Exact Match:
Synonyms:
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- delaying,
- dilatoriness,
- dilatory,
- dillydallying,
- dolce far niente,
- dragging,
- goofing off,
- idling,
- lag,
- lagging,
- lazing,
- lingering,
- loafing,
- loitering,
- lolling,
- lollygagging,
- lounging,
- mopery,
- procrastination,
- procrastinative,
- procrastinatory,
- shilly-shallying,
- tarriance,
- trifling,
- waiting
Related Words:
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- delaying,
- dilatoriness,
- dilatory,
- dillydallying,
- dolce far niente,
- dragging,
- goofing off,
- idling,
- lag,
- lagging,
- lazing,
- lingering,
- loafing,
- loitering,
- lolling,
- lollygagging,
- lounging,
- mopery,
- procrastination,
- procrastinative,
- procrastinatory,
- shilly-shallying,
- tarriance,
- tarrying,
- trifling,
- waiting
- Micawberish,
- backward,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- dilatory,
- dillydallying,
- dragging,
- easygoing,
- foot-dragging,
- lackadaisical,
- laggard,
- lagging,
- lax,
- lazy,
- lingering,
- loitering,
- lollygagging,
- procrastinating,
- procrastinative,
- procrastinatory,
- remiss,
- shilly-shallying,
- shuffling,
- slack,
- slow,
- sluggish,
- tarrying
- accumbent,
- couchant,
- couche,
- crawling,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- decumbent,
- dillydallying,
- dolce far niente,
- draped,
- flat,
- goofing off,
- groveling,
- idling,
- lazing,
- lingering,
- loafing,
- loitering,
- lounging,
- lying,
- mopery,
- procumbent,
- prone,
- prostrate,
- reclining,
- recumbent,
- reposing,
- resupine,
- sprawled,
- sprawling,
- spread,
- supine,
- tarrying,
- trifling
- amorous dalliance,
- billing and cooing,
- bundling,
- caressing,
- cuddling,
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- delaying,
- dilatoriness,
- dilatory,
- dillydallying,
- dragging,
- fondling,
- hugging,
- kissing,
- lag,
- lagging,
- lingering,
- loitering,
- lovemaking,
- necking,
- nestling,
- nuzzling,
- petting,
- procrastination,
- procrastinative,
- procrastinatory,
- sexual intercourse,
- shilly-shallying,
- snuggling,
- spooning,
- tarrying
- accubation,
- accumbency,
- accumbent,
- couchant,
- couche,
- crawling,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- decumbency,
- decumbent,
- dillydallying,
- dolce far niente,
- draped,
- flat,
- goofing off,
- groveling,
- idling,
- lazing,
- lingering,
- loafing,
- loitering,
- loll,
- lolling,
- lying,
- mopery,
- procumbent,
- prone,
- proneness,
- prostrate,
- prostration,
- reclination,
- reclining,
- recumbency,
- recumbent,
- repose,
- reposing,
- resupine,
- sprawl,
- sprawled,
- sprawling,
- spread,
- supine,
- supineness,
- tarrying,
- trifling
- Micawberish,
- backward,
- bone-lazy,
- cadging,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- delaying,
- dilatory,
- dillydallying,
- do-nothing,
- doless,
- dragging,
- dronish,
- drony,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- ergophobic,
- faineant,
- foot-dragging,
- good-for-nothing,
- indolent,
- lackadaisical,
- laggard,
- lagging,
- lax,
- lazy,
- lingering,
- loitering,
- lollygagging,
- nonaggressive,
- parasitic,
- procrastinating,
- procrastinatory,
- remiss,
- scrounging,
- shiftless,
- shilly-shallying,
- shuffling,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slow,
- sluggish,
- sponging,
- tarrying,
- unenterprising,
- work-shy
- caution,
- cautious,
- cautiousness,
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- delaying,
- demurring,
- diffidence,
- diffident,
- dilatoriness,
- dilatory,
- dillydallying,
- dragging,
- equivocation,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fluctuating,
- fluctuation,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitant,
- hesitating,
- hesitation,
- jibbing,
- lag,
- lagging,
- lingering,
- loitering,
- lollygagging,
- oscillating,
- oscillation,
- oscillatory,
- pendulating,
- pendulation,
- procrastination,
- procrastinative,
- procrastinatory,
- scrupling,
- shilly-shally,
- sticking,
- stickling,
- straining,
- tarrying,
- tentative,
- tentativeness,
- timid,
- vacillating,
- vacillation,
- vacillatory,
- wavering,
- wobbling,
- wobbly
- Micawberish,
- backward,
- coquetry,
- dabbling,
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- delaying,
- dilatoriness,
