What is another word for procrastinate?
908 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pɹəkɹˈastɪnˌe͡ɪt], [ pɹəkɹˈastɪnˌeɪt], [ p_ɹ_ə_k_ɹ_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_n_ˌeɪ_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for procrastinate:- defer (noun)
- dillydally (noun)
- dally (verb)
- dawdle (verb)
- defer (verb)
- delay (verb)
- delay, put off doing (verb)
- dilly-dally (verb)
- drag (verb)
- hang back (verb)
- lag (verb)
- linger (verb)
- loiter (verb)
- mull (verb)
- neglect (verb)
- poke (verb)
- procrastinate (verb)
- protract (verb)
- slow (verb)
- stative (verb)
- stay (verb)
- suspend (verb)
- tarry (verb)
- temporize (verb)
- trail (verb)
- waste time (verb)
- other synonyms
- hang back
- mull
- neglect
- slow
- temporize
Synonyms for Procrastinate:
n.
-
•
- play for time,
- hold off,
- wait.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- hesitate,
- play a waiting game,
- goldbrick,
- cool,
- let slide,
- adjourn,
- prolong,
- retard,
- postpone,
- stall,
- give the run around.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- pro tracts,
- pro tract,
- span out,
- pro-tracts,
- spins out,
- keeps going,
- spinning out,
- stretching out,
- keeping going,
- pro-tract.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
-
•
- park.
- 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.
- 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.
Paraphrases for Procrastinate:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
- highest relevancy
- medium relevancy
- lowest relevancy
-
Equivalence
-
Verb, base form
delay.
-
Verb, base form
-
Independent
Antonyms for Procrastinate:
-
v.
Hyponym for Procrastinate:
v.
-
stative
dillydally, dilly-dally, stall, procrastinate, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, delay.
-
stative