Synonyms for Dilly-dally:

• n.

  •
  • poke,
  • mess around,
  • futz around,
  • reinvent the wheel,
  • loaf,
  • fritter away,
  • drag,
  • kill time,
  • trail,
  • kick your heels,
  • fast,
  • lag,
  • loiter,
  • tarry,
  • fiddle around,
  • mark time,
  • knock around.

• v.

  •dabble (verb)
  • flirts with,
  • toys with,
  • flirting with,
  • are amateur,
  • art amateur,
  • amuses with,
  • monkeys around,
  • plays games with,
  • amuse with,
  • am amateur,
  • amused with,
  • wert amateur,
  • fiddling with,
  • is amateur,
  • worked superficially,
  • mucked around,
  • played games with,
  • works superficially,
  • working superficially,
  • amused oneself with,
  • mucking around,
  • toying with,
  • flirted with,
  • was amateur,
  • wast amateur,
  • trifled with,
  • playing games with,
  • being amateur,
  • mucks around,
  • wrought superficially,
  • monkeyed around,
  • amuses oneself with,
  • amusing oneself with,
  • trifling with,
  • dilly dally,
  • trifles with,
  • were amateur,
  • fiddles with,
  • amusing with.
  •dawdle (verb)
  • sate on butt,
  • lazying,
  • diddle-daddles,
  • gat no place fast,
  • sat one butt,
  • scrounging around,
  • scrounges around,
  • sitting around,
  • bummed around,
  • sitting butt,
  • sitting on ones butt,
  • sate one's butt,
  • sat on one butt,
  • diddle-daddling,
  • diddledaddles,
  • shlepping along,
  • sitting on one's butt,
  • sate on one butt,
  • sate ones butt,
  • sits one butt,
  • scrounged around,
  • sate on one's butt,
  • sits butt,
  • warm chair,
  • gets no place fast,
  • sat on ones butt,
  • sitting ones butt,
  • sate butt,
  • diddledaddle,
  • diddledaddled,
  • sit one butt,
  • diddle daddled,
  • sat one's butt,
  • sat on butt,
  • sits one's butt,
  • warmed a chair,
  • diddledaddling,
  • sit on ones butt,
  • sit on one butt,
  • warms chair,
  • warming a chair,
  • bumming around,
  • shleps along,
  • sate on ones butt,
  • shlepped along,
  • diddle-daddled,
  • warming chair,
  • sits on ones butt,
  • bums around,
  • sitting on butt,
  • sit one's butt,
  • sitting one butt,
  • got no place fast,
  • sate one butt,
  • sitting one's butt,
  • sitting on one butt,
  • diddle daddles,
  • sit ones butt,
  • sat around,
  • warmed chair,
  • getting no place fast,
  • sits around,
  • sat on one's butt,
  • sits on one's butt,
  • diddle daddle,
  • gotten no place fast,
  • lazied,
  • sits ones butt,
  • sits on one butt,
  • sit butt,
  • sat ones butt,
  • sits on butt,
  • sate around,
  • sit on butt,
  • warms a chair,
  • diddle daddling,
  • sat butt.
  •delay (verb)
  • post pones,
  • post-pones,
  • pro-longs,
  • dis-courages,
  • gaining time,
  • pro-rogued,
  • de-laying,
  • pro long,
  • bides time,
  • pro longs,
  • pro longing,
  • pro-roguing,
  • pro-long,
  • re-presses,
  • biding time,
  • de-tains,
  • with holding,
  • de laying,
  • gains time,
  • re strict,
  • pro-rogue,
  • pro roguing,
  • laid over,
  • re-pressing,
  • re presses,
  • re pressing,
  • with-holds,
  • pro-rogues,
  • holds over,
  • intermits,
  • with-hold,
  • de-lays,
  • with holds,
  • pre vent,
  • with held,
  • pre-venting,
  • pro-tract,
  • bided time,
  • re press,
  • pre-vented,
  • de tains,
  • pro rogues,
  • dis-courage,
  • pro-longing,
  • bode time,
  • post-pone,
  • inter-feres,
  • de tain,
  • pro rogued,
  • pro-longed,
  • pre venting,
  • pro tract,
  • gained time,
  • de lay,
  • pro-tracts,
  • re-strict,
  • pre-vent,
  • inter fere,
  • inter-fere,
  • de-lay,
  • with-held,
  • dis courages,
  • inter feres,
  • de-tain,
  • with hold,
  • dis courage,
  • post pone,
  • de lays,
  • pro rogue,
  • laying over,
  • pre vents,
  • re pressed,
  • pre-vents,
  • pro tracts,
  • lays over.
  •mosey (verb)
  • taking easy,
  • takes a stroll,
  • took a stroll,
  • walks slowly,
  • take easy,
  • took it easy,
  • took easy,
  • moves slowly,
  • takes stroll,
  • moved slowly,
  • take stroll,
  • taking stroll,
  • took stroll,
  • strolling along,
  • strolled along,
  • walked slowly,
  • strolls along,
  • walking slowly,
  • taking a stroll,
  • takes easy.
  •procrastinate (verb)
  • hesitate,
  • linger,
  • vacillate,
  • dally,
  • filibuster.
  •stative (verb)
  • dilly-dally.
  •trifle (verb)
  • futzing around,
  • playing with,
  • art insincere,
  • plays with,
  • winking at,
  • were insincere,
  • monkeying with,
  • indulges in,
  • being insincere,
  • monkeys with,
  • mis-used,
  • fribbles,
  • fribbled,
  • amuses oneself,
  • mis-using,
  • messing with,
  • monkeyed with,
  • was insincere,
  • messes with,
  • mis used,
  • wert insincere,
  • amusing oneself,
  • indulging in,
  • futzes around,
  • amused oneself,
  • wast insincere,
  • fools with,
  • lollygagged,
  • uses up,
  • fooled with,
  • winks at,
  • futzed around,
  • are insincere,
  • messed with,
  • indulged in,
  • mis using,
  • is insincere,
  • fooling with.
  •waver (verb)
  • is unable decide,
  • de liberate,
  • wast unable to decide,
  • ran hot and cold,
  • was irresolute,
  • hem haw,
  • de liberating,
  • de-liberate,
  • wast unable decide,
  • pussyfooting around,
  • am irresolute,
  • runs hot cold,
  • running hot cold,
  • being unable to decide,
  • wast irresolute,
  • yoyoing,
  • blow hot cold,
  • pussyfooted around,
  • de-liberated,
  • yo yoing,
  • art unable to decide,
  • were unable to decide,
  • being irresolute,
  • de liberates,
  • was unable to decide,
  • yo-yoed,
  • art unable decide,
  • are irresolute,
  • ran hot cold,
  • runs hot and cold,
  • were irresolute,
  • yo-yoing,
  • am unable to decide,
  • were unable decide,
  • yo yoed,
  • being unable decide,
  • whiffles,
  • yoyoed,
  • pussyfoots around,
  • is irresolute,
  • run hot cold,
  • yo yos,
  • de-liberates,
  • de-liberating,
  • wert unable to decide,
  • yoyos,
  • yo yo,
  • are unable to decide,
  • wert unable decide,
  • is unable to decide,
  • am unable decide,
  • was unable decide,
  • wert irresolute,
  • art irresolute,
  • be unable decide,
  • de liberated,
  • are unable decide.

