What is another word for dilatory?
285 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dˈɪlətəɹˌɪ], [ dˈɪlətəɹˌɪ], [ d_ˈɪ_l_ə_t_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ]Table of Contents
Similar words for dilatory:- all (adjective)
- delaying (adjective)
- hebetudinous (adjective)
- late (adjective)
- lazy (adjective)
- leisurely (adjective)
- lethargic (adjective)
- long (adjective)
- long-drawn-out (adjective)
- procrastinating (adjective)
- remiss (adjective)
- slack (adjective)
- slow (adjective)
- slow-footed (adjective)
- slow-going (adjective)
- slow-paced (adjective)
- tardy (adjective)
- behind (adverb)
- cautious (noun)
- dawdling (noun)
- dilatory (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
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.
adv.
•behind (adverb)n.
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- slothful,
- shiftless,
- lackadaisical,
- supine,
- half-assed,
- idle,
- indolent.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words:- 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:
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Noun, singular or mass
Delaying.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Dilatory:
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adj.
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procrastinating
enthusiastic, ready, eager, diligent, hard-working, zealous.
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procrastinating