Synonyms for Procrastinate:

• n.

  •
  • play for time,
  • hold off,
  • wait.
  •
  • fast,
  • mark time.
  •defer (noun)
  • pause.
  •dillydally (noun)
  • dillydally.

• v.

  •dally (verb)
  • lollygagged,
  • played games with,
  • fools with,
  • whiled away,
  • trifling with,
  • fooling with,
  • fooled with,
  • boondoggling,
  • playing games with,
  • whiling away,
  • trifled with,
  • plays games with,
  • trifles with,
  • whiles away.
  •dawdle (verb)
  • sat on one butt,
  • diddle-daddling,
  • sat on ones butt,
  • sate on ones butt,
  • sit one butt,
  • sitting on one's butt,
  • sat one's butt,
  • sit butt,
  • sits on one butt,
  • got no place fast,
  • sits on butt,
  • bums around,
  • sit on butt,
  • sate on one's butt,
  • diddledaddles,
  • shlepping along,
  • diddle-daddles,
  • lazying,
  • diddle daddled,
  • getting no place fast,
  • lazied,
  • sate on butt,
  • sit on ones butt,
  • sate one's butt,
  • sits one's butt,
  • diddledaddle,
  • sitting on one butt,
  • shlepped along,
  • sitting one butt,
  • warmed a chair,
  • diddledaddled,
  • warms chair,
  • sate around,
  • sitting ones butt,
  • sat on one's butt,
  • gotten no place fast,
  • sits butt,
  • sat ones butt,
  • bummed around,
  • sit one's butt,
  • shleps along,
  • warmed chair,
  • sate on one butt,
  • warming chair,
  • diddle-daddled,
  • warms a chair,
  • sits ones butt,
  • sat one butt,
  • scrounges around,
  • sit on one butt,
  • sitting butt,
  • bumming around,
  • sitting on ones butt,
  • scrounging around,
  • sate butt,
  • sits one butt,
  • diddle daddle,
  • scrounged around,
  • sate ones butt,
  • diddle daddles,
  • diddledaddling,
  • sat on butt,
  • gets no place fast,
  • sitting on butt,
  • warming a chair,
  • sat around,
  • gat no place fast,
  • sitting one's butt,
  • sits around,
  • warm chair,
  • sits on ones butt,
  • diddle daddling,
  • sitting around,
  • sat butt,
  • sate one butt,
  • sit ones butt,
  • sits on one's butt.
  •defer (verb)
  • hung fire,
  • ex tends,
  • laying over,
  • pro long,
  • puts on ice,
  • put back burner,
  • giving rain check,
  • sets aside,
  • puts back burner,
  • puts on hold,
  • de-tains,
  • putting hold,
  • putting ice,
  • pro rogue,
  • pro rogues,
  • putting back burner,
  • putting on back burner,
  • post-pones,
  • post pone,
  • pro-rogue,
  • pro-rogued,
  • ex tended,
  • pro longs,
  • laid over,
  • lays over,
  • pro-longs,
  • ex-tend,
  • put hold,
  • puts on back burner,
  • ex-tending,
  • de-tain,
  • pro-longed,
  • pro-roguing,
  • pro-long,
  • pro-longing,
  • ex tending,
  • putting on ice,
  • de tains,
  • gave rain check,
  • pro longing,
  • ex-tended,
  • puts hold,
  • pro-rogues,
  • ex-tends,
  • post-pone,
  • gives rain check,
  • pro roguing,
  • pro rogued,
  • post pones,
  • ex tend,
  • de tain,
  • intermits,
  • put ice,
  • puts ice,
  • hanged fire.
  •delay (verb)
  • pre-vents,
  • with hold,
  • bides time,
  • re-pressing,
  • dis courage,
  • re-presses,
  • re pressed,
  • pre-vented,
  • pre-venting,
  • dis-courage,
  • de laying,
  • re press,
  • gaining time,
  • bode time,
  • de lay,
  • inter-feres,
  • pre-vent,
  • de lays,
  • pre vent,
  • de-laying,
  • re pressing,
  • dis-courages,
  • re strict,
  • with-held,
  • with-holds,
  • inter-fere,
  • with holding,
  • gains time,
  • gained time,
  • inter feres,
  • pre venting,
  • de-lay,
  • pre vents,
  • with held,
  • dis courages,
  • re presses,