• Other synonyms:

  •dabble
  • idles,
  • Idled,
  • play games with,
  • work superficially,
  • muck around,
  • idling,
  • fiddle with,
  • not be serious,
  • trifle with,
  • toyed with,
  • flirt with,
  • monkey around,
  • toy with,
  • amuse oneself with,
  • fiddled with,
  • be amateur,
  • monkeying around.
  •mosey
  • moving slowly,
  • stroll along,
  • taking it easy,
  • take a stroll,
  • take it easy,
  • move slowly,
  • takes it easy,
  • walk slowly.
  •trifle
  • Pottered,
  • using up,
  • Trifled,
  • monkey with,
  • trifling,
  • led on,
  • potters,
  • mess with,
  • lollygags,
  • lollygag,
  • lead on,
  • play with,
  • lollygagging,
  • Wantoned,
  • Fribble,
  • Fribbling,
  • amuse oneself,
  • be insincere,
  • used up,
  • leads on,
  • wink at,
  • played with,
  • use up,
  • Wantoning,
  • Pottering,
  • indulge in,
  • fool with.
  •Other relevant words:
  • time,
  • hang back,
  • teeter-totter,
  • potter,
  • hold back,
  • swither,
  • demur,
  • balk,
  • think twice,
  • take one's time,
  • falter,
  • lounge,
  • straggle,
  • See-saw,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • dither,
  • alternate,
  • jib,
  • scruple,
  • Haver,
  • pause,
  • toy,
  • flirt,
  • play for time,
  • be obstructive,
  • laze,
  • boggle at,
  • equivocate,
  • Draggle,
  • meander,
  • lallygag,
  • conk,
  • lie about,
  • hem and haw,
  • hedge,
  • fluctuate,
  • hum and haw,
  • waste time,
  • give the run-around,
  • wait,
  • tergiversate,
  • temporize,
  • take time,
  • idle,
  • play,
  • prevaricate,
  • shrink from,
  • stonewall.

Paraphrases for Dilly-dally:

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Delaying, Prevaricating.

Antonyms for Dilly-dally:

• v.

  • waste time
    hasten, hurry, rush, go ahead, advance, go, leave, speed.

Hypernym for Dilly-dally:

• v.

  • stative
    procrastinate.

Hyponym for Dilly-dally:

• v.

  • stative
    delay.