,
- deceleration,
- declension,
- decline,
- decline and fall,
- decrescendo,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- depression,
- detention,
- diminuendo,
- dive,
- double take,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- drag,
- dragging,
- drop,
- dwindling,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- ebb,
- economic cycle,
- economic expansion,
- economic growth,
- economization,
- economizing,
- expanding economy,
- expansion,
- fall,
- falloff,
- flagging,
- freeze,
- growth,
- halt,
- hang-up,
- high growth rate,
- hindrance,
- holdup,
- inactivity,
- interim,
- jam,
- job action,
- lag,
- lagging,
- lapse,
- letdown,
- letup,
- lockout,
- logjam,
- low,
- low growth rate,
- market expansion,
- minus acceleration,
- moratorium,
- obstruction,
- outlaw strike,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- peak,
- peaking,
- plunge,
- prosperity,
- protest,
- recession,
- recovery,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- reduction of expenses,
- reduction of spending,
- remission,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- retreat,
- retrenchment,
- revolt,
- rulebook slowdown,
- saving,
- scraping,
- scrimping,
- setback,
- sick-in,
- sit-down,
- sit-down strike,
- skimping,
- slack,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slow-up,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- slump,
- sparing,
- stagnation,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- strike,
- subsidence,
- suspension,
- sympathy strike,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- turnout,
- upturn,
- wait,
- walkout,
- wane,
- wildcat strike,
- work stoppage