Definition for Lag:

• One transported for a crime.

Synonyms for Lag:

• adj.

  •final (adjective)
  • latest,
  • Ender,
  • last-minute,
  • final.
  •slack (adjective)
  • sluggishness,
  • tardiness,
  • pulling back,
  • interval,
  • belatedness.
  •terminal (adjective)
  • more killing,
  • more period,
  • most bounding,
  • more limiting,
  • most killing,
  • in-curable,
  • most period,
  • most limiting,
  • more bounding,
  • in curable.

• n.

  •
  • boiler,
  • central heating,
  • convector,
  • burner,
  • air conditioner,
  • air,
  • dehumidifier,
  • air conditioning,
  • air-conditioned,
  • ac.
  •
  • trek,
  • wander,
  • stroll,
  • fast,
  • stride,
  • stray,
  • hike,
  • walk,
  • step,
  • amble,
  • saunter.
  •
  • hang up,
  • founder,
  • backfire,
  • time,
  • set-back,
  • languish,
  • bomb,
  • collapse,
  • hold up,
  • fail,
  • miss,
  • flop,
  • crash,
  • help,
  • fizzle.
  •
  • interlude,
  • halt,
  • recess,
  • interruption,
  • pause,
  • break,
  • intermission.
  •act (noun)
  • lag,
  • slowdown.
  •bolt (noun)
  • sliding bars.
  •delay (noun)
  • dis continuation,
  • sur cease,
  • demurrals,
  • dis-continuation,
  • cooling off period,
  • prorogations,
  • pro-rogation,
  • re mission,
  • pro-rogations,
  • dis continuations,
  • cooling-off periods,
  • re missions,
  • sur ceases,
  • putting offs,
  • dawdlings,
  • de-lay,
  • re-mission,
  • showstoppers,
  • sur-ceases,
  • re-missions,
  • tarryings,
  • de-lays,
  • tieup,
  • lingerings,
  • pro rogation,
  • cunctations,
  • sur-cease,
  • pro rogations,
  • de lay,
  • de lays,
  • cooling off periods,
  • loiterings,
  • hold ups,
  • coolingoff period,
  • coolingoff periods,
  • retardments,
  • dis-continuations.
  •game (noun)
  • pool.
  •gaol (noun)
  • gaol.
  •prisoner (noun)
  • lifer,
  • internee,
  • detainees,
  • internees,
  • chain gang member,
  • jailbirds,
  • lifers,
  • jailbird,
  • detainee.
  •put away (noun)
  • put away.
  •put behind bars (noun)
  • put behind bars.
  •stave (noun)
  • stave.

• v.

