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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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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