  • re-strict,
  • bided time,
  • holds over,
  • biding time,
  • with holds,
  • de-lays,
  • with-hold,
  • inter fere.
  •delay, put off doing (verb)
  • hesitate,
  • play a waiting game,
  • goldbrick,
  • cool,
  • let slide,
  • adjourn,
  • prolong,
  • retard,
  • postpone,
  • stall,
  • give the run around.
  •dilly-dally (verb)
  • dilly dally,
  • moves slowly,
  • hem haw,
  • moved slowly.
  •drag (verb)
  • wert quiescent,
  • art delayed,
  • trailing behind,
  • slows down,
  • wert delayed,
  • limped along,
  • wast delayed,
  • lagged behind,
  • is delayed,
  • art quiescent,
  • lags behind,
  • encounters difficulty,
  • trails behind,
  • being delayed,
  • being quiescent,
  • limps along,
  • wast quiescent,
  • encountering difficulty,
  • slowing down,
  • was quiescent,
  • was delayed,
  • are quiescent,
  • am delayed,
  • am quiescent,
  • encountered difficulty,
  • were delayed,
  • are delayed,
  • were quiescent,
  • trailed behind,
  • is quiescent,
  • limping along.
  •hang back (verb)
  • hung off,
  • stays back,
  • hanging off,
  • staid back,
  • shrunk back,
  • hanged off,
  • hangs off,
  • shies away,
  • shying away,
  • shrinks back,
  • dropt behind,
  • shied away,
  • dropped behind,
  • shrank back,
  • stayed back,
  • shrinking back,
  • staying back.
  •lag (verb)
  • dragging feet,
  • de-crease,
  • inched along,
  • drag one feet,
  • is behind,
  • loses strength,
  • dragging ones feet,
  • am behind,
  • losing strength,
  • are behind,
  • dragged one feet,
  • were behind,
  • art behind,
  • dragging one feet,
  • de creased,
  • lost strength,
  • drags one feet,
  • slowing up,
  • drag ones feet,
  • de-creases,
  • dragged feet,
  • wast behind,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • drags one's feet,
  • de-creasing,
  • slows up,
  • de creases,
  • inches along,
  • wert behind,
  • de crease,
  • drags ones feet,
  • de-creased,
  • was behind,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • inching along,
  • drags feet,
  • de creasing.
  •linger (verb)
  • re maining,
  • is long,
  • re mains,
  • takes one time,
  • being dilatory,
  • take ones time,
  • art long,
  • am long,
  • taking one time,
  • wert long,
  • wert tardy,
  • waiting around,
  • wast tardy,
  • take one time,
  • are tardy,
  • were dilatory,
  • were long,
  • being tardy,
  • art tardy,
  • sticking around,
  • re-main,
  • takes one's time,
  • am dilatory,
  • took time,
  • art dilatory,
  • took ones time,
  • was long,
  • wast dilatory,
  • stuck around,
  • was dilatory,
  • takes time,
  • took one time,
  • are dilatory,
  • am tardy,
  • takes ones time,
  • being long,
  • wert dilatory,
  • re main,
  • re-mains,
  • is dilatory,
  • sticked around,
  • sticks around,
  • taking ones time,
  • is tardy,
  • waits around,
  • are long,
  • taking time,
  • was tardy,
  • took one's time,
  • were tardy,
  • re mained,
  • waited around,
  • wast long.
  •loiter (verb)
  • passing time,
  • passed time,
  • passes time.
  •mull (verb)
  • mused on,
  • re-views,
  • racking brains,
  • broods over,
  • re viewed,
  • re views,
  • racking one's brains,
  • de liberate,
  • pored over,
  • sweats over,
  • rack one brains,
  • racked ones brains,
  • re view,
  • racks brains,
  • hammers away at,
  • de-liberating,
  • hammering away at,
  • stewing over,
  • racking ones brains,
  • de-liberates,
  • woolgathers,
  • brooding over,
  • racks one brains,
  • de liberating,
