Synonyms of takes one's time

takes one's time

phrase

present tense third-person singular of take one's time

as in delays

to move or act slowly

The students were advised to take their time on the test and not to rush.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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