DECELERATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does decelerate mean?
• DECELERATE (verb)
The verb DECELERATE has 2 senses:
1. lose velocity; move more slowly
2. reduce the speed of
Familiarity information: DECELERATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DECELERATE (verb)
Meaning:
Lose velocity; move more slowly
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
decelerate; slow; slow down; slow up; retard
Context example:
The car decelerated
Hypernyms (to "decelerate" is one way to...):
decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "decelerate"):
slow; slow down; slow up (cause to proceed more slowly)
delay; detain; hold up (cause to be slowed down or delayed)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
accelerate (move faster)
Meaning:
Reduce the speed of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
decelerate; slow down
Context example:
He slowed down the car
Hypernyms (to "decelerate" is one way to...):
modify; qualify (add a modifier to a constituent)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "decelerate"):
moderate (make less fast or intense)
retard (cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate)
fishtail (slow down by moving the tail sideways)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Antonym:
accelerate (cause to move faster)
