Definition for Procrastination:

• Procrastinator.

Synonyms for Procrastination:

• n.

  •dalliance (noun)
  • Procrastinating,
  • dilly-dallying,
  • Loitering,
  • Dabbling,
  • Puttering,
  • Frittering,
  • loafing,
  • playing,
  • toying,
  • poking,
  • Delaying.
  •deferral (noun)
  • postponement.
  •delay (noun)
  • holding,
  • discontinuation,
  • check,
  • lag,
  • problem,
  • stall,
  • downtime,
  • bind,
  • interval,
  • lingering,
  • remission,
  • stoppage,
  • obstruction,
  • detention,
  • Tarrying,
  • stop,
  • putting off,
  • hindrance,
  • jam,
  • suspension,
  • impediment,
  • reprieve,
  • stay,
  • adjournment,
  • tie-up,
  • setback,
  • holding pattern,
  • moratorium,
  • dawdling.
  •dilatoriness (noun)
  • dilatoriness.
  •filibuster (noun)
  • opposition,
  • stonewalling,
  • interference.
  •hesitation (noun)
  • qualm,
  • wavering,
  • doubt,
  • vacillation,
  • faltering,
  • indisposition,
  • reluctance,
  • oscillation,
  • skepticism,
  • stammering,
  • fluctuation,
  • indecision,
  • mistrust,
  • pause,
  • equivocation,
  • dubiety,
  • misgiving,
  • unwillingness,
  • Averseness,
  • stuttering.
  •indecisiveness (noun)
  • timidity,
  • Shilly-shally.
  •indolence (noun)
  • disinclination,
  • idleness.
  •procrastination (noun)
  • stalling.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • carelessness,
  • laziness.
  •Other relevant words:
  • hypnotism,
  • subterfuge,
  • leeway,
  • stay of execution,
  • immobility,
  • playing for time,
  • default,
  • indolent,
  • Temporization,
  • drowsiness,
  • culpable negligence,
  • procrastinates,
  • waiting game,
  • languor,
  • deliberateness,
  • respite,
  • discontinue,
  • delayed,
  • high time,
  • sluggishness,
  • apathetic,
  • permissiveness,
  • disrupt,
  • facile,
  • stifle,
  • deliberation,
  • inaction,
  • remain,
  • imprecise,
  • lollygagging,
  • stagnancy,
  • drag out,
  • intermit,
  • heedless,
  • interrupt,
  • protraction,
  • insensible,
  • intercept,
  • prevent,
  • lateness,
  • negligence,
  • inconsistent,
  • manoeuvre,
  • deferral,
  • contain,
  • abeyance,
  • Procrastinated,
  • run-around,
  • conclude,
  • nonperformance,
  • neutralism,
  • impede,
  • standpattism,
  • inertia,
  • disregard,
  • dormancy,
  • pretext,
  • frowzy,
  • Delation,
  • lapse,
  • nodding,
  • Segnity,
  • passivism,
  • stupor,
  • neutrality,
  • federal case,
  • do-nothing policy,
  • foot-dragging,
  • incautious,
  • drag on,
  • dillydallying,
  • quit,
  • wile,
  • stasis,
  • holdup,
  • omission,
  • Oscitation,
  • noninterference,
  • deferment,
  • slackness,
  • Segnitude,
  • obstruct,
  • looseness,
  • neglectfulness,
  • inaccurate,
  • insensibility,
  • laxity,
  • meditation,
  • dwell,
  • holdover,
  • inadvertency,
  • pandiculation,
  • torpidity,
  • inattentive,
  • shut,
  • Do-nothingism,
  • hedging,
  • move,
  • lagging,
  • indifferent,
  • arrest,
  • ruse,
  • halfhearted,
  • slight,
  • inactivity,
  • to and fro,
  • hold off,
  • stratagem,
  • laissez faire,
  • abort,
  • careless,
  • inertness,
  • obstructionism,
  • Dallying,
  • haphazard,
  • passivity,
  • procrastinate,
  • paralysis,
  • stagnation,
  • passiveness,
  • torpor,
  • nonparticipation,
  • artifice,
  • inattention,
  • laxness,
  • lax,
  • oversight,
  • quietism,
  • inactive,
  • Lentor,
  • inadvertence,
  • nonfeasance,
  • Laches,
  • dereliction,
  • neglect,
  • watching and waiting,
  • shilly-shallying,
  • leave,
  • free,
  • failure,
  • lengthening,
  • lethargy,
  • cut,
  • noninvolvement,
  • slowness,
  • nonviolent resistance,
  • quiescence,
  • desist,
  • lazy,
  • somnolence,
  • prolongation,
  • Culpa,
  • hedge,
  • continuation,
  • languid,
  • backwardness,
  • contemplation,
  • nonviolence,
  • Torpescence,
  • remissness,
  • overlooking,
  • irresponsible,
  • Deferring,
  • oscitancy,
  • extension,
  • nonrestriction,
  • mugwump,
  • lackadaisical,
  • Do-nothingness,
  • pacifism,
  • policy,
  • passive resistance,
  • dullness,
  • vegetation,
  • nonresistance,
  • trick,
  • restrain.

Paraphrases for Procrastination:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    prolongation, reluctance, adjournment, deferment, tardiness.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    indecision, hesitation, delay, indecisiveness, foot-dragging, hesitancy, vacillation, postponement, Delaying, equivocation, deferral.

Antonyms for Procrastination:

• n.

  • dalliance
    hurrying, rush, push, hastening.
  • delay
    dispatch, furtherance, speed, expedition, hurry, advance.
  • filibuster
    impetus, progression, incentive, catalyst.
  • hesitation
    eagerness, sureness, perseverance, certainty, go.

Procrastination Sentence Examples:

• " There is a slowness, want of decision, and a spirit of procrastination in the President," he confided to his diary.

• One alleged cause for procrastination in the examination and adjustment of our claims arises from an obstacle which it is the duty of the Spanish Government to remove.