Synonyms for Back-watering:

• v.

  • slow
  • Back-water
  ,
  • abate
  ,
  • anchor it
  ,
  • bog down
  ,
  • brake
  ,
  • check
  ,
  • choke
  ,
  • curb
  ,
  • curtail
  ,
  • cut back
  ,
  • cut down
  ,
  • decelerate
  ,
  • decrease
  ,
  • detain
  ,
  • diminish
  ,
  • ease off
  ,
  • ease up
  ,
  • embog
  ,
  • handicap
  ,
  • hinder
  ,
  • hit the brakes
  ,
  • hold back
  ,
  • hold up
  ,
  • impede
  ,
  • keep waiting
  ,
  • lag
  ,
  • lessen
  ,
  • let down flaps
  ,
  • loiter
  ,
  • lose speed
  ,
  • lose steam
  ,
  • mire
  ,
  • moderate
  ,
  • postpone
  ,
  • procrastinate
  ,
  • qualify
  ,
  • quiet
  ,
  • reduce
  ,
  • reduce speed
  ,
  • reef
  ,
  • regulate
  ,
  • rein in
  ,
  • relax
  ,
  • retard
  ,
  • retardate
  ,
  • set back
  ,
  • slacken
  ,
  • stall
  ,
  • stunt
  ,
  • temper
  ,
  • wind down
  .

• Other relevant words:

• abbreviate
,
• abridge
,
• agree
,
• amex
,
• anneal
,
• arrest
,
• ascertain
,
• asphyxiate
,
• assay
,
• assure
,
• back
,
• back up
,
• baffle
,
• balk
,
• bank check
,
• baulk
,
• belittle
,
• biliousness
,
• block
,
• blockade
,
• bog
,
• boil down
,
• booth
,
• bracken
,
• break
,
• bridle
,
• bring down
,
• buy the farm
,
• calm
,
• calm down
,
• carrel
,
• carrell
,
• cash in one's chips
,
• centrist
,
• chair
,
• changeling
,
• characterise
,
• characterize
,
• chasten
,
• check into
,
• check mark
,
• check off
,
• check out
,
• check over
,
• check up on
,
• check-out procedure
,
• checker
,
• checkout
,
• cheque
,
• chequer
,
• chink
,
• chip
,
• chit
,
• choke coil
,
• choke off
,
• choking coil
,
• clip
,
• clog
,
• clog up
,
• close up
,
• come down
,
• conceal
,
• concentrate
,
• condition
,
• confine
,
• confirmation
,
• congest
,
• conk
,
• contain
,
• contract
,
• control
,
• correspond
,
• crack
,
• cretin
,
• croak
,
• crop
,
• cubicle
,
• curb bit
,
• curbing
,
• cut
,
• cut out
,
• cut short
,
• dawdle
,
• decease
,
• decoct
,
• decompress
,
• decrement
,
• defer
,
• defy
,
• delay
,
• deoxidise
,
• deoxidize
,
• determine
,
• deterrent
,
• die
,
• die away
,
• dilly-dally
,
• dillydally
,
• dilute
,
• diminution
,
• disability
,
• disable
,
• disablement
,
• discipline
,
• dispose
,
• down
,
• drag one's feet
,
• drag one's heels
,
• draw rein
,
• dress
,
• drop
,
• drop dead
,
• drop-off
,
• embarrass
,
• endure
,
• ensure
,
• entangle
,
• exit
,
• expire
,
• fall
,
• fall back
,
• fall behind
,
• fell
,
• find out
,
• fit
,
• flag
,
• flash back
,
• footle
,
• forbear
,
• foreshorten
,
• foul
,
• fret
,
• gag
,
• gaol
,
• get stuck
,
• gibe
,
• give
,
• give way
,
• give-up the ghost
,
• go
,
• go over
,
• govern
,
• grind to a halt
,
• half-wit
,
• halt
,
• hamper
,
• hang around
,
• harden
,
• harness
,
• hind
,
• hindrance
,
• hitch
,
• hold
,
• hold in
,
• hold off
,
• hold out
,
• hold over
,
• hold water
,
• humor
,
• humour
,
• hush
,
• hushed
,
• idiot
,
• imbecile
,
• immure
,
• impairment
,
• impediment
,
• imprison
,
• incapacitate
,
• incarcerate
,
• influence
,
• insure
,
• interim
,
• invalid
,
• irritability
,
• irritation
,
• jail
,
• jam
,
• jibe
,
• jug
,
• keep
,
• keep back
,
• keep down
,
• kerb
,
• kick the bucket
,
• kiosk
,
• knock back
,
• knock down
,
• lallygag
,
• last
,
• lead
,
• learn
,
• lessening
,
• let up
,
• linger
,
• live
,
• live on
,
• loaf
,
• lollygag
,
• look into
,
• loose
,
• loosen
,
• loosen up
,
• lop
,
• lounge
,
• lull
,
• lurk
,
• make relaxed
,
• mark
,
• mark off
,
• match
,
• meantime
,
• meanwhile
,
• measure up
,
• melt off
,
• mess about
,
• middle of the roader
,
• mill about
,
• mill around
,
• mince
,
• minify
,
• moderationist
,
• modify
,
• modulate
,
• mold
,
• mollify
,
• mood
,
• morass
,
• moron
,
• move over
,
• mow
,
• muck
,
• muck up
,
• mud
,
• muted
,
• normalize
,
• obstruct
,
• obturate
,
• occlude
,
• order
,
• pass
,
• pass away
,
• pasture brake
,
• peevishness
,
• perish
,
• pettishness
,
• pipe down
,
• pique
,
• placid
,
• placidity
,
• pop off
,
• prorogue
,
• prune
,
• pull down
,
• push down
,
• put away
,
• put back
,
• put behind bars
,
• put off
,
• put over
,
• quagmire
,
• quash
,
• quiesce
,
• quiet down
,
• quieten
,
• quietly
,
• rand
,
• reduction
,
• regularise
,
• regularize
,
• rein
,
• remand
,
• remit
,
• repose
,
• repress
,
• restrain
,
• restrained
,
• restrict
,
• retain
,
• retardation
,
• sales booth
,
• scale down
,
• scrag
,
• season
,
• see
,
• see to it
,
• serenity
,
• shape
,
• shelve
,
• shillyshally
,
• shorten
,
• shrink
,
• silence
,
• slack
,
• slack off
,
• slack up
,
• slacken off
,
• slake
,
• slash
,
• slenderize
,
• slim
,
• slim down
,
• slop
,
• slow
,
• slow down
,
• slow up
,
• slowdown
,
• smooth
,
• snappishness
,
• snip
,
• snuff it
,
• soften
,
• specify
,
• stalling
,
• stand
,
• stand up
,
• stave
,
• stay
,
• step-down
,
• stick up
,
• stifle
,
• still
,
• stipulate
,
• stop
,
• stoppage
,
• strangle
,
• strike down
,
• stymie
,
• stymy
,
• subdue
,
• subdued
,
• subjugate
,
• subside
,
• substantiation
,
• suffocate
,
• support
,
• surliness
,
• survive
,
• sustain
,
• tab
,
• table
,
• tally
,
• tame
,
• tarry
,
• temperate
,
• thin
,
• thin out
,
• throttle
,
• tick
,
• tick off
,
• tighten
,
• tone down
,
• toughness
,
• train
,
• tranquil
,
• tranquility
,
• tranquilize
,
• tranquillise
,
• tranquillity
,
• tranquillize
,
• trim
,
• trim back
,
• trim down
,
• turn back
,
• unbend
,
• unlax
,
• unruffled
,
• unstrain
,
• unwind
,
• verification
,
• wait
,
• watch
,
• withstand
,
• witwatersrand
,
• yield
.

What are the hypernyms for Back-watering?

• Other hypernyms:

  dampening, moistening, watering, Hydrating, Irrigating.