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procrastinating - 20 thesaurus results
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
Main Entry: delinquent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: irresponsible, defaulting
Synonyms: behind, blamable, blameworthy, careless, censurable, criminal, culpable, derelict, faulty, guilty, lax, neglectful, negligent, overdue, red-handed*, remiss, reprehensible, shabby, slack, tardy, unpaid, defaultant, disregardful, offending, procrastinating
Antonyms: careful, responsible, behaving
Main Entry: lazy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: inactive, sluggish
Synonyms: apathetic, careless, comatose, dilatory, drowsy, dull, idle, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, languid, lethargic, lifeless, loafing, neglectful, passive, remiss, shiftless, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, somnolent, supine, tardy, tired, torpid, trifling, unconcerned, weary, asleep on the job, dallying, flagging, lagging, languorous, out of it, procrastinating, slow-moving, snoozy, unenergetic, unindustrious, unpersevering, unready
Antonyms: active, diligent, energetic, industrious, lively, hard-working
Main Entry: shiftless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lazy
Synonyms: apathetic, good-for-nothing, idle, inattentive, incompetent, indolent, lackadaisical, laggard, lethargic, lifeless, loafing, slack, slothful, unmotivated, dallying, directionless, lagging, procrastinating, unambitious, unenergetic, unindustrious
Main Entry: slothful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lazy
Synonyms: comatose, dull, idle, inactive, inattentive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, languid, lethargic, lifeless, listless, loafing, passive, slack, slow, sluggish, supine, tired, dallying, lagging, procrastinating, snoozy, unenergetic
Main Entry: tardy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: late
Synonyms: backward, belated, delayed, delinquent, dilatory, held up, hung up*, jammed, laggard, overdue, retarded, slack, slow, sluggish, behindhand, dawdling, detained, in a bind, loitering, not arrived, not done, procrastinating, strapped for time, too late, unpunctual
Antonyms: early, on time, prompt, punctual, ready
Main Entry: dalliance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dawdling
Synonyms: delay, delaying, idling, loafing, trifling, dabbling, dilly-dallying, frittering, frivoling, loitering, playing, poking, procrastinating, procrastination, puttering, toying
Antonyms: hurrying, push, rush, hastening
Main Entry: slow
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unhurried, lazy
Synonyms: apathetic, crawling, creeping, delaying, deliberate, dilatory, disinclined, dreamy, drowsy, easy, gradual, heavy, idle, imperceptible, inactive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, listless, measured, moderate, negligent, passive, phlegmatic, ponderous, quiet, reluctant, remiss, slack, sleepy, slothful, sluggish, stagnant, supine, tardy, torpid, dawdling, lagging, loitering, plodding, postponing, procrastinating, slow-moving, snaillike, tortoiselike
Antonyms: active, busy, fast, hurried, quick, rapid
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
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: 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
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
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
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: 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
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
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
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
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
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