- dilatory,
- dillydallying,
- dolce far niente,
- dragging,
- easygoing,
- fiddling,
- flirtation,
- fooling,
- fooling around,
- foot-dragging,
- goofing off,
- idling,
- jerking off,
- kidding around,
- lackadaisical,
- lag,
- laggard,
- lagging,
- lax,
- lazing,
- lazy,
- lingering,
- loafing,
- lolling,
- lollygagging,
- lounging,
- messing around,
- monkeying,
- monkeying around,
- mopery,
- piddling,
- playing,
- playing around,
- pottering,
- procrastinating,
- procrastination,
- procrastinative,
- procrastinatory,
- puttering,
- remiss,
- shilly-shallying,
- shuffling,
- slack,
- slow,
- sluggish,
- smattering,
- tarrying,
- tinkering,
- toying,
- trifling
- Micawberish,
- backward,
- coquetry,
- dabbling,
- dalliance,
- dawdling,
- delaying,
- dilatoriness,
- dilatory,
- dillydallying,
- dolce far niente,
- dragging,
- easygoing,
- fiddling,
- flirtation,
- fooling,
- fooling around,
- foot-dragging,
- goofing off,
- idling,
- jerking off,
- kidding around,
- lackadaisical,
- lag,
- laggard,
- lagging,
- lax,
- lazing,
- lazy,
- lingering,
- loafing,
- loitering,
- lolling,
- lollygagging,
- lounging,
- messing around,
- monkeying,
- monkeying around,
- mopery,
- piddling,
- playing,
- playing around,
- pottering,
- procrastinating,
- procrastination,
- procrastinative,
- procrastinatory,
- puttering,
- remiss,
- shilly-shallying,
- shuffling,
- slack,
- slow,
- sluggish,
- smattering,
- tarriance,
- tarrying,
- tinkering,
- toying,
- trifling,
- waiting
- dalliance
collapse - the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working related words >
- amorous dalliance,
- amorous looks,
- billing and cooing,
- bundling,
- caressing,
- come-hither look,
- coquetry,
- coquettish glances,
- coquettishness,
- coyness,
- cuddling,
- dabbling,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- dilatoriness,
- dillydallying,
- fiddling,
- flirtation,
- flirtatiousness,
- fondling,
- fooling,
- fooling around,
- goo-goo eyes,
- hugging,
- idling,
- jerking off,
- kidding around,
- kissing,
- lag,
- lagging,
- lingering,
- loitering,
- lollygagging,
- lovemaking,
- messing around,
- monkeying,
- monkeying around,
- necking,
- nestling,
- nuzzling,
- ogle,
- petting,
- piddling,
- playing,
- playing around,
- pottering,
- procrastination,
- puttering,
- sexual intercourse,
- shilly-shallying,
- smattering,
- snuggling,
- spooning,
- tarriance,
- tarrying,
- tinkering,
- toying,
- trifling,
- waiting
- dilatory
collapse
- wasting time
- inclined to waste time and lag behind related words >
- Micawberish,
- apathetic,
- backward,
- balking,
- balky,
- bone-lazy,
- cadging,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- delaying,
- deliberate,
- dillydallying,
- do-nothing,
- doless,
- dragging,
- dronish,
- drony,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- ergophobic,
- faineant,
- foot-dragging,
- good-for-nothing,
- grudging,
- indifferent,
- indolent,
- lackadaisical,
- laggard,
- lagging,
- lax,
- lazy,
- leisurely,
- lingering,
- loath,
- loitering,
- lollygagging,
- neglectful,
- negligent,
- nonaggressive,
- parasitic,
- perfunctory,
- procrastinating,
- procrastinative,
- procrastinatory,
- reluctant,
- remiss,
- renitent,
- restive,
- scrounging,
- shiftless,
- shilly-shallying,
- shuffling,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow to,
- sluggish,
- sponging,
- tarrying,
- unenterprising,
- unenthusiastic,
- unhasty,
- unhurried,
- unzealous,
- work-shy
- lagging
collapse
- used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat related words >
- Micawberish,
- afterthought,
- backward,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- bureaucratic delay,
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- delaying,
- detention,
- dilatoriness,
- dilatory,
- dillydallying,
- double take,
- dragging,
- easygoing,
- foot-dragging,
- halt,
- hang-up,
- hindrance,
- holdup,
- interim,
- jam,
- lackadaisical,
- lag,
- laggard,
- lax,
- lazy,
- lingering,
- logjam,
- loitering,
- lollygagging,
- moratorium,
- obstruction,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- procrastinating,
- procrastination,
- procrastinative,
- procrastinatory,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- remiss,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- shilly-shallying,
- shuffling,
