Synonyms of procrastinating

procrastinating 1 of 2

adjective

as in stalling

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stalling
• filibustering
• slowing
• decelerating
• ambling
• lingering
• plodding
• loitering
• lethargic
• strolling
• lounging
• loafing
• shuffling
• dillydallying
• creeping
• inactive
• dilatory
• lagging
• dragging
• deliberate
• tarrying
• crawling
• heavy-footed
• dallying
• pokey
• inert
• leisurely
• tardy
• inching
• laggard
• dawdling
• slow-footed
• poking
• sluggish
• unhurried
• poky
• measured
• slow
• languid
• snaillike
• snail-paced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rushing
• hasty
• running
• rapid
• flying
• quick
• ready
• racing
• lightning
• speedy
• speeding
• swift
• dizzy
• breathless
• whirlwind
• brisk
• fast
• bolting
• prompt
• fleet
• snappy
• hurrying
• meteoric
• rocketing
• expeditious
• whirling
• warp-speed
• scurrying
• zipping
• scooting
• scudding
• accelerated
• whisking
• barreling
• breakneck
• careering
• rushed
• hurried
• hastened
• quickened

procrastinating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of procrastinate

as in delaying

to be slow or late about doing something that should be done; to delay doing something until a later time because you do not want to do it, because you are lazy, etc.

He procrastinated and missed the submission deadline.

He told her to stop procrastinating and get to work.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stalling
• delaying
• crawling
• dragging
• playing
• lingering
• temporizing
• dawdling
• shuffling
• moping
• filibustering
• lagging
• loitering
• poking
• lollygagging
• lallygagging
• dillydallying
• creeping
• diddling
• loafing
• tarrying
• dallying
• idling
• staggering
• strolling
• lounging
• trifling
• fiddling (around)
• sauntering
• shilly-shallying
• puttering (around)
• fooling around
• pottering (around)
• hanging (around or out)
• monkeying (around)
• messing around
• ambling
• lolling
• inching
• plodding
• decelerating
• slowing (down or up)
• lumbering
• easing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• scrambling
• hustling
• darting
• running
• humping
• stampeding
• bowling
• hurtling
• breezing
• galloping
• sprinting
• jogging
• trotting
• accelerating
• speeding (up)
• quickening
• hurrying
• rushing
• overtaking
• flying
• outrunning
• catching up
• racing
• speeding
• tearing
• scurrying
• outpacing
• ripping
• hastening
• whirling
• dashing
• bolting
• outstripping
• scooting
• whizzing
• whisking
• zipping
• scudding
• coursing
• barreling
• careering
• rocketing
• fast-forwarding
• barrelling
• hotfooting (it)