Synonyms of marks time

marks time

phrase

present tense third-person singular of mark time

as in delays

to move or act slowly

The soldiers marked time until they were given the signal to move forward.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delays
• lingers
• pokes
• crawls
• drags
• hangs fire
• falls behind
• drops behind
• strolls
• lollygags
• lags
• drags one's heels
• plays
• creeps
• loiters
• lallygags
• takes one's time
• dillydallies
• shuffles
• mopes
• dawdles
• diddles
• stalls
• fools around
• drags one's feet
• potters (around)
• monkeys (around)
• shilly-shallies
• tarries
• lounges
• fiddles (around)
• putters (around)
• messes around
• hangs (around or out)
• slows (down or up)
• dallies
• staggers
• inches
• idles
• temporizes
• trifles
• loafs
• saunters
• ambles
• eases
• decelerates
• lolls
• lumbers
• procrastinates
• plods
• filibusters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• courses
• speeds
• tears
• races
• barrels
• careers
• flies
• bolts
• runs
• rockets
• rushes
• rips
• hastens
• hurries
• dashes
• bowls
• scurries
• whirls
• scoots
• speeds (up)
• whisks
• scuds
• zips
• whizzes
• breezes
• darts
• humps
• hotfoots (it)
• scrambles
• runs
• hurtles
• hustles
• stampedes
• trots
• sprints
• jogs
• accelerates
• gallops
• quickens
• catches up
• overtakes
• outstrips
• outpaces
• outruns
• fast-forwards