- slack,
- slow,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowness,
- sluggish,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- suspension,
- tarrying,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- wait
- waiting
collapse
- being and remaining ready and available for use; "waiting cars and limousines lined the curb"; "found her mother waiting for them"; "an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests"; "military forces ready and waiting" related words >
- about to be,
- agape,
- agog,
- all agog,
- already in sight,
- anticipant,
- anticipating,
- anticipative,
- anticipatory,
- anxiety,
- apprehension,
- approaching,
- at hand,
- attendant,
- attending,
- awaiting,
- brewing,
- certain,
- cliff-hanging,
- close,
- close at hand,
- coming,
- confident,
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- dillydallying,
- dread,
- eager,
- expectant,
- expectant waiting,
- expecting,
- forearmed,
- forestalling,
- forewarned,
- forthcoming,
- future,
- gaping,
- gathering,
- going to happen,
- helping,
- hopeful,
- immediate,
- imminent,
- impendent,
- impending,
- in anticipation,
- in danger imminent,
- in expectation,
- in prospect,
- in reserve,
- in store,
- in the cards,
- in the offing,
- in the wind,
- in view,
- instant,
- lingering,
- looking for,
- looking forward to,
- looming,
- lowering,
- lurking,
- menacing,
- menial,
- ministering,
- near,
- near at hand,
- nearing,
- not surprised,
- on the horizon,
- optimistic,
- overhanging,
- pessimism,
- prepared,
- preparing,
- ready,
- sanguine,
- servile,
- serving,
- servitorial,
- sure,
- suspense,
- tarriance,
- tarrying,
- that will be,
- threatening,
- to come,
- uncertainty,
- unsurprised,
- upcoming,
- waiting for,
- watching for
- Micawberish,
- backward,
- booming,
- continuation,
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- delaying,
- dilatoriness,
- dilatory,
- dillydallying,
- dolce far niente,
- dragging,
- drawn-out,
- easygoing,
- echoic,
- echoing,
- extended,
- extension,
- foot-dragging,
- goofing off,
- gradual,
- growling,
- idling,
- interminable,
- lackadaisical,
- lag,
- laggard,
- lagging,
- languishing,
- lasting,
- lax,
- lazing,
- lazy,
- lengthened,
- lengthening,
- loafing,
- loitering,
- lolling,
- lollygagging,
- long,
- long-continuing,
- long-drawn,
- long-drawn-out,
- long-pending,
- long-winded,
- lounging,
- marathon,
- mopery,
- overlong,
- persistent,
- procrastinating,
- procrastination,
- procrastinative,
- procrastinatory,
- prolongation,
- prolonged,
- protracted,
- protraction,
- reboant,
- rebounding,
- reechoing,
- remaining,
- remiss,
- repercussive,
- resounding,
- reverberant,
- reverberating,
- reverberatory,
- rumbling,
- shilly-shallying,
- shuffling,
- slack,
- slow,
- sluggish,
- sounding,
- spun-out,
- stretched-out,
- tarriance,
- tarrying,
- thundering,
- trifling,
- undamped,
- waiting
- procrastination
collapse
- the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time related words >
- Fabian policy,
- Micawberism,
- a wise passiveness,
- backwardness,
- contemplation,
- contemplative life,
- continuation,
- culpa,
- culpable negligence,
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- default,
- dereliction,
- dilatoriness,
- dillydallying,
- disregard,
- do-nothing policy,
- do-nothingism,
- do-nothingness,
- dormancy,
- extension,
- failure,
- hesitation,
- hold-off,
- idleness,
- immobility,
- inaction,
- inactivity,
- inadvertence,
- inadvertency,
- inattention,
- indolence,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- laches,
- lag,
- lagging,
- laissez-aller,
- laissez-faire,
- laissez-faireism,
- lapse,
- laxity,
- laxness,
- lengthening,
- lingering,
- loitering,
- lollygagging,
- looseness,
- meditation,
- mugwump,
- neglect,
- neglectfulness,
- negligence,
- neutralism,
- neutrality,
- neutralness,
- nonfeasance,
- noninterference,
- noninvolvement,
- nonparticipation,
- nonperformance,
- nonresistance,
- nonrestriction,
- nonviolence,
- nonviolent resistance,
- omission,
- overlooking,
- oversight,
- pacifism,
- paralysis,
- passive resistance,
- passive self-annihilation,
- passiveness,
- passivism,
- passivity,
- permissiveness,
- policy,
- poor stewardship,
- prolongation,
- protraction,
- quiescence,
- quietism,
- remissness,
