| Main Entry: | loiter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang around; stroll |
Synonyms: |
amble, dabble, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, drag, flag, fritter away, get no place fast, halt, hover, idle, lag, linger, loaf, loll, lounge, pass time, pause, poke, procrastinate, put off, ramble, saunter, shamble, shuffle, slacken, slough, tarry, trail, traipse, wait, waste time |
Antonyms: |
hurry, leave, rush, vamoose |
| Main Entry: | amble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk casually |
Synonyms: |
ankle, boogie, dawdle, drift, gander, hoof it, loiter, meander, mosey, percolate*, ramble, sashay, saunter, stroll, toddle, wander |
Antonyms: |
run |
| Main Entry: | continue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persist, carry on |
Synonyms: |
abide, advance, carry forward, draw out, endure, extend, forge ahead, get on with it, go on, hang in, keep at, keep on, keep on truckin', keep the ball rolling, keep up, last, lengthen, linger, live on, loiter, maintain, make headway, move ahead, never cease, outlast, outlive, perdure, persevere, persist in, press on, progress, project, prolong, promote, pursue, push on, reach, remain, rest, ride, run on, stand, stay, stay on, stick at, stick to, survive, sustain, uphold |
Antonyms: |
cease, complete, desist, discontinue, end, finish, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | dalliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dawdling |
Synonyms: |
dabbling, delay, delaying, dilly-dallying, frittering, frivoling, idling, loafing, loitering, playing, poking, procrastinating, procrastination, puttering, toying, trifling |
Antonyms: |
hastening, hurrying, push, rush |
| 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: | dilatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | procrastinating |
Synonyms: |
backward, behindhand, dallying, delaying, deliberate, laggard, late, lax, lazy, leisurely, lingering, loitering, moratory, neglectful, negligent, putting off, remiss, slack, slow, sluggish, snail-like, tardy, tarrying, time-wasting, unhasty, unhurried |
Antonyms: |
diligent, eager, enthusiastic, hard-working, ready, zealous |
| Main Entry: | dilly-dally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste time |
Synonyms: |
dawdle, delay, hem and haw, hesitate, linger, loiter, meander, mosey, move slowly, procrastinate, vacillate |