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procrastinating

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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
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: defer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold off, put off

Synonyms:

adjourn, block, delay, detain, extend, give rain check, hang fire, hinder, hold up, impede, intermit, lay over, lengthen, obstruct, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, prorogue, protract, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, remit, retard, set aside, shelve, slow, stall, stay, suspend, table, waive

Antonyms:

advance, expedite, forge, forward, hasten, hurry
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
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: delinquent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: irresponsible, defaulting

Synonyms:

behind, blamable, blameworthy, careless, censurable, criminal, culpable, defaultant, derelict, disregardful, faulty, guilty, lax, neglectful, negligent, offending, overdue, procrastinating, red-handed, remiss, reprehensible, shabby, slack, tardy, unpaid

Antonyms:

behaving, careful, responsible
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
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: 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
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