decelerate
Other forms: decelerating; decelerated; decelerates
Use the verb decelerate when you want to slow down, like when you realize you are missing important moments in life by racing around, trying to do everything yourself. If you make an effort to decelerate, you might be happier — and healthier.
Decelerate is the opposite of accelerate, which means "to go faster." Decelerate often describes slowing a vehicle, but it can relate to nearly anything, like a friendship that begins with hanging out nearly every day but decelerates when you move to a new town or get busy with school and sports. It doesn't mean the friendship is ending or over, just that the pace is now a little slower.
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lose velocity; move more slowly“The car decelerated”
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accelerate, quicken, speed, speed up
move faster
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slow, slow down, slow up
cause to proceed more slowly
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delay, detain, hold up
cause to be slowed down or delayed
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bog, bog down
cause to slow down or get stuck
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clog, constipate
impede with a clog or as if with a clog
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stonewall
engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate
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catch
delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
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stall
deliberately delay an event or action
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buy time
act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage
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accelerate, quicken, speed, speed up
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reduce the speed of
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slow down
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accelerate, speed, speed up
cause to move faster
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moderate
make less fast or intense
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retard
cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate
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fishtail
slow down by moving the tail sideways
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deaden
lessen the momentum or velocity of
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accelerate, speed, speed up
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Vocabulary lists containing decelerate
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