What are the opposite words for dawdle?
Dawdle refers to moving slowly or wasting time. The word has several antonyms that describe activities that are the opposite of dawdling. One of them is hasten, which means to move quickly or do something with urgency. Another antonym is hustle, which refers to performing an activity quickly and with a sense of purpose. Other antonyms of dawdle include hurry, rush, race, and sprint. These words suggest activities that require speed and efficiency, which is precisely the opposite of dawdling. Therefore, if you're struggling with dawdling or procrastination, incorporating antonyms in your vocabulary can help to motivate you to complete tasks quickly and efficiently.
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- hasten
- motion
- run
- dash
- festinate
- hotfoot
- bolt
- course
- dart
- flee
- fly
- hurry
- race
- scamper
- scoot
- scurry
- shoot
- rush
- run quickly away
- flow; run
- race away; propel
- run very fast for short distance
- delay; waste time
- run away to escape
- run or pass swiftly
- speed something; hurry
- hightail
- act, move speedily
- hurry, speed
- run, speed in competition
- move fast on foot
- run, dash
- move along swiftly
- move very fast
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
-
hasten
- get cracking,
- hie,
- make haste,
- shake a leg,
- dis patch,
- dis patched,
- dis patches,
- dis patching,
- dis-patch,
- dis-patched,
- dis-patches,
- dis-patching,
- ex press,
- ex pressed,
- ex pressing,
- ex-press,
- ex-pressing,
- gat cracking,
- gets cracking,
- getting cracking,
- gotten cracking,
- made haste,
- makes haste,
- making haste,
- not lose a minute,
- not lose a minuted,
- not lose a minuting,
- not lose minute,
- not lose minuted,
- not lose minuting,
- shake leg,
- shakes a leg,
- shakes leg,
- shaking a leg,
- shaking leg,
- shook a leg,
- take wing,
- takes wing,
- taking wing,
- took wing,
- waste no time,
- wasted no time,
- wastes no time,
- whip around,
- whipped around,
- whipping around,
- whips around,
- whipt around.
-
motion
- rush.
- run
-
dash
- get it,
- Hasted,
- Hasting,
- get on it,
- rush at,
- gat it,
- gets it,
- gets on it,
- getting it,
- getting on it,
- got it,
- got on it,
- gotten it,
- made it snappy,
- made run for it,
- made snappy,
- make it snappy,
- make run for it,
- make snappy,
- makes a run for it,
- makes it snappy,
- makes snappy,
- making a run for it,
- making it snappy,
- making run for it,
- making snappy,
- rushed at,
- rushes at,
- rushing at.
- festinate
-
hotfoot
- boogie,
- hightail it,
- boogies,
- boogied,
- boogieing,
- go like a bat out hell,
- go like a bat out of hell,
- go like bat out hell,
- go like bat out of hell,
- goes like a bat out hell,
- goes like a bat out of hell,
- goes like bat out hell,
- goes like bat out of hell,
- going like a bat out hell,
- going like a bat out of hell,
- going like bat out hell,
- going like bat out of hell,
- hightailed it,
- hightailing it,
- hightails it,
- went like a bat out hell,
- went like a bat out of hell,
- went like bat out hell,
- went like bat out of hell.
-
bolt
- deadbolt,
- gulp,
- take flight,
- Gorging,
- Scarfed,
- Scarfing,
- flighting,
- kiss goodbye,
- step on it,
- run out on,
- running out on,
- make tracks,
- deadbolted,
- deadbolting,
- deadbolts,
- in hale,
- in haled,
- in hales,
- in haling,
- in-hale,
- in-haled,
- in-hales,
- in-haling,
- kissed goodbye,
- kisses goodbye,
- kissing goodbye,
- leave flat,
- leave high dry,
- leave holding bag,
- leave holding the bag,
- leave lurch,
- leaved flat,
- leaved high and dry,
- leaved holding the bag,
- leaves flat,
- leaves holding bag,
- leaves holding the bag,
- leaving flat,
- leaving high and dry,
- leaving high dry,
- leaving holding bag,
- leaving holding the bag,
- left flat,
- left high and dry,
- left high dry,
- left holding bag,
- made a break for it,
- made break for it,
- made tracks,
- make a break for it,
- makes a break for it,
- makes break for it,
- makes tracks,
- making a break for it,
- making tracks,
- ran like scared rabbit,
- ran out on,
- run like scared rabbit,
- running like scared rabbit,
- runs like scared rabbit,
- step it,
- stepped it,
- stepped on it,
- stepping it,
- steps it,
- steps on it,
- swallow whole,
- swallowed whole,
- swallowing whole,
- swallows whole,
- takes flight,
- taking flight.
