Synonyms of unhurried

unhurried

adjective

ˌən-ˈhər-ēd 

as in leisurely

moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed

we cycled at an unhurried pace and saved our strength for the hills up ahead

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leisurely
• slow
• dilatory
• languid
• pokey
• crawling
• sluggish
• creeping
• poky
• lagging
• dragging
• laggard
• dallying
• dawdling
• slowing
• dillydallying
• tardy
• snail-paced
• deliberate
• poking
• snaillike
• lethargic
• ambling
• lounging
• inert
• lingering
• plodding
• inactive
• loafing
• measured
• loitering
• shuffling
• strolling
• heavy-footed
• tarrying
• decelerating
• slow-footed
• procrastinating
• stalling
• inching
• filibustering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rapid
• swift
• quick
• speedy
• hasty
• brisk
• rushing
• fast
• breathless
• expeditious
• lightning
• snappy
• whirlwind
• ready
• meteoric
• fleet
• prompt
• racing
• dizzy
• running
• flying
• speeding
• breakneck
• bolting
• rocketing
• hurrying
• accelerated
• whirling
• warp-speed
• hurried
• quickened
• scudding
• rushed
• zipping
• scurrying
• barreling
• hastened
• careering
• scooting
• whisking

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of unhurried

The tradition is an espousal of values, holding space for connection and unhurried conversation. —Olivia Schellenberg, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2024

Matthieu Blazy, the creative director of Bottega Veneta, is in Venice describing his unhurried approach to the house’s latest endeavor: its first fine jewelry collection. —Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2024

This unhurried transformation is well suited to Michigan's Mackinac Island, where life always moves a bit slower. —Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024

Notoriously reclusive and unhurried in his deliberations, his style played to his image as a pious man who reluctantly rose to the occasion to combat post-Soviet instability. —Barbara Elias, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2015