| Main Entry: | tarry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dawdle, delay |
Synonyms: |
abide, bide, dally, drag, drag one's feet, dwell, filibuster, get no place fast, goof around, hang around, hold the phone, lag, linger, lodge, loiter, lose time, pause, poke, procrastinate, put off, remain, rest, sojourn, stall, stay, stick around, stop, stop over, tail, take one's time, temporize, tool*, trail, visit, wait, warm a chair |
Antonyms: |
carry on, complete, finish, go |
| Main Entry: | waste time |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | idle away time |
Synonyms: |
burn daylight, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, fiddle about, fritter away time, goof off, kill time, linger, loiter, lollygag, lose time, pass the time, piddle, procrastinate, shilly-shally, take one's own sweet time, take one's time, tarry, while away the time |