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| Main Entry: | procrastinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, put off doing |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, be dilatory, cool*, dally, dawdle, defer, drag, drag one's feet, give the run around, goldbrick, hang fire, hesitate, hold off, lag*, let slide, linger, loiter, pause, play a waiting game, play for time, poke*, postpone, prolong, protract, retard, shilly-shally*, stall, stay, suspend, tarry, temporize, wait |
| Antonyms: | accelerate, advance, complete, do, finish, go ahead, quicken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dawdle, delay |
| Synonyms: | drag, fool around, horse around*, idle, lag, linger, loiter, play around*, procrastinate, put off, putter, tarry, trail, waste time, boondoggle, fool with, fritter away, hang about, jerk off, lollygag, play games with, trifle with, while away |
| Antonyms: | hasten, hurry, push, rush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold off, put off |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, block, delay, detain, extend, hinder, hold up, impede, lengthen, obstruct, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, protract, remit, retard, shelve, slow, stall, stay, suspend, table, waive, give rain check, hang fire, intermit, lay over, prorogue, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, set aside |
| Antonyms: | advance, expedite, forge, forward, hasten, hurry |
| Main Entry: | delay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause stop in action |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, arrest, bar, block, check, choke, clog, confine, curb, dawdle, defer, detain, deter, dilly-dally*, discourage, drag, encumber, filibuster, hamper, hold, impede, inhibit, interfere, keep, lag, linger, loiter, obstruct, postpone, prevent, procrastinate, prolong, protract, put off, repress, restrict, retard, shelve, slacken, stall, stave off, stay, suspend, table, tarry, temporize, withhold, bide time, gain time, hold over, intermit, keep back, lay over, prorogue, remand |
| Notes: | various things may cause a delay, but a postponement will result from the action of a person |
| Antonyms: | advance, dispatch, expedite, further, hasten, hurry, rush, speed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dilly-dally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste time |
| Synonyms: | dawdle, delay, hem and haw*, hesitate, linger, loiter, meander, mosey, procrastinate, vacillate, move slowly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very slowly |
| Synonyms: | crawl, creep, dally*, dawdle*, delay, hang*, inch*, lag, linger, loiter, mark time*, poke*, procrastinate, put off*, sag, shuffle, stagnate, straggle, tarry, traipse, be delayed, be quiescent, encounter difficulty, lag behind, limp along, shamble, slow down, trail behind |
| Antonyms: | rush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | linger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | loiter, delay |
| Synonyms: | amble, be dilatory, be long, be tardy, crawl, dally, dawdle, dillydally*, drift, falter, fool around*, fritter away, goof off*, hang around*, hang out*, hesitate, hobble, idle, lag, loll, lumber, mope, mosey, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, putter, remain, saunter, shuffle, sit around, slouch*, stagger, stay, stick around, stop, stroll, take one's time, tarry, tool, totter, trail, traipse, trifle, trudge, vacillate, wait, wait around |
| Antonyms: | go, hurry, leave, rush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loiter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang around; stroll |
| Synonyms: | amble, dabble, dally*, dawdle, delay, diddle, drag, flag, halt, hover, idle, lag, linger, loaf, loll, lounge, pause, poke, procrastinate, put off, ramble, saunter, shuffle, slacken, tarry, trail, traipse, wait, waste time, fritter away, get no place fast, pass time, shamble, slough |
| Antonyms: | hurry, leave, rush, vamoose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mull |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously |
| Synonyms: | brood over, chaw, consider, contemplate, delay, deliberate, examine, figure, hammer away at, linger, meditate, moon*, muse on, ponder, pore over, procrastinate, rack one's brains, reflect, review, revolve, ruminate, stew over, study, sweat over, think over, turn over, weigh, woolgather |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | neglect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail to do; forget |
| Synonyms: | bypass, defer, discard, dismiss, disregard, elide, evade, miss, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, postpone, procrastinate, shirk, skimp, skip, suspend, trifle, be careless, be derelict, be irresponsible, be negligent, be remiss, gloss over*, let pass, let slide, look the other way, lose sight of, not trouble oneself, overleap, think little of |
| Antonyms: | accomplish, achieve, complete, do, finish, succeed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move along slowly |
| Synonyms: | dally, dawdle, delay, drag, idle, lag, loiter, mosey*, procrastinate, put off*, tarry, toddle, trail, get no place fast, schlepp along |
| Antonyms: | rush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | protract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, draw out |
| Synonyms: | continue, cool*, defer, delay, drag out*, draw, elongate, hold up, lengthen, pad*, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, put off, stall, stretch, drag on, hold off, keep going, prolongate, put on hold, spin out*, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | abbreviate, curtail, shorten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, restrict |
| Synonyms: | abate, bog down, brake, check, choke, curb, curtail, cut back, cut down, decelerate, decrease, detain, diminish, handicap, hinder, hold back, hold up, impede, lag, lessen, loiter, mire, moderate, postpone, procrastinate, qualify, quiet, reduce, reef, regulate, relax, retard, set back, slacken, stall, stunt, temper, anchor it, back-water, ease off, ease up, embog, hit the brakes, keep waiting, let down flaps, lose speed, lose steam, reduce speed, rein in, retardate, wind down |
| Antonyms: | advance, forward, push |
| Main Entry: | stay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, bunk, continue, dally, delay, endure, halt, hang, hang around, hover, lag, last, linger, loiter, nest, pause, perch, procrastinate, remain, reprieve, reside, respite, roost*, settle, sit tight*, sojourn, squat, stand, stop, sweat*, tarry, establish oneself, hang about, hang in, hang out, hold the fort, outstay, put down roots, stay out, stay put, stick around*, sweat it out |
| Antonyms: | advance, go, leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | suspend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, hold off |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, arrest, bar, break up, can, cease, check, count out, cut short, debar, defer, discontinue, eject, eliminate, exclude, file, halt, hang, hold up, interrupt, lay off, omit, pigeonhole*, postpone, procrastinate, protract, put off, reject, retard, rule out, shelve, stave off, stay, waive, withhold, hang fire, hang up, inactivate, intermit, lay aside, lay on the table, lay over, pink-slip, prorogue, put a stop to, put an end to, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, put on the shelf |
| Antonyms: | complete, continue, finish, go, persist, sustain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lag behind, follow |
| Synonyms: | chase, dally, dangle, dawdle, delay, dog*, drag, draw, droop, extend, fall back, falter, flag, halt, hang, hang back, haul, hunt, lag, linger, loiter, plod, poke, procrastinate, pull, pursue, shadow, spook*, spoor, stalk, straggle, stream, string along*, tail, tarry, tow, trace, track, traipse, trudge, bedog, bring up the rear, draggle, drop back, fall behind, follow a scent, hang down, nose out*, poke along, shag, tag along, take out after |
| Antonyms: | lead |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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