procrastinate as a verb: - 1
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procrastinate
verb
1 procrastinate
Postpone doing what one should be doing:
— He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days.
synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, stall.
Roget 133:
be late
etc.
adj.;
tarry,
wait,
stay,
bide,
take time;
dawdle
etc.
(be inactive)
683;
linger,
loiter;
bide one's time,
take one