- course
- dart
-
flee
- get away,
- skedaddle,
- fly the coop,
- getting away,
- gets away,
- got away,
- gotten away,
- step on the gas,
- cut and run,
- make a getaway,
- take a hike,
- beat a hasty retreat,
- beat hasty retreat,
- beating a hasty retreat,
- beating hasty retreat,
- beats a hasty retreat,
- beats hasty retreat,
- cut run,
- cuts and run,
- cuts run,
- cutting and run,
- cutting run,
- de camp,
- de camped,
- de camping,
- de camps,
- de part,
- de parted,
- de parting,
- de parts,
- de sert,
- de-camp,
- de-camped,
- de-camping,
- de-camps,
- de-part,
- de-parted,
- de-parting,
- de-parts,
- de-sert,
- flew coop,
- flew the coop,
- flies coop,
- flies the coop,
- fly coop,
- flying coop,
- flying the coop,
- gat away,
- gat hell out,
- gat the hell out,
- get hell out,
- gets hell out,
- gets the hell out,
- getting hell out,
- got hell out,
- gotten hell out,
- gotten the hell out,
- made a getaway,
- made escape,
- made getaway,
- made one's escape,
- made ones escape,
- made oneself scarce,
- made quick exit,
- made scarce,
- make escape,
- make getaway,
- make one's escape,
- make ones escape,
- make quick exit,
- make scarce,
- makes a getaway,
- makes escape,
- makes getaway,
- makes one escape,
- makes ones escape,
- makes oneself scarce,
- makes quick exit,
- makes scarce,
- making a getaway,
- making escape,
- making one escape,
- making one's escape,
- making ones escape,
- making quick exit,
- making scarce,
- re treating,
- re treats,
- re-treat,
- re-treated,
- re-treating,
- re-treats,
- step gas,
- step the gas,
- stepped gas,
- stepped on gas,
- stepped on the gas,
- stepped the gas,
- stepping gas,
- stepping on gas,
- stepping on the gas,
- stepping the gas,
- steps on the gas,
- take hike,
- takes a hike,
- takes hike,
- taking a hike,
- taking hike,
- took a hike,
- took hike.
-
fly
- barreled,
- barrelled,
- slip away,
- Barreling,
- Barrelling,
- go like the wind,
- go like wind,
- goes like the wind,
- goes like wind,
- going like the wind,
- going like wind,
- ran its course,
- run its course,
- running its course,
- runs its course,
- slipped away,
- slips away,
- slipt away,
- went like the wind,
- went like wind.
-
hurry
- bestir,
- hotfoot,
- scoot,
- smoking,
- speed up,
- speeded up,
- whish,
- Bestirred,
- Bestirring,
- Fleeted,
- Hurries,
- Sallied,
- Sallying,
- whishes,
- bulleted,
- bestirs,
- make time,
- get a move on,
- making time,
- go like lightning,
- be quick,
- Make short work of,
- am quick,
- are quick,
- art quick,
- be stir,
- be stirred,
- be stirring,
- be stirs,
- be-stir,
- be-stirred,
- be-stirring,
- be-stirs,
- beelined,
- beelining,
- being quick,
- bulleting,
- gat a move on,
- gat move on,
- get move on,
- gets a move on,
- gets move on,
- getting a move on,
- goes like lightning,
- going like lightning,
- got a move on,
- got move on,
- gotten a move on,
- hurried up,
- hurries up,
- hurry up,
- hurrying up,
- is quick,
- lose no time,
- loses no time,
- losing no time,
- lost no time,
- made short work of,
- made time,
- makes short work of,
- makes time,
- making short work of,
- sped up,
- speeding up,
- speeds up,
- step on gas,
- stepping on it,
- steps gas,
- steps on gas,
- turn on steam,
- turn steam,
- turned on steam,
- turned steam,
- turning on steam,
- turning steam,
- turns on steam,
- turns steam,
- was quick,
- wast quick,
- went like lightning,
- were quick,
- wert quick,
- whished,
- whishing.
- race
- scamper
- scoot
- scurry
- shoot
- rush
-
run quickly away
- bolt.
- flow; run
-
race away; propel
- dart.
-
run very fast for short distance
- dash.
- delay; waste time
-
run away to escape
- flee.
-
run or pass swiftly
- fly.
- speed something; hurry
- hightail
- act, move speedily
-
hurry, speed
- rush.
-
run, speed in competition
- race.
-
move fast on foot
- run.
- run, dash
- move along swiftly
-
move very fast
- tear.
-
Other relevant words
- accelerate,
- barrel,
- bowl,
- breeze,
- catch up,
- course,
- dart,
- dash,
- drudge,
- exert,
- grind,
- grub,
- hump,
- hurry,
- hustle,
- jog,
- labor,
- moil,
- outpace,
- outrun,
- outstrip,
- overtake,
- peg,
- plod,
- plow,
- plug,
- put out,
- quicken,
- rip,
- run,
- scramble,
- scud,
- stampede,
- sweat,
- tear,
- toil,
- travail,
- trot,
- whirl,
- whisk,
- whiz,
- work,
- zip.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
were one back
- Antonyms:
- aid, discourage, dissuade.
