Synonyms for slowness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Clumsiness
clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, stupidity, awkwardness, maladroitness
2. Backwardness
backwardness, retardation, subnormality, mental retardation dated
3. Deliberation
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or state of being slow.
- n. 2
A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.
Forms
- Plural
- slownesses → clumsinesses, ineptitudes, ineptnesses, stupidities…
Example sentences
- stupidity There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity.
- ineptitude He tried to conceal his ineptitude in a not-so-deft sleight of hand.
- clumsiness Your clumsiness will get you into big trouble one day.
- ineptness "Jerk" connotes an embarrassing social and verbal ineptness.
- backwardness The backwardness of that country is well known.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| slowness | steady | |
| stupidity | rising | |
| ineptitude | steady | |
| clumsiness | rising | |
| ineptness | falling | |
| retardation | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- thickness2, stupidity4, tardiness3, ineptness3
- 10 letters
- ineptitude4, clumsiness3
- 11 letters
- awkwardness3, retardation4, tediousness
- 12 letters
- deliberation5, backwardness3, subnormality
- 13 letters
- maladroitness, unhurriedness
- 14 letters
- deliberateness
- 15 letters
- procrastination5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (thickness2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- lenteur
- Italiano
- lentezza
- Español
- lentitud
- Deutsch
- Langsamkeit
- Català
- lentitud