- shilly-shallying,
- slackness,
- slight,
- slowness,
- stagnancy,
- stagnation,
- stall,
- standpattism,
- stasis,
- tarrying,
- temporization,
- unrigorousness,
- vegetation,
- vita contemplativa,
- waiting game,
- watching and waiting
- Mickey Mouse,
- airy,
- asinine,
- banal,
- bickering,
- brimful,
- brimming,
- captious,
- catchpenny,
- caviling,
- chic,
- chipper,
- chitchat,
- chitter-chatter,
- choplogic,
- classy,
- commonplace,
- coquetry,
- crammed,
- crowded,
- cursory,
- dabbling,
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- dashing,
- dawdling,
- depthless,
- dillydallying,
- dolce far niente,
- empty,
- equivocatory,
- evasive,
- fashionable,
- fatuous,
- few,
- fiddling,
- flimsy,
- flirtation,
- fooling,
- fooling around,
- foolish,
- footling,
- fribble,
- fribbling,
- frivolous,
- frothy,
- futile,
- goofing off,
- hairsplitting,
- hedging,
- hollow,
- idle,
- idling,
- inane,
- incidental,
- inconsequential,
- inconsiderable,
- insignificant,
- insipid,
- jammed,
- jejune,
- jerking off,
- kidding around,
- lazing,
- light,
- lingering,
- little,
- loaded,
- loafing,
- logic-chopping,
- loitering,
- lolling,
- lounging,
- low,
- meager,
- measly,
- messing around,
- miniature,
- minor,
- modish,
- monkeying,
- monkeying around,
- mopery,
- neat,
- negligible,
- niggling,
- nit-picking,
- no great shakes,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- orderly,
- otiose,
- packed,
- paltering,
- paltry,
- petty,
- picayune,
- picayunish,
- piddling,
- playing,
- playing around,
- pottering,
- puny,
- pussyfooting,
- puttering,
- quibbling,
- shallow,
- sharp,
- shipshape,
- short,
- shuffling,
- silly,
- skin-deep,
- slender,
- slight,
- small,
- smart,
- smattering,
- snappy,
- snug,
- spick-and-span,
- superficial,
- swank,
- tarrying,
- tidy,
- tinkering,
- tiny,
- toying,
- trichoschistic,
- trig,
- trim,
- trite,
- trivial,
- uncluttered,
- unimportant,
- vacuous,
- vain,
- valueless,
- vapid,
- well-groomed,
- windy,
- worthless
- lag
collapse
- cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"
- throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. related words >
- afterthought,
- antedate,
- arrest,
- be found wanting,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- bureaucratic delay,
- cast out,
- check,
- closing,
- collapse,
- come short,
- con,
- concluding,
- confine,
- dalliance,
- dally,
- dallying,
- dawdle,
- dawdling,
- dead time,
- deceleration,
- decline,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- deport,
- detain,
- detention,
- diddle,
- dilatoriness,
- dillydally,
- dillydallying,
- displace,
- doodle,
- double take,
- drag,
- dragging,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- eventual,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expel,
- fail,
- fall away,
- fall behind,
- fall short,
- falter,
- final,
- flag,
- flagging,
- foredate,
- gain,
- get behind,
- goof off,
- halt,
- hang back,
- hang-up,
- hinder,
- hindmost,
- hindrance,
- hold back,
- hold up,
- holdup,
- hysteresis,
- impede,
- interim,
- jailbird,
- jam,
- keep back,
- lack,
- lagging,
- latest,
- latter,
- letdown,
- letup,
- linger,
- linger behind,
- lingering,
- logjam,
- loiter,
- loitering,
- lollygag,
- lollygagging,
- lose ground,
- loser,
- make late,
- minus acceleration,
- misdate,
- mistime,
- moratorium,
- not answer,
- not hack it,
- not make it,
- not make out,
- not measure up,
- not stretch,
- not suffice,
- obstruct,
- obstruction,
- output lag,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- piddle,
- poke,
- postdate,
- process lag,
- procrastinate,
- procrastination,
- put off,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- relegate,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- retard,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- run short,
- setback,
- shilly-shally,
- shilly-shallying,
- slack-up,
- slacken,
- slackening,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- slump,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stop short,
- stoppage,
- straggle,
- suspension,
- tarry,
- tarrying,
- terminal,
- throughput,
- tie-up,
- time constants,
- time lag,
- time lead,
- trail,
- trail behind,
- transport,
- ultimate,
- wait,
- want,
- waste time
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