Definition for Dilatory:

• Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; said of actions or measures.

Synonyms for Dilatory:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • dilatory,
  • poky,
  • pokey.
  •delaying (adjective)
  • de-laying,
  • de laying.
  •hebetudinous (adjective)
  • nebbest,
  • nebber.
  •procrastinating (adjective)
  • lax,
  • putting off,
  • Moratory,
  • backward,
  • Loitering,
  • neglectful,
  • tardy,
  • unhasty,
  • deliberate,
  • sluggish,
  • Dallying,
  • negligent,
  • time-wasting,
  • unhurried,
  • Tarrying,
  • lingering,
  • Snail-like.
  •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)
  • easy going,
  • not busy,
  • easy-going.
  •slow (adjective)
  • long-delayed,
  • tortoiselike,
  • time-consuming,
  • slowest,
  • gradual,
  • snaillike,
  • impeded,
  • long delayed.
  •slow-footed (adjective)
  • slowfooted,
  • slow footed.
  •slow-going (adjective)
  • slow going.
  •slow-paced (adjective)
  • slowpaced,
  • slow paced.
  •stuporous (adjective)
  • stuporous.
  •tardy (adjective)
  • not done.

• adv.

  •behind (adverb)
  • over due,
  • have play catch up,
  • be-lated,
  • over-due,
  • be lated.

• 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 synonyms:

  •
  • slow-footed,
  • slow-paced,
  • slow-going.

Paraphrases for Dilatory:

• Independent

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

• 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.

Dilatory Sentence Examples:

• Ever dilatory, however, he contented himself with gazing.

• The minority perceived the impossibility of preventing the final passage of the resolution, yet deemed it their duty to put it off as far as possible by their only available means -" dilatory motions."

Homophones for Dilatory:

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