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procrastinateverb to be slow or late about doing something that should be done; to delay doing something until a later time because you do not want to do it, because you are lazy, etc.He procrastinated and missed the submission deadline. He told her to stop procrastinating and get to work. filibuster, stall, temporizecrawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag(also lallygag), mope, poke, shilly-shally, tarryfiddle (around), fool around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), triflehang (around or out), idle, loaf, loll, loungeamble, ease, inch, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stagger, strolldecelerate, slow (down or up) bowl, breeze, dart, hump, hurtle, hustle, scramble, stampedegallop, jog, run, sprint, trotaccelerate, quicken, speed (up)catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtakebarrel, bolt, career, course, dash, fly, hasten, hotfoot (it), hurry, race, rip, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scud, scurry, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, whiz(or whizz), zip delay, procrastinate, lag, loiter, dawdle, dally mean to move or act slowly so as to fall behind.delay usually implies a putting off of something (such as a beginning or departure).we cannot delay any longer procrastinate implies blameworthy delay especially through laziness or apathy.procrastinates about making decisions lag implies failure to maintain a speed set by others.lagging behind in technology loiter and dawdle imply delay while in progress, especially in walking, but dawdle more clearly suggests an aimless wasting of time.loitered at several store windows children dawdling on their way home from school dally suggests delay through trifling or vacillation when promptness is necessary.stop dallying and get to work in 1588 |