  • rack ones brains,
  • re-view,
  • brooded over,
  • woolgathered,
  • musing on,
  • racked one's brains,
  • racked brains,
  • de liberates,
  • sweated over,
  • de liberated,
  • stewed over,
  • re viewing,
  • de-liberate,
  • racked one brains,
  • re-viewed,
  • sweating over,
  • racks one's brains,
  • racks ones brains,
  • thinks over,
  • racking one brains,
  • hammered away at,
  • pores over,
  • de-liberated,
  • muses on,
  • stews over.
  •neglect (verb)
  • over-looks,
  • dis-card,
  • dis-missing,
  • over-leaping,
  • is irresponsible,
  • letting slide,
  • being derelict,
  • art negligent,
  • over-passes,
  • by passing,
  • over-leap,
  • being negligent,
  • were derelict,
  • over-passing,
  • over looked,
  • dis regarded,
  • letting pass,
  • were remiss,
  • am irresponsible,
  • am careless,
  • art remiss,
  • dis-missed,
  • dis missed,
  • dis carding,
  • over leaping,
  • dis-regarding,
  • over passes,
  • wast irresponsible,
  • dis-cards,
  • over-pass,
  • looking the other way,
  • Overpassing,
  • thinking little of,
  • were negligent,
  • over leaped,
  • looked the other way,
  • look other way,
  • thinks little of,
  • dis regard,
  • over-leaped,
  • was remiss,
  • over leapt,
  • wert negligent,
  • is careless,
  • am remiss,
  • dis regards,
  • dis cards,
  • over-leaps,
  • looking other way,
  • over look,
  • letted slide,
  • loses sight of,
  • over-passed,
  • was careless,
  • wast negligent,
  • are derelict,
  • wast careless,
  • lets slide,
  • overleaping,
  • am negligent,
  • dis-regarded,
  • dis carded,
  • glosses over,
  • losing sight of,
  • over leap,
  • wert careless,
  • art irresponsible,
  • looks the other way,
  • being remiss,
  • over-leapt,
  • was negligent,
  • art derelict,
  • dis regarding,
  • dis-regard,
  • looked other way,
  • was irresponsible,
  • over passing,
  • am derelict,
  • wast remiss,
  • is negligent,
  • are careless,
  • looks other way,
  • wast derelict,
  • glossing over,
  • by pass,
  • lets pass,
  • over passed,
  • are irresponsible,
  • by passes,
  • thought little of,
  • being irresponsible,
  • dis card,
  • over looks,
  • over leaps,
  • by passed,
  • dis-carding,
  • art careless,
  • wert irresponsible,
  • wert remiss,
  • dis-regards,
  • letted pass,
  • is derelict,
  • dis-carded,
  • being careless,
  • were careless,
  • wert derelict,
  • over-look,
  • dis missing,
  • are remiss,
  • were irresponsible,
  • lost sight of,
  • is remiss,
  • over-looking,
  • was derelict.
  •poke (verb)
  • schlepps along,
  • schlepped along,
  • schlepping along.
  •procrastinate (verb)
  • filibuster,
  • vacillate.
  •protract (verb)
  • pro tracts,
  • pro tract,
  • span out,
  • pro-tracts,
  • spins out,
  • keeps going,
  • spinning out,
  • stretching out,
  • keeping going,
  • pro-tract.
  •slow (verb)
  • back-waters,
  • back-watered,
  • hitting brakes,
  • easing up,
  • hits the brakes,
  • back watering,
  • hits brakes,
  • re duces,
  • keeping waiting,
  • winded down,
  • retardated,
  • hitting the brakes,
  • winds down,
  • anchored it,
  • embogs,
  • back watered,
  • backwatered,
  • anchoring it,
  • reduces speed,
  • losing speed,
  • letting down flaps,
  • reduced speed,
  • eases off,
  • retardating,
  • losing steam,
  • anchors it,
  • re-duce,
  • hit brakes,
  • re lax,
  • eased off,
  • letted down flaps,
  • wound down,
  • lets down flaps,
  • backwatering,
  • kept waiting,
