'Slowness' definitions:
Definition of 'slowness'
From: WordNet
noun
Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness]
noun
A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry [syn: slowness, deliberation, deliberateness, unhurriedness]
noun
Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities [syn: retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality]
Definition of 'Slowness'
From: GCIDE
- Slowness \Slow"ness\, n. The quality or state of being slow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'slowness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acedia,
- afterthought,
- amble,
- antipathy,
- apathy,
- aridity,
- asininity,
- averseness,
- aversion,
- backwardness,
- barrenness,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- blockishness,
- bloodlessness,
- boobishness,
- boorishness,
- boredom,
- bovinity,
- bureaucratic delay,
- characterlessness,
- cloddishness,
- colorlessness,
- crassness,
- crudeness,
- cursoriness,
- deadness,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- deliberateness,
- deliberation,
- denseness,
- density,
- detention,
- dilatoriness,
- dim-wittedness,
- dimness,
- disagreement,
- disinclination,
- dismalness,
- disobedience,
- disrelish,
- dissent,
- distaste,
- do-nothingness,
- dolce far niente,
- doltishness,
- double take,
- drag,
- dragginess,
- dragging,
- dreariness,
- droop,
- drowsiness,
- dryness,
- dull-wittedness,
- dullardism,
- dullness,
- dumbness,
- duncery,
- dustiness,
- effeteness,
- emptiness,
- enervation,
- ennui,
- ergophobia,
- etiolation,
- Fabian policy,
- faineancy,
- faineantise,
- fatigue,
- flatness,
- flounce,
- foot-dragging,
- fractiousness,
- gait,
- gallop,
- grossness,
- grudging consent,
- grudgingness,
- halt,
- hang-up,
- hastelessness,
- heaviness,
- hebetude,
- hesitation,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- hobble,
- hoboism,
- hold-off,
- holdup,
- hollowness,
- inactivity,
- inanimation,
- inanity,
- indifference,
- indisposedness,
- indisposition,
- indocility,
- indolence,
- inertia,
- inexcitability,
- inexertion,
- infrequence,
- infrequency,
- insipidity,
- insipidness,
- interim,
- intractableness,
- jadedness,
- jam,
- jejunity,
- jog,
- lack of enthusiasm,
- lack of zeal,
- lackadaisicalness,
- lag,
- laggardness,
- lagging,
- languidness,
- languishment,
- languor,
- languorousness,
- lassitude,
- laxness,
- laziness,
- leadenness,
- leisureliness,
- lenitude,
- lentor,
- lethargy,
- lifelessness,
- limp,
- listlessness,
- lock step,
- logjam,
- lotus-eating,
- loutishness,
- lowness of spirit,
- lumpishness,
- lurch,
- Micawberism,
- mince,
- mincing steps,
- moratorium,
- mugwump,
- mutinousness,
- ninnyism,
- nolition,
- oafdom,
- oafishness,
- obstinacy,
- obstruction,
- obtuseness,
- occasionalness,
- opacity,
- opposition,
- oscitancy,
- pace,
- paddle,
- paleness,
- pallor,
- paperasserie,
- passivity,
- pause,
- perfunctoriness,
- phlegm,
- piaffer,
- pointlessness,
- pokiness,
- ponderousness,
- prance,
- procrastination,
- rack,
- rareness,
- rarity,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitrancy,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- refractoriness,
- refusal,
- relaxedness,
- reluctance,
- remissness,
- renitence,
- renitency,
- reprieve,
- repugnance,
- resistance,
- respite,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- roll,
- satedness,
- saunter,
- scarceness,
- scarcity,
- scuttle,
- seldomness,
- shamble,
- shiftlessness,
- shuffle,
- sidle,
- simpletonianism,
- single-foot,
- slackness,
- sleepiness,
- slink,
- slither,
- sloth,
- slothfulness,
- slouch,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- sluggishness,
- solemnity,
- somnolence,
- sottishness,
- sparsity,
- spiritlessness,
- spring fever,
- stagger,
- stalk,
- stall,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- step,
- sterility,
- stiffness,
- stodginess,
- stolidity,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stride,
- stroll,
- strolling gait,
- strut,
- stubbornness,
- stuffiness,
- stupefaction,
- stupidity,
- stupor,
- sulk,
- sulkiness,
- sulks,
- sullenness,
- superficiality,
- supineness,
- suspension,
- swagger,
- swing,
- tastelessness,
- tediousness,
- temporization,
- thick-headedness,
- thick-wittedness,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- toddle,
- torpidity,
- torpidness,
- torpitude,
- torpor,
- totter,
- tread,
- trot,
- uncommonness,
- unenthusiasm,
- unfrequentness,
- unhastiness,
- unhurriedness,
- uninterestingness,
- uniqueness,
- unliveliness,
- unteachability,
- unusualness,
- unwillingness,
- vagrancy,
- vapidity,
- vapidness,
- velocity,
- waddle,
- wait,
- walk,
- weariness,
- woodenness,
- world-weariness,
- wrongheadedness,
- yokelism