What is another word for dilatory?
317 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dˈɪlətəɹˌɪ], [ dˈɪlətəɹˌɪ], [ d_ˈɪ_l_ə_t_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ]
Related words: tardy, delay, late, slow, sluggish, deferred
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Similar words for dilatory:
- all (adjective)
- delaying (adjective)
- hebetudinous (adjective)
- late (adjective)
- lazy (adjective)
- leisurely (adjective)
- lethargic (adjective)
- long (adjective)
- long-drawn-out (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- procrastinating (adjective)
- remiss (adjective)
- slack (adjective)
- slow (adjective)
- slow-footed (adjective)
- slow-going (adjective)
- slow-paced (adjective)
- tardy (adjective)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- behind (adverb)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- cautious (noun)
- dawdling (noun)
- dilatory (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Dilatory:
adj.
• all (adjective) • delaying (adjective) • hebetudinous (adjective) • late (adjective)- out of luck,
- eleventh-hour,
- held up,
- in the lurch,
- too late,
- tardy,
- latest,
- missed the boat,
- last-minute,
- in a bind.
- 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.
- more sleepyhead,
- draggy,
- sleepyhead,
- more nebbish,
- in-active,
- most sleepyhead,
- stretchiest,
- draggier,
- hebetudinous,
- stretchy,
- wimpy,
- stretchier,
- wimpiest,
- having spring fever,
- draggiest,
- most nebbish.
- for ages,
- over-long,
- forever and a day,
- diffusive,
- without end,
- long-drawn-out,
- Overlong,
- longwinded.
- 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.
adv
• Other relevant words: (adverb)adv.
• behind (adverb) • Other relevant words: (adverb)n.
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- slothful,
- shiftless,
- lackadaisical,
- supine,
- half-assed,
- idle,
- indolent.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words:- late.
- 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.
How to use "Dilatory" in context?
Most people would describe being dilatory as being unproductive or slow. This could be due to a number of reasons, but generally speaking people are just taking their time. They might be trying to weigh their options or trying to gather all the facts. In some cases, this can be fine. But in other cases, it can keep someone from accomplishing their goals.
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