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Going Like Lightning Antonyms

Trying to find opposite word for going like lightning in English? No problem. Our site contains antonyms of going like lightning in 19 different contexts. We have listed all the opposite words for going like lightning alphabetically.

cease
  • back off
  • break off
  • bring to an end
  • call it a day
  • call it quits
  • close
  • close out
  • come to an end
  • culminate
  • cut it out
  • desist
  • die
  • discontinue
  • drop
  • end
  • fail
  • finish
  • give over
  • halt
  • intermit
  • knock off
check
  • analysis
  • audit
  • checkup
  • control
  • inquiry
  • investigation
  • poll
  • rein
  • research
  • review
  • scrutiny
  • test
dally
  • boondoggle
  • drag
  • fool around
  • fool with
  • fritter away
  • hang about
  • horse around
  • idle
  • jerk off
  • lag
  • linger
  • loiter
  • lollygag
  • play around
  • play games with
  • procrastinate
  • put off
  • putter
  • tarry
  • trail
  • trifle with
dawdle
  • amble
  • bum around
  • dally
  • diddle-daddle
  • dilly-dally
  • drag
  • fool around
  • fritter away
  • get no place fast
  • goof off
  • hang around
  • hang out
  • idle
  • lag
  • laze
  • lazy
  • loaf
  • loiter
  • loll
  • lounge
  • mosey
decelerate
  • brake
  • slow
delay
  • adjournment
  • bind
  • check
  • cooling-off period
  • cunctation
  • dawdling
  • demurral
  • detention
  • discontinuation
  • downtime
  • filibuster
  • hangup
  • hindrance
  • hold-up
  • holding
  • holding pattern
  • impediment
  • interval
  • jam
  • lag
  • lingering
discourage
  • abash
  • afflict
  • alarm
  • appall
  • awe
  • beat down
  • bother
  • break one's heart
  • bully
  • cast down
  • chill
  • confuse
  • cow
  • dampen
  • dash
  • daunt
  • deject
  • demoralize
  • deprecate
  • depress
  • dismay
dissuade
  • advise against
  • caution against
  • chicken out
  • counsel
  • cry out against
  • deprecate
  • derail
  • deter
  • disadvise
  • discourage
  • disincline
  • divert
  • exhort
  • expostulate
  • faze
  • hinder
  • lean on
  • persuade not to
  • prevent
  • prick
  • put off
halt
  • arrest
  • break
  • break-off
  • close
  • cutoff
  • freeze
  • grinding halt
  • impasse
  • interruption
  • layoff
  • letup
  • pause
  • screaming halt
  • screeching halt
  • stand
  • standstill
  • stop
  • termination
hinder
  • arrest
  • balk
  • bar
  • block
  • bottleneck
  • box in
  • burden
  • check
  • choke
  • clog
  • contravene
  • counteract
  • crab
  • cramp
  • crimp
  • cripple
  • curb
  • debar
  • delay
  • deter
  • encumber
procrastinate
  • adjourn
  • be dilatory
  • cool
  • dally
  • dawdle
  • defer
  • drag
  • drag one's feet
  • give the run around
  • goldbrick
  • hang fire
  • hesitate
  • hold off
  • lag
  • let slide
  • linger
  • loiter
  • pause
  • play a waiting game
  • play for time
  • poke
repress
  • black out
  • bottle
  • chasten
  • check
  • collect
  • compose
  • control
  • cool
  • cork
  • crush
  • curb
  • gridlock
  • hinder
  • hold back
  • inhibit
  • jam up
  • keep in
  • keep in check
  • keep under wraps
  • kill
  • lock
rest
  • break
  • breather
  • breathing space
  • calm
  • calmness
  • cessation
  • coffee break
  • comfort
  • composure
  • cutoff
  • downtime
  • doze
  • dreaminess
  • ease
  • forty winks
  • halt
  • holiday
  • hush
  • idleness
  • interlude
  • intermission
retard
  • arrest
  • back off
  • baffle
  • balk
  • bog
  • bog down
  • brake
  • bring to screeching halt
  • check
  • choke
  • choke off
  • clog
  • close off
  • crimp
  • dawdle
  • decelerate
  • decrease
  • defer
  • delay
  • detain
  • down
slow
  • apathetic
  • crawling
  • creeping
  • dawdling
  • delaying
  • deliberate
  • dilatory
  • disinclined
  • dreamy
  • drowsy
  • easy
  • gradual
  • heavy
  • idle
  • imperceptible
  • inactive
  • indolent
  • inert
  • lackadaisical
  • laggard
  • lagging
stall
  • arrest
  • avoid the issue
  • beat around the bush
  • brake
  • check
  • die
  • drag one's feet
  • equivocate
  • fence
  • filibuster
  • halt
  • hamper
  • hedge
  • hinder
  • hold off
  • interrupt
  • not move
  • play for time
  • postpone
  • prevaricate
  • put off
stop
  • bar
  • barricade
  • blank wall
  • block
  • blockade
  • break
  • break off
  • brick wall
  • cease
  • cessation
  • check
  • close
  • closing
  • conclusion
  • control
  • cutoff
  • desistance
  • discontinuation
  • ending
  • fence
  • finish
wait
  • down
  • downtime
  • halt
  • hold
  • hold-up
  • interim
  • interval
  • on hold
  • rest
  • stay
  • time wasted
walk
  • airing
  • carriage
  • circuit
  • constitutional
  • gait
  • hike
  • jaunt
  • march
  • pace
  • parade
  • perambulation
  • peregrination
  • promenade
  • ramble
  • saunter
  • schlepp
  • step
  • stretch
  • stride
  • stroll
  • tour

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