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Main Entry: lag
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move slowly; delay

Synonyms:

be behind, dally, dawdle, decrease, dillydally, diminish, drag, drag one's feet, ebb, fail, fall off, falter, flag, get no place fast, hang back, hobble, idle, inch, inch along, jelly, limp, linger, loiter, lose strength, lounge, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, retard, saunter, shuffle, slacken, slouch, slow, slow up, stagger, stay, straggle, tail, tarry, tool, trail, trudge, wane

Antonyms:

run, rush
Main Entry: bolt
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lock; part of lock

Synonyms:

bar, brad, catch, coupling, dowel, fastener, lag, latch, lock, nut, padlock, peg, pin, pipe, rivet, rod, screw, skewer, sliding bar, spike, stake, staple, stud

Antonyms:

key
Main Entry: crawl
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move very slowly

Synonyms:

clamber, creep, drag, drag oneself along, go on all fours, go on belly, grovel, hang back, inch, lag, loiter along, lollygag, move at snail's pace, move on hands and knees, plod, poke, pull oneself along, scrabble, slide, slither, squirm, worm, wriggle, writhe
Main Entry: dally
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dawdle, delay

Synonyms:

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, waste time, while away

Antonyms:

hasten, hurry, push, rush
Main Entry: dawdle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: delay; waste time

Synonyms:

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, poke*, procrastinate, put off, saunter, scrounge around, shlep along, sit around, sit on one's butt, stay, stroll, tarry, toddle, trifle, wait, warm a chair

Antonyms:

forward, hasten, hurry, push, rush, speed
Main Entry: delay
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: deferment, interruption

Synonyms:

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, logjam, loitering, moratorium, obstruction, postponement, problem, procrastination, prorogation, putting off, remission, reprieve, retardation, retardment, setback, showstopper, stall, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, suspension, tarrying, tie-up, wait
Notes: various things may cause a delay, but a postponement will result from the action of a person

Antonyms:

advance, dispatch, expedition, furtherance, hastening, hurry, rush, speed
Main Entry: delay
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause stop in action

Synonyms:

adjourn, arrest, bar, bide time, block, check, choke, clog, confine, curb, dawdle, defer, detain, deter, dilly-dally, discourage, drag, encumber, filibuster, gain time, hamper, hold, hold over, impede, inhibit, interfere, intermit, keep, keep back, lag, lay over, linger, loiter, obstruct, postpone, prevent, procrastinate, prolong, prorogue, protract, put off, remand, repress, restrict, retard, shelve, slacken, stall, stave off, stay, suspend, table, tarry, temporize, withhold

Antonyms:

advance, dispatch, expedite, further, hasten, hurry, rush, speed
Main Entry: drag
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move very slowly

Synonyms:

be delayed, be quiescent, crawl, creep, dally, dawdle*, delay, encounter difficulty, hang*, inch, lag, lag behind, limp along, linger, loiter, mark time, poke*, procrastinate, put off*, sag, shamble, shuffle, slow down, stagnate, straggle, tarry, trail behind, traipse

Antonyms:

rush
Main Entry: final
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ending, last

Synonyms:

closing, concluding, crowning, end, eventual, finishing, hindmost, lag, last-minute, latest, latter, supreme, terminal, terminating, ultimate

Antonyms:

beginning, commencing, first, opening, starting
Main Entry: last
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: final; newest

Synonyms:

aftermost, antipodal, at the end, bitter end, climactic, closing, concluding, conclusive, crowning, curtains, definitive, determinate, determinative, end, ending, endwise, eventual, extreme, far, far-off, farthest, finishing, furthest, hindmost, lag, latest, least, lowest, meanest, most recent, once and for all, outermost, rearmost, remotest, supreme, swan song, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, utmost, uttermost

Antonyms:

beginning, first, front, initial, introductory, oldest, primary, starting
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