  • lost speed,
  • loses steam,
  • keeps waiting,
  • re-lax,
  • re duce,
  • loses speed,
  • lost steam,
  • reducing speed,
  • embogged,
  • back waters,
  • embogging,
  • back water,
  • reining in,
  • eases up,
  • back-watering,
  • re-duces.
  •stative (verb)
  • procrastinate.
  •stay (verb)
  • out stays,
  • sweated it out,
  • re-sided,
  • holding fort,
  • out-staying,
  • stays out,
  • established oneself,
  • re sides,
  • holding the fort,
  • stays put,
  • re-spited,
  • re-spiting,
  • re spited,
  • hangs in,
  • re spiting,
  • staid put,
  • re side,
  • out-stays,
  • out-stayed,
  • held the fort,
  • sweating it out,
  • sweats it out,
  • out stayed,
  • holds the fort,
  • puts down roots,
  • sweated out,
  • out staying,
  • re-siding,
  • stayed put,
  • re siding,
  • establishes oneself,
  • stayed out,
  • staid out,
  • out-stay,
  • re spite,
  • re-spites,
  • establishing oneself,
  • staying out,
  • re sided,
  • held fort,
  • hanged in,
  • hung in,
  • putting down roots,
  • re spites,
  • out stay,
  • re-side,
  • sweats out,
  • re-sides,
  • hold fort,
  • holds fort.
  •suspend (verb)
  • in activated,
  • lays on the table,
  • putting end to,
  • de bar,
  • in activating,
  • putting the shelf,
  • laying aside,
  • in-activates,
  • dis-continuing,
  • hanging up,
  • put the shelf,
  • puts end to,
  • laying table,
  • putting on shelf,
  • in-activating,
  • in-activate,
  • de barring,
  • putting on the shelf,
  • laid on table,
  • lay the table,
  • puts a stop to,
  • hanged up,
  • lays on table,
  • lay on table,
  • puts an end to,
  • in activates,
  • putting shelf,
  • putting a stop to,
  • puts on the shelf,
  • laid table,
  • putting stop to,
  • dis continued,
  • de-barred,
  • de barred,
  • de-bars,
  • in activate,
  • lay table,
  • pinkslip,
  • laying on table,
  • puts shelf,
  • lays table,
  • dis-continued,
  • put shelf,
  • puts on shelf,
  • lays the table,
  • de-bar,
  • dis continues,
  • laying the table,
  • dis-continues,
  • dis-continue,
  • dis continue,
  • de-barring,
  • put on shelf,
  • laid the table,
  • in-activated,
  • laying on the table,
  • de bars,
  • dis continuing,
  • puts the shelf,
  • puts stop to,
  • laid on the table.
  •tarry (verb)
  • hold phone,
  • holding the phone,
  • lost time,
  • holds the phone,
  • loses time,
  • losing time,
  • re sting,
  • stopt over,
  • goofing around,
  • held the phone,
  • goofs around,
  • stops over,
  • stopped over,
  • holding phone,
  • holds phone,
  • goofed around,
  • held phone,
  • re-sting.
  •temporize (verb)
  • stalls for time,
  • stalled for time,
  • stalling for time.
  •trail (verb)
  • brings rear,
  • brings up the rear,
  • poking along,
  • took out after,
  • followed a scent,
  • brought the rear,
  • drops back,
  • dropt back,
  • be dogs,
  • bedogged,
  • follow scent,
  • brings the rear,
  • spoored,
  • noses out,
  • followed scent,
  • tagged along,
  • following scent,
  • bring the rear,
  • bedogging,
  • bring up rear,
  • hung down,
  • be dogged,
  • hangs down,
  • nosing out,
  • be dogging,
  • be-dog,
  • hanged down,
  • takes out after,
  • follows scent,
  • nosed out,
  • bringing the rear,
  • pokes along,
  • be dog,
  • brought rear,
  • taking out after,
  • dropping back,
  • follows a scent,
  • fell behind,
  • dropped back,
  • poked along,
  • tags along,
  • be-dogged,
  • bring rear,
  • brought up rear,
  • following a scent,
  • falls behind,
