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procrastination

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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: delay
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: deferment, interruption

Synonyms:

adjournment, bind, check, cooling-off period, cunctation, dawdling, demurral, detention, discontinuation, downtime, filibuster, hangup, hindrance, hold-up, holding, holding pattern, impediment, interval, jam, lag, lingering, logjam, loitering, moratorium, obstruction, postponement, problem, procrastination, prorogation, putting off, remission, reprieve, retardation, retardment, setback, showstopper, stall, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, suspension, tarrying, tie-up, wait
Notes: various things may cause a delay, but a postponement will result from the action of a person

Antonyms:

advance, dispatch, expedition, furtherance, hastening, hurry, rush, speed
Main Entry: filibuster
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: obstruction of progress, especially in verbal argument

Synonyms:

delay, hindrance, holding the floor, interference, opposition, postponement, procrastination, stonewalling, talkathon

Antonyms:

catalyst, impetus, incentive, progression
Main Entry: hesitation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: waiting; uncertainty

Synonyms:

averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, fluctuation, fumbling, hemming and hawing, hesitancy, indecision, indecisiveness, indisposition, irresolution, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, procrastination, qualm, reluctance, scruple, skepticism, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, unwillingness, vacillation, wavering

Antonyms:

certainty, eagerness, go, perseverance, sureness
Main Entry: hesitancy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: delay

Synonyms:

delaying, hesitation, pause, procrastination, wavering
Main Entry: indolence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sloth

Synonyms:

disinclination, idleness, laziness, procrastination
Main Entry: postponement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: deferral

Synonyms:

deferring, delay, procrastination, respite, stay
Main Entry: indecisiveness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hesitation

Synonyms:

averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, fluctuation, fumbling, hemming and hawing, hesitancy, indecision, indisposition, irresoluteness, irresolution, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, procrastination, qualm, reluctance, scruple, shilly-shally, skepticism, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentativeness, timidity, timidness, to-and-fro, unwillingness, vacillation, wavering
Main Entry: irresoluteness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hesitation

Synonyms:

averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, fluctuation, fumbling, hemming and hawing, hesitancy, indecision, indecisiveness, indisposition, irresolution, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, procrastination, qualm, reluctance, scruple, shilly-shally, skepticism, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentativeness, timidity, timidness, to-and-fro, unwillingness, vacillation, wavering
Main Entry: irresolution
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hesitation

Synonyms:

averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, fluctuation, fumbling, hemming and hawing, hesitancy, indecision, indecisiveness, indisposition, irresoluteness, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, procrastination, qualm, reluctance, scruple, shilly-shally, skepticism, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentativeness, timidity, timidness, to-and-fro, unwillingness, vacillation, wavering
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