  •crawl (verb)
  • move hands and knees,
  • moves at snail pace,
  • going fours,
  • went belly,
  • moved snail's pace,
  • goes on all fours,
  • going on fours,
  • pulls oneself along,
  • goes on fours,
  • goes all fours,
  • drags oneself along,
  • moved snail pace,
  • goes fours,
  • moves hands and knees,
  • loitered along,
  • moves on hands and knees,
  • moved snails pace,
  • moving on hands and knees,
  • lollygagged,
  • goes belly,
  • moving snails pace,
  • moving at snail's pace,
  • move at snail pace,
  • moves hands knees,
  • moving snail pace,
  • moves snail pace,
  • moving at snail pace,
  • pulls along,
  • move snails pace,
  • dragged along,
  • moves snails pace,
  • moves snail's pace,
  • go fours,
  • move on hands knees,
  • going belly,
  • went fours,
  • moved on hands and knees,
  • moves at snails pace,
  • moving snail's pace,
  • moved hands and knees,
  • dragging along,
  • went on belly,
  • move hands knees,
  • dragged oneself along,
  • pulled along,
  • moving hands and knees,
  • drags along,
  • loitering along,
  • moved at snail pace,
  • moved on hands knees,
  • pulling along,
  • went on all fours,
  • pulling oneself along,
  • go on fours,
  • dragging oneself along,
  • moving on hands knees,
  • moved at snails pace,
  • moving hands knees,
  • went all fours,
  • going on all fours,
  • going all fours,
  • moved at snail's pace,
  • moved hands knees,
  • move snail's pace,
  • went on fours,
  • move snail pace,
  • going on belly,
  • move at snails pace,
  • moves on hands knees,
  • goes on belly,
  • moves at snail's pace,
  • go belly,
  • loiters along,
  • moving at snails pace,
  • pulled oneself along,
  • go all fours.
  •dally (verb)
  • trifled with,
  • boondoggling,
  • playing games with,
  • fooled with,
  • whiles away,
  • fools with,
  • trifles with,
  • played games with,
  • whiling away,
  • fooling with,
  • plays games with,
  • trifling with,
  • whiled away.
  •dawdle (verb)
  • sat on one's butt,
  • lazied,
  • sits around,
  • sate ones butt,
  • sits one butt,
  • warmed chair,
  • scrounged around,
  • sitting on butt,
  • diddle daddle,
  • bumming around,
  • sate one butt,
  • sit one's butt,
  • diddledaddling,
  • sitting around,
  • sat one butt,
  • sat one's butt,
  • got no place fast,
  • diddle-daddles,
  • sat on ones butt,
  • dilly dally,
  • sate one's butt,
  • warms a chair,
  • sits on one's butt,
  • diddle-daddled,
  • shlepped along,
  • shlepping along,
  • sit ones butt,
  • sitting ones butt,
  • scrounging around,
  • diddle daddling,
  • sate on ones butt,
  • warming a chair,
  • warming chair,
  • diddle-daddling,
  • sit on butt,
  • warm chair,
  • sit on one butt,
  • diddledaddles,
  • sat ones butt,
  • gets no place fast,
  • sitting one butt,
  • sits one's butt,
  • diddledaddled,
  • gotten no place fast,
  • sate on butt,
  • sits butt,
  • scrounges around,
  • sits on butt,
  • shleps along,
  • sat around,
  • sits ones butt,
  • getting no place fast,
  • sate butt,
  • sat on butt,
  • sit one butt,
  • sate around,
  • bums around,
  • warmed a chair,
  • sits on one butt,
  • bummed around,
  • diddle daddled,
  • sat on one butt,
  • sat butt,
  • sate on one's butt,
  • diddle daddles,
  • sitting on ones butt,
  • sits on ones butt,
  • sit on ones butt,
  • sit butt,
  • sitting on one's butt,
  • lazying,
  • sitting on one butt,
  • sitting one's butt,
  • gat no place fast,
  • sitting butt,
  • warms chair,
  • diddledaddle,
  • sate on one butt.
  •delay (verb)
  • de-laying,
  • re-presses,
  • de tain,
  • with holds,
  • pro rogued,
  • de tains,
  • dis courages,
  • post pones,
  • re pressing,
  • pre-vents,
  • pre-venting,
  • pro-tracts,
  • biding time,
  • pre-vented,
  • de-tain,
  • de laying,
  • bided time,
  • re-pressing,
  • holds over,
  • pre vents,
  • pre vent,
  • lays over,
  • with holding,
  • bode time,
  • pro longing,
  • laying over,
  • bides time,
  • gaining time,
  • pro tracts,
  • with-hold,
  • re press,
  • post pone,
  • pro-longing,
  • pro roguing,
  • post-pones,
  • pro tract,
  • dis-courage,
  • pro-long,
  • re-strict,
  • pro-roguing,
  • pro longs,
  • pre-vent,
  • de-tains,
  • pro-rogued,
  • re pressed,
  • pro-longs,
  • inter fere,
  • inter-feres,
  • re strict,
  • pre venting,
  • dis-courages,
  • pro rogue,
  • pro-tract,
  • inter feres,
  • with hold,
  • inter-fere,
  • pro-longed,
  • pro-rogues,
  • laid over,
  • intermits,
  • dis courage,
  • gained time,
  • with held,
  • pro rogues,
  • gains time,
  • re presses,
  • post-pone,
  • with-holds,
  • pro long,
  • pro-rogue,
  • with-held.
  •drag (verb)
  • trailed behind,
  • encountered difficulty,
  • was delayed,
  • are delayed,
  • being delayed,
  • are quiescent,
  • am quiescent,
  • is delayed,
  • art quiescent,
  • trails behind,
  • lags behind,
  • am delayed,
  • wert delayed,
  • encounters difficulty,
  • trailing behind,
  • wast delayed,
  • slows down,
  • being quiescent,
  • slowing down,
  • wast quiescent,
  • encountering difficulty,
  • art delayed,
  • were quiescent,
  • limps along,
  • is quiescent,
  • limping along,
  • wert quiescent,
  • limped along,
  • lagged behind,
  • were delayed,
  • was quiescent.
  •follow (verb)
  • result,
  • chase,
  • pursue,
  • tail,
  • ensue,
  • follow,
  • descend,
  • succeed.
  •poke (verb)
  • schlepping along,
  • schlepped along,
  • schlepps along.
  •procrastinate (verb)
  • dragging ones feet,
  • dragging one feet,
  • dragged one feet,
  • shilly shally,
  • playing a waiting game,
  • drag one feet,
  • giving the run around,
  • plays a waiting game,
  • hanged fire,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • playing waiting game,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • drags feet,