  • be-dogging,
  • be-dogs,
  • bedogs,
  • brings up rear,
  • tagging along,
  • bringing rear.
  •waste time (verb)
  • frittering away time,
  • fiddling about,
  • takes one sweet time,
  • take one sweet time,
  • takes one own sweet time,
  • fiddled about,
  • take sweet time,
  • took one own sweet time,
  • takes one's sweet time,
  • whiles away time,
  • whiled away time,
  • takes one's own sweet time,
  • whiling away the time,
  • shilly shally,
  • take ones sweet time,
  • burnt daylight,
  • fritters away time,
  • burned daylight,
  • took own sweet time,
  • taking one's sweet time,
  • taking one own sweet time,
  • took ones sweet time,
  • passing the time,
  • whiles away the time,
  • taking ones own sweet time,
  • burning daylight,
  • took one's own sweet time,
  • take own sweet time,
  • took one sweet time,
  • passes the time,
  • takes sweet time,
  • whiling away time,
  • takes own sweet time,
  • passed the time,
  • takes ones sweet time,
  • taking ones sweet time,
  • taking one's own sweet time,
  • takes ones own sweet time,
  • took ones own sweet time,
  • taking sweet time,
  • taking one sweet time,
  • taking own sweet time,
  • took sweet time,
  • take one's sweet time,
  • fiddles about,
  • take ones own sweet time,
  • burns daylight,
  • whiled away the time,
  • take one own sweet time,
  • frittered away time,
  • took one's sweet time.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • hang around,
  • count down,
  • falter,
  • hang on,
  • skulk,
  • prevaricate,
  • lurk,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • forbear,
  • sit on,
  • await,
  • pussyfoot.
  •
  • wait on,
  • expect,
  • hold on.
  •
  • park.
  •hang back
  • shy away,
  • dropping behind,
  • drops behind,
  • stay back,
  • drop behind,
  • shrink back,
  • hang off.
  •mull
  • hammer away at,
  • woolgather,
  • think over,
  • rack brains,
  • poring over,
  • woolgathering,
  • rack one's brains,
  • sweat over,
  • thinking over,
  • muse on,
  • revolve,
  • thought over,
  • pore over,
  • brood over,
  • stew over.
  •neglect
  • overleaps,
  • by-passed,
  • By-pass,
  • neglected,
  • be negligent,
  • neglect,
  • be careless,
  • elide,
  • think little of,
  • lose sight of,
  • gloss over,
  • overleapt,
  • be irresponsible,
  • be derelict,
  • not trouble oneself,
  • glossed over,
  • by-passes,
  • overleaped,
  • by-passing,
  • look the other way,
  • over pass,
  • Overpassed,
  • be remiss,
  • overpast,
  • overleap,
  • let pass.
  •Other relevant words:
  • Lasted,
  • moving slowly,
  • hold over,
  • held over,
  • be tardy,
  • linger,
  • slow up,
  • lag,
  • hang in,
  • prorogues,
  • Inched,
  • put down roots,
  • keep going,
  • be behind,
  • hang fire,
  • pass the time,
  • bringing up rear,
  • marks time,
  • while away the time,
  • bedog,
  • nested,
  • spin out,
  • lollygagging,
  • Strolled,
  • Remanded,
  • spooring,
  • withhold,
  • stay put,
  • inactivates,
  • stick around,
  • stretches out,
  • take time,
  • put an end to,
  • Remitted,
  • shlep along,
  • tarry,
  • lay on the table,
  • piddle,
  • while away,
  • put stop to,
  • drag one's feet,
  • limp along,
  • encounter difficulty,
  • fiddle about,
  • sit around,
  • drag,
  • stay,
  • defer,
  • lazies,
  • Filibustering,
  • brought up the rear,
  • kept back,
  • put on ice,
  • dilly-dally,
  • lays aside,
  • tooled,
  • stretched out,
  • bum around,
  • slackens,
  • Roosting,
