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Term: slow

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "slow": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

  1. Term
  2. slow

slow

Definitions

Adjective

  1. Not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
  2. At a slow tempo
  3. (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time

Verb

  1. Lose velocity; move more slowly
  2. Become slow or slower
  3. Cause to proceed more slowly

Adverb

  1. Without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
  2. Of timepieces
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "slow".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 slowly 2 115
2 slow 1 60
3 slowed 1 17
4 winslow 2 11
5 slower 2 9
6 slowing 2 6
7 slowness 2 4
8 slowest 2 2
9 breslow 2 0
10 crisslow 2 0
11 denslow 2 0
12 enslow 2 0
13 jarislowsky 4 0
14 kinslow 2 0
15 koslow 2 0
16 koslow's 2 0
17 koslowski 3 0
18 maslow 2 0
19 maslowski 3 0
20 onslow 2 0
21 parslow 2 0
22 saslow 2 0
23 slowdown 2 0
24 slowdowns 2 0
25 slowey 2 0
26 slowik 2 0
27 slowinski 3 0
28 slowpoke 2 0
29 slows 1 0
30 truslow 2 0
31 zaslow 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "slow".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 sloe 1 2

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "slow".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 low 1 173
2 slowly 2 115
3 slowed 1 17
4 slower 2 9
5 sow 1 3
6 sown 1 3
7 solow 2 0
8 slows 1 0
9 salow 2 0
10 zaslow 2 0
11 smilow 2 0
12 slowik 2 0
13 slowey 2 0
14 saslow 2 0
15 onslow 2 0
16 maslow 2 0
17 koslow 2 0
18 enslow 2 0
19 stow 1 0
20 sows 1 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "slow" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 slow chronic 2 2
2 slow progress 2 2

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "slow" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 in slow 1 2
2 of slow 1 2
3 a slow 1 2

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "slow" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 using 2 2
2 results 2 2
3 process 2 2
4 symptom 2 2
5 observed 2 2
6 century 3 2
7 object 2 2
8 made 1 2
9 marx 1 2
10 relatively 4 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "slow".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 slaw 1 0
2 slew 1 0

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Term

Definitions: 8

Fragments: 31

Sound Alikes: 1

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 2

Words that Precede: 3

Statistically Associated: 10

Consonant Matches: 2

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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