Definition for Lagging:

• used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat

Synonyms for Lagging:

• adj.

  •backward (adjective)
  • dense,
  • underprivileged,
  • moronic,
  • imbecile,
  • checked,
  • Feeble-minded,
  • stupid,
  • subnormal,
  • arrested,
  • dull,
  • delayed,
  • behind.
  •following (adjective)
  • posterior,
  • outcome,
  • closing,
  • consequent.
  •shiftless (adjective)
  • directionless,
  • unambitious.
  •slothful (adjective)
  • in-active.
  •slow (adjective)
  • gradual,
  • snaillike,
  • slow-footed,
  • tortoiselike,
  • slow-going,
  • slowest,
  • slow-paced.
  •slow-footed (adjective)
  • slow footed,
  • slowfooted.
  •slow-going (adjective)
  • slow going.
  •slow-paced (adjective)
  • slow paced,
  • slowpaced.
  •underdeveloped (adjective)
  • un-developed,
  • dis advantaged,
  • dis-advantaged,
  • under-developed,
  • under developed.

• n.

  •
  • precede,
  • undeveloped,
  • backward.
  •substance (noun)
  • lagging.
  •time lag (noun)
  • time warp,
  • time gap.

• v.

  •following (verb)
  • following,
  • resulting,
  • Chasing,
  • succeeding,
  • ensuing,
  • tailing,
  • pursuing,
  • descending.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • creeping.

Paraphrases for Lagging:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    lag.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    backward, underdeveloped, delayed, late, troll, delinquent, backwardness, overdue.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    backwardness.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    hanging, dragging, decreasing, leaving, catching, waiting, declining, dangling, Retarding, withdrawing, failing, Postponing, slowing, highly, growing, losing, lying, trailing, beginning, remaining, stay, Staying, marching, being, going, becoming, Carrying, tying, returning, taking, Forming, thinking, getting, running, backward.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    delay.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    delay.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    falling.

Antonyms for Lagging:

• adj.

  • backward
    intelligent, smart.
  • Other antonyms:
    lightning, whirlwind, rushed, snappy, rushing, fleet, Rocketing, scurrying, hurrying, meteoric, speedy, hasty, zipping, dizzy, expeditious, scooting, fast, racing, Barreling, ready, speeding, rapid, prompt, scudding, breathless, quickened, Careering, swift, accelerated, hurried, quick, brisk, whirling, flying, breakneck, running.

Lagging Sentence Examples:

• I have seen her turn that look back on Bettina, lagging: Soon home, now, little girl.

• Without imagination, hope is a poor, weary, plodding foot - traveller, painfully lagging behind us.

Homophones for Lagging:

• laxness, luging, Logomachy, loganiaceae, logginess, lychnis, licencee, lignosae, laughing, licensee, leguminous, Leakiness, likening, lake nyasa, Lake Onega, leguminious, laziness, lozenge, loosening, license, laughing gas, leishmaniasis, lysogenic, lacewing, like kings, looseness, legging, lousiness, lessing, lushness, laughing jackass, losings, lashing, lacking, ligneous, lashings, licking, lessening, loginess, lysenko, looking, loch ness, lysimachia, loquaciousness, leguminosae, lake seneca, lissomeness, locking, logging, lichenes, liking, lysimachus, lacing, leaching, logomach, licence, likeness, lusciousness, lysogenize, leucogenes, lawlessness, laconic, Luckiness, leishmaniosis.

Hyponym for Lagging:

• n.

  • substance
    insulant, insulation.