  • Idled,
  • Jellying,
  • outstay,
  • pass time,
  • hang back,
  • dawdle,
  • Proroguing,
  • shags,
  • Respiting,
  • be long,
  • encumber,
  • bringing up the rear,
  • Respited,
  • put end to,
  • remands,
  • inactivate,
  • wait around,
  • hang down,
  • encumbered,
  • Sauntered,
  • boondoggled,
  • trail,
  • Intermitting,
  • shag,
  • keeping back,
  • hangs fire,
  • shagged,
  • Prorogued,
  • warm a chair,
  • trail behind,
  • Trifled,
  • scrounge around,
  • remand,
  • loiter,
  • staying put,
  • sweating out,
  • boondoggles,
  • tag along,
  • setting aside,
  • Piddled,
  • piddles,
  • suspended,
  • be dilatory,
  • fall back,
  • take out after,
  • bide time,
  • intermit,
  • Limped,
  • diddle-daddle,
  • stay out,
  • goofing off,
  • set aside,
  • keeps back,
  • be delayed,
  • drop back,
  • outstaying,
  • fool with,
  • drag feet,
  • goof around,
  • lose strength,
  • put a stop to,
  • move slowly,
  • inactivating,
  • sit on one's butt,
  • lollygag,
  • slow,
  • lollygags,
  • outstays,
  • put on hold,
  • spun out,
  • taking one's time,
  • Bunked,
  • idles,
  • temporize,
  • withholds,
  • stretch out,
  • Intermitted,
  • play games with,
  • get no place fast,
  • inch along,
  • Loitered,
  • Trailed,
  • nose out,
  • be quiescent,
  • Roosted,
  • establish oneself,
  • sweat it out,
  • keep back,
  • Hesitated,
  • Shelving,
  • poke,
  • prorogue,
  • stop over,
  • mull,
  • lose time,
  • give rain check,
  • put on back burner,
  • filibustered,
  • jellied,
  • put on the shelf,
  • Remanding,
  • Prolonging,
  • gain time,
  • sweat out,
  • hanging down,
  • hold the fort,
  • slowed down,
  • hold the phone,
  • hang out,
  • hanging fire,
  • while away time,
  • outstayed,
  • slowed up,
  • stopping over,
  • waste time,
  • put off,
  • lay aside,
  • protract,
  • idling,
  • dally,
  • shagging,
  • fall behind,
  • goof off,
  • nesting,
  • follow a scent,
  • kept going,
  • laid aside,
  • take one's time,
  • suspend,
  • lag behind,
  • jerk off,
  • poke along,
  • falling behind,
  • Bunking,
  • boondoggle,
  • inactivated,
  • schlepp along,
  • bring up the rear,
  • take one's own sweet time,
  • shillyshally,
  • Inching,
  • tooling,
  • putting on hold,
  • lay over,
  • fritter away time,
  • lagging behind,
  • slow down,
  • trifle with,
  • delay,
  • being behind,
  • burn daylight,
  • hang up.
  •slow
  • ease off,
  • Reefing,
  • let down flaps,
  • retardate,
  • backwaters,
  • rein in,
  • retardates,
  • lose steam,
  • hit the brakes,
  • winding down,
  • embog,
  • easing off,
  • reined in,
  • backwater,
  • lose speed,
  • Back-water,
  • reduce speed,
  • keep waiting,
  • Reefed,
  • eased up,
  • ease up,
  • reins in,
  • stunting,
  • wind down.
  •temporize
  • stall for time.

Paraphrases for Procrastinate:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    delay.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    postpone, prolong, defer, drag, stall.

Antonyms for Procrastinate:

• v.

  • delay, put off doing
    advance, forge, complete, help, leave, expedite, further, abbreviate, accelerate, forward, push, hasten, rush, carry out, hurry, quicken, shorten, finish, continue, persist, go, go ahead, DO.
  • Other antonyms:
    contract, abridge, reduce, curtail, limit, conclude.

Hyponym for Procrastinate:

• v.

  • stative
    dillydally, dilly-dally, stall, procrastinate, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, delay.