SLACK Synonyms

• not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time

• at a slow tempo

• (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time

• without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')

• showing a time that is earlier than the actual time

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• (of business) not active or brisk

• lose velocity; move more slowly

• become slow or slower

• cause to proceed more slowly

• pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')

• lacking in firmness or tension; not taut

• lacking in rigor or strictness

• emptying easily or excessively

• not compact or dense in structure or arrangement

• not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting

• not affixed

• without restraint

• (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player

• not officially recognized or controlled

• not literal

• emptying easily or excessively

• not tense or taut

• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

• not carefully arranged in a package

• having escaped, especially from confinement

• casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• turn loose or free from restraint

• make loose or looser

• become loose or looser or less tight

• marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful

• effortless and unstudied

• (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration

• (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct

• in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation

• lying with head on paws as if sleeping

• inactive but capable of becoming active

• requiring or apparently requiring no effort

• not showing effort or strain

• not in action or at work

• the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling

• without a basis in reason or fact

• not in active use

• silly or trivial

• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

• not yielding a return

• not having a job

• run disconnected or idle

• be idle; exist in a changeless situation

• (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

• (military) not involved in military operations

• not exerting influence or change

• (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct

• lacking in energy or will

• lacking activity; lying idle or unused

• not engaged in full-time work

• not active physically or mentally

• (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert

• not in physical motion

• disinclined to work or exertion

• (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless

• lacking spirit or liveliness

• idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way

• in an unhurried way or at one's convenience

• not hurried or forced

• deficient in alertness or activity

• characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern

• without strain or anxiety

• slow or slothful

• (of business) not active or brisk

• slow and apathetic

• not producing or capable of producing

• not producing desired results

• make less active or intense

• become less in amount or intensity

• become slow or slower

• make less active or fast

• become looser or slack

• make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

• satisfy (thirst)

• make less active or intense

• cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water

• stem of plants of the Gramineae