Scrabble & Words with friends points
- slow is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
- slow is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
- slow is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8
Definition of slow
- cause to proceed more slowly (verb)
Examples
- The illness slowed him down
Synonyms
- slow down
- slow up
- of timepieces (adverb)
Examples
- the clock is almost an hour slow
Synonyms
- behind
- without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly') (adverb)
Examples
- he spoke slowly
- please go slow so I can see the sights
Synonyms
- easy
- slowly
- tardily
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness (adjective)
Synonyms
- boring
- deadening
- dull
- ho-hum
- irksome
- tedious
- tiresome
- wearisome
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity (adjective)
Examples
- worked with the slow students
Synonyms
- dense
- dim
- dull
- dumb
- obtuse
- become slow or slower (verb)
Examples
- Production slowed
Synonyms
- slack
- slacken
- slow down
- slow up
- lose velocity; move more slowly (verb)
Synonyms
- decelerate
- retard
- slow down
- slow up
- (of business) not active or brisk (adjective)
Examples
- business is dull (or slow)
Synonyms
- dull
- sluggish
- at a slow tempo (adjective)
Examples
- the band played a slow waltz
- not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time (adjective)
Examples
- a slow walker
- the slow lane of traffic
- her steps were slow
- he was slow in reacting to the news
- slow but steady growth
- (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time ()
Examples
- the clock is slow
See definition of slow in Merriam Webster