Synonyms for Dilatory:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • dilatory,
  • poky,
  • pokey.
  •delaying (adjective)
  • de-laying,
  • de laying.
  •hebetudinous (adjective)
  • nebbest,
  • nebber.
  •late (adjective)
  • out of luck,
  • eleventh-hour,
  • held up,
  • in the lurch,
  • too late,
  • tardy,
  • latest,
  • missed the boat,
  • last-minute,
  • in a bind.
  •lazy (adjective)
  • more unpersevering,
  • more slowmoving,
  • in different,
  • un persevering,
  • most unready,
  • un-persevering,
  • in-different,
  • more slow moving,
  • asleep job,
  • most slow moving,
  • in attentive,
  • out it,
  • more procrastinating,
  • neglectful,
  • in-attentive,
  • most unenergetic,
  • snoozier,
  • most unpersevering,
  • most slow-moving,
  • most dallying,
  • somnolent,
  • slow moving,
  • most slowmoving,
  • slowmoving,
  • asleep the job,
  • un-energetic,
  • more unindustrious,
  • un industrious,
  • snooziest,
  • most unindustrious,
  • unindustrious,
  • more laggard,
  • un-industrious,
  • un energetic,
  • un-ready,
  • more unready,
  • more dallying,
  • more slow-moving,
  • un-concerned,
  • more unenergetic,
  • most procrastinating,
  • most laggard,
  • unpersevering,
  • un ready,
  • un concerned.
  •leisurely (adjective)
  • Slackened,
  • laid back,
  • unhasty.
  •lethargic (adjective)
  • more sleepyhead,
  • draggy,
  • sleepyhead,
  • more nebbish,
  • in-active,
  • most sleepyhead,
  • stretchiest,
  • draggier,
  • hebetudinous,
  • stretchy,
  • wimpy,
  • stretchier,
  • wimpiest,
  • having spring fever,
  • draggiest,
  • most nebbish.
  •long (adjective)
  • for ages,
  • over-long,
  • forever and a day,
  • diffusive,
  • without end,
  • long-drawn-out,
  • Overlong,
  • longwinded.
  •long-drawn-out (adjective)
  • long drawn out.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • lethargic,
  • strapped for time,
  • slow,
  • lazy,
  • snoozy,
  • asleep at switch,
  • leisurely,
  • out of it,
  • unready,
  • any old way,
  • woolgathering,
  • Delaying,
  • asleep on the job,
  • slack,
  • unenergetic,
  • not arrived,
  • slow-moving,
  • long,
  • remiss,
  • neb,
  • asleep on job,
  • defaultant,
  • slowgoing.
  •procrastinating (adjective)
  • putting off.
  •remiss (adjective)
  • de relict,
  • de-relict,
  • more defaultant,
  • most woolgathering,
  • more woolgathering,
  • un interested,
  • more daydreaming,
  • most daydreaming,
  • un-mindful,
  • asleep switch,
  • most defaultant,
  • dis-regardful,
  • un-interested,
  • dis regardful.
  •slack (adjective)
  • not busy,
  • easy-going.
  •slow (adjective)
  • time-consuming,
  • long delayed,
  • slowest,
  • impeded,
  • tortoiselike,
  • long-delayed.
  •slow-footed (adjective)
  • slowfooted,
  • slow footed.
  •slow-going (adjective)
  • slow going.
  •slow-paced (adjective)
  • slowpaced,
  • slow paced.
  •tardy (adjective)
  • not done.

• adv

  •Other relevant words: (adverb)
  • behind schedule,
  • behind time,
  • behindhand,
  • have to play catch up,
  • behind.

• adv.

  •behind (adverb)
  • over due,
  • have play catch up,
  • be-lated,
  • over-due,
  • be lated.
  •Other relevant words: (adverb)
  • laggard,
  • in arrears.

• n.

  •
  • slothful,
  • shiftless,
  • lackadaisical,
  • supine,
  • half-assed,
  • idle,
  • indolent.
  •
  • slow as molasses in January,
  • fast.
  •cautious (noun)
  • cautious.
  •dawdling (noun)
  • dawdling.
  •dilatory (noun)
  • unpunctual,
  • fabian.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • characteristic.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • slow-footed,
  • slow-paced,
  • slow-going.
  •Other relevant words:
  • late.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • delinquent,
  • drowsy,
  • perfunctory,
  • easygoing,
  • procrastinate,
  • listless,
  • provoke,
  • tardiness,
  • maudlin,
  • balky,
  • sluggish,
  • bone-lazy,
  • time-wasting,
  • lax,
  • Moratory,
  • shilly-shallying,
  • Sponging,
  • creeping,
  • indifferent,
  • Dallying,
  • enrage,
  • sloppy,
  • apathetic,
  • gentle,
  • Loitering,
  • thoughtless,
  • reluctant,
  • unmindful,
  • wasting time,
  • immerse,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • irresolute,
  • loath,
  • delayed,
  • jerkwater,
  • overdue,
  • easy,
  • reptatorial,
  • gone,
  • retrograde,
  • Procrastinatory,
  • furtively,
  • stealthily,
  • let,
  • Cadging,
  • lagging,
  • faineant,
  • glacial,
  • work-shy,
  • unheeding,
  • slipshod,
  • offend,
  • Pottering,
  • negligent,
  • dillydallying,
  • Renitent,
  • do-nothing,
  • stir,
  • retarded,
  • shuffling,
  • lollygagging,
  • endure,
  • dull,
  • tempt,
  • posthumous,
  • slovenly,
  • moisten,
  • languid,
  • nonaggressive,
  • inactive,
  • imperceptible,
  • linger,
  • take,
  • clandestinely,
  • backward,
  • postponed,
  • unenthusiastic,
  • untimely,
  • sneakily,
  • restive,
  • torpid,
  • heedless,
  • careless,
  • delay,
  • irritate,
  • stimulate,
  • tedious,
  • foot-dragging,
  • languorous,
  • deliberate,
  • derelict,
  • tardigrade,
  • secretly,
  • easy going,
  • kindle,
  • Tarrying,
  • flagging,
  • good-for-nothing,
  • loth,
  • grudging,
  • Procrastinating,
  • stuporous,
  • rusty,
  • poking,
  • gradual,
  • inert,
  • permit,
  • belated,
  • balking,
  • inattentive,
  • irresponsible,
  • largo,
  • serotine,
  • Drony,
  • forgetful,
  • snaillike,
  • arouse,
  • douse,
  • bear,
  • dragging,
  • Snail-like,
  • invite,
  • inflame,
  • defy,
  • lateness,
  • covertly,
  • fiddle-faddle,
  • produce,
  • scrounging,
  • unenterprising,
  • past due,
  • parasitic,
  • get,
  • unhurried,
  • accept,
  • otiose,
  • insensible,
  • unthinking,
  • be dilatory,
  • Dronish,
  • latish,
  • tolerate,
  • lingering,
  • in abeyance,
  • phlegmatic.

Paraphrases for Dilatory:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    delayed, hesitant, prolonged, protracted, slow, sluggish.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Delaying.

Antonyms for Dilatory:

• adj.

  • procrastinating
    enthusiastic, ready, eager, diligent, hard-working, zealous.
  • Other antonyms:
    hurrying, accelerated, whirling, lightning, scurrying, Rocketing, quickened, meteoric, Careering, zipping, racing, rushed, Barreling, rushing, speeding, scudding, scooting, hurried, running.

Homophones for Dilatory:

• dilator, dilater, delta ray, diethyl ether, dead letter.