  • drags ones feet,
  • letted slide,
  • hung fire,
  • drags one feet,
  • drag ones feet,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • play waiting game,
  • dragging feet,
  • gives run around,
  • drags one's feet,
  • gave run around,
  • dragged feet,
  • letting slide,
  • played waiting game,
  • giving run around.
  •put off (verb)
  • re scheduling,
  • re schedules,
  • re-scheduling,
  • re-scheduled,
  • re-schedules,
  • re scheduled,
  • re-schedule.
  •relegate (verb)
  • ex patriating,
  • de mote,
  • dis place,
  • re-move,
  • ex pulsed,
  • de moting,
  • expulsed,
  • de motes,
  • dis-missed,
  • trans ported,
  • ex pulse,
  • ex patriate,
  • dis placing,
  • ex-pulsed,
  • de porting,
  • re-moving,
  • dis places,
  • dis-places,
  • dis missed,
  • re legates,
  • ex patriated,
  • re move,
  • re moved,
  • re legate,
  • re-legate,
  • ex-patriate,
  • ex-pulsing,
  • ex-patriates,
  • de-porting,
  • ex-patriating,
  • dis-missing,
  • ex-pulse,
  • de-moting,
  • re-moves,
  • dis-place,
  • expulses,
  • de-motes,
  • dis placed,
  • re-legates,
  • dis missing,
  • dis-placing,
  • de-ported,
  • de-mote,
  • ex pulses,
  • ex-patriated,
  • expulsing,
  • ex-pulses,
  • ex pulsing,
  • ex patriates,
  • re moving,
  • dis-placed,
  • de ported.
  •slow (verb)
  • backwatered,
  • eases up,
  • de creases,
  • keeping waiting,
  • anchoring it,
  • hits the brakes,
  • retardating,
  • re duces,
  • re-duces,
  • back water,
  • re duce,
  • winded down,
  • back watered,
  • re-lax,
  • de crease,
  • de creasing,
  • eased off,
  • lost steam,
  • embogs,
  • winds down,
  • kept waiting,
  • embogged,
  • easing up,
  • reining in,
  • retardated,
  • lost speed,
  • back-watering,
  • losing steam,
  • back watering,
  • re-duce,
  • anchors it,
  • anchored it,
  • hitting the brakes,
  • back-waters,
  • hit brakes,
  • letting down flaps,
  • letted down flaps,
  • loses steam,
  • re lax,
  • losing speed,
  • de creased,
  • hitting brakes,
  • reduced speed,
  • de-crease,
  • reducing speed,
  • eases off,
  • back waters,
  • embogging,
  • de-creases,
  • de-creased,
  • wound down,
  • keeps waiting,
  • backwatering,
  • hits brakes,
  • reduces speed,
  • lets down flaps,
  • de-creasing,
  • back-watered,
  • loses speed.
  •stay (verb)
  • stays out,
  • out stays,
  • putting down roots,
  • re spited,
  • re siding,
  • holding fort,
  • staying out,
  • out staying,
  • holding the fort,
  • hung in,
  • out-stay,
  • puts down roots,
  • re-siding,
  • hold fort,
  • re spiting,
  • sweated out,
  • re spites,
  • established oneself,
  • out-staying,
  • re-spiting,
  • re-sided,
  • out stay,
  • re-spites,
  • out-stayed,
  • re-sides,
  • sweated it out,
  • re side,
  • out-stays,
  • held fort,
  • holds the fort,
  • re spite,
  • staid put,
  • held the fort,
  • stayed out,
  • re-side,
  • staid out,
  • sweating it out,
  • re sided,
  • re sides,
  • stays put,
  • hangs in,
  • sweats out,
  • out stayed,
  • establishes oneself,
  • holds fort,
  • stayed put,
  • establishing oneself,
  • re-spited,
  • sweats it out,
  • hanged in.
  •straggle (verb)
  • being late,
  • strings out,
  • poking around,
  • stringed out,
  • was late,
  • poked around,
  • were late,
  • am late,
  • pokes around,
  • art late,
  • are late,
  • wert late,
  • is late,
  • wast late.
  •tarry (verb)
  • held the phone,
  • goofing around,
  • loses time,
  • holding the phone,
  • re-sting,
  • losing time,
  • goofs around,
  • stopt over,
  • stopped over,
  • lost time,
  • stops over,
  • holds phone,
  • goofed around,
  • holds the phone,
  • holding phone,
  • re sting,
  • held phone,
  • hold phone.
  •trail (verb)
  • brought rear,
  • be-dogging,
  • dropt back,
  • ex tends,
  • be dog,
  • poking along,
  • bedogs,
  • follows scent,
  • brought up rear,
  • be dogged,
  • took out after,
  • noses out,
  • poked along,
  • bedogging,
  • hangs down,
  • be-dogged,
  • nosed out,
  • be dogs,
  • falls behind,
  • hung down,
  • following scent,
  • followed scent,
  • nosing out,
  • bringing rear,
  • pokes along,
  • brings up rear,
  • be dogging,
  • ex-tending,
  • fell behind,
  • spoored,
  • taking out after,
  • ex-tends,
  • ex-tended,
  • tags along,
  • follow scent,
  • dropping back,
  • following a scent,
  • tagging along,
  • bring the rear,
  • tagged along,
  • be-dog,
  • dropped back,
  • brings up the rear,
  • followed a scent,
  • takes out after,
  • drops back,
  • bringing the rear,
  • hanged down,
  • brought the rear,
  • ex tending,
  • bring rear,
  • brings rear,
  • ex tend,
  • ex-tend,
  • be-dogs,
  • ex tended,
  • bring up rear,
  • brings the rear,
  • bedogged,
  • follows a scent.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • loiterer,
  • lingerer,
  • dawdler,
  • dilly-dally,
  • Tarrier,
  • Detainment,
  • slowpoke,
  • procrastinator,
  • lagger,
  • straggler,
  • lose out,
  • dilly-dallier.
  •
  • holdup,
  • detain,
  • laggard.
  •
  • retard.
  •
  • falter.
  •
  • stall.
  •
  • freeze.
  •fall behind
  • drop behind.
  •procrastinate
  • give run around,
  • hanging fire,
  • hangs fire,
  • give the run around,
  • let slide,
  • shillyshally,
  • playing for time,
  • play a waiting game,
  • drag feet,
  • drag one's feet.
  •slow
  • hit the brakes,
  • reined in,
  • ease up,
  • keep waiting,
  • stunting,
  • lose speed,
  • lose steam,
  • easing off,
  • embog,
  • rein in,
  • ease off,
  • Back-water,
  • retardate,
  • eased up,
  • reins in,
  • Reefed,
  • wind down,
  • reduce speed,
  • winding down,
  • backwater,
  • backwaters,
  • Reefing,
  • let down flaps,
  • retardates.
  •straggle
  • poke around,
  • be late,
  • strung out,
  • string out,
  • stringing out.

