as in snail
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
quit being such a slowpoke this morning, or you'll be late
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Recent Examples of slowpoke
Retired or not, the world’s greatest quarterback does not have the luxury to indulge in sequential action—one thing at a time is for slowpokes and losers.
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Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
One group of 15 female rats, brighter in color than the rest, kept zooming past the others to make it into the houses first, making the rest of their furry colleagues look like slowpokes.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
Don’t wait for slowpokes to join in; follow your heart and make your dreams come true.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
From the close of 2020 to the price peak around May of 2022, our dozen locales typically gained 40% or so, an extraordinary advance in just 17 months for such traditional slowpokes.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
One possible explanation for the Milky Way’s stellar slowpokes is that our galaxy is extraordinarily deficient in dark matter, the invisible substance thought to serve as gravitational scaffolding for cosmic structures.
—Adam Mann, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2023
This bashful slowpoke has been a favorite of consumers for years, though, because looks and power, apparently, aren’t everything.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
Part of adjusting to the chaotic aquatic environment is learning the code of how to swim around the slowpoke in front of you.
—Laine Higgins, WSJ, 18 June 2021
Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
One group of 15 female rats, brighter in color than the rest, kept zooming past the others to make it into the houses first, making the rest of their furry colleagues look like slowpokes.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
Don’t wait for slowpokes to join in; follow your heart and make your dreams come true.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
From the close of 2020 to the price peak around May of 2022, our dozen locales typically gained 40% or so, an extraordinary advance in just 17 months for such traditional slowpokes.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
One possible explanation for the Milky Way’s stellar slowpokes is that our galaxy is extraordinarily deficient in dark matter, the invisible substance thought to serve as gravitational scaffolding for cosmic structures.
—Adam Mann, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2023
This bashful slowpoke has been a favorite of consumers for years, though, because looks and power, apparently, aren’t everything.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
Part of adjusting to the chaotic aquatic environment is learning the code of how to swim around the slowpoke in front of you.
—Laine Higgins, WSJ, 18 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slowpoke
snail
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Tropical Storm Melissa is meandering through the warm waters of the Caribbean at a snail’s pace, where it’s expected to pick up enough power to develop into a major Category 4 by Tuesday.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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But now, conditions are expected to be primed for Tropical Storm Melissa to keep at its snail’s pace.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Slowpoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slowpoke. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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