Paraphrases for Lag:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    lagging.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    delay.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    time-lag.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Lacunae, latent, retardation, discrepancy, backlog, lapse, lateness, interval, disparity, disconnect, postponement, Delaying, tardiness, disadvantage.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    are.
  • Verb, base form
    lay.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    gal.
  • Proper noun, singular
    gal.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    latency, slippage, gal, mismatch.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    delay.
  • Verb, base form
    delay.

Antonyms for Lag:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    inaugural, maiden, leadoff, beginning, starting, opening, premier, superior, earliest, primary, first, pioneer, initial, eminent, foremost, original.

• v.

  • move slowly; delay
    go, develop, advance, expand, hurry, increase, leave, finish, tiptoe, rush, run, DO, grow, push, hasten, rise, raise, enlarge, complete.

Lag Sentence Examples:

• But they're so sharp we don't dare lag much behind.

• He had allowed the schooner to lag when she could have been driven ahead.

Homophones for Lag:

• leuciscus, logo, lie awake, lxi, lasix, lose, low-key, Louis Ix, lichee, lazio, Lugh, lackey, lisu, locus, legacy, lock, logy, liege, lyssa, lagos, louis, liaise, lassa, laugh away, lxxxii, lass, lycia, legs, liliales, lek, lock away, luce, look, lechwe, laos, loose, lewisia, lucky, lake keuka, league, laius, leash, lao-zi, lac, luke, loloish, loligo, lxxi, Louis Iii, lycee, lilylike, laic, lox, leakey, log z's, leak, less, lxxii, lollygag, logic, Louis Agassiz, lichi, loggia, loch, leigh, lhasa, lacy, lough, lux, Lusaka, Leo Esaki, loki, lack, laicize, lockage, lychee, lucy, lily-like, Lego, lxxx, Louis I, laugh, Lake Cayuga, lees, logos, lug, lac wax, lxxxi, lace, loquacious, lallygag, lxx, luik, leo xiii, lachesis, luscious, lush, lascaux, laicise, lake, loxia, lassie, lygus, loasa, lx, lxiii, Leo X, log, llullaillaco, likewise, loco, loasaceae, look away, loos, lachaise, leechee, lousy, leacock, leggy, leech, laws, laze, Louis XI, lexis, lycosa, lugosi, losses, lease, luge, lawless, lysis, leaky, lash, Louis Ii, leakage, Lech, lick, lucas, loess, leo ix, lilac, Louis Xii, locke, luxe, lessee, like, lockjaw, loach, liliaceous, lakh, lax, loge, lxxxiii, Liliaceae, luggage, leach, leek, lazy, lochia, lxii, louche, liza, lewis, lossy, Louis X, luck, louse, Louis Xiii, lasso, lxxiii, leg, loss.

Hypernym for Lag:

• v.

  • motion
    drop behind, drop back, hang back, trail, get behind, drag.

Hyponym for Lag:

• n.

  • act
    delay, holdup.

• v.

  • contact
    flip, pitch, toss, cover, sky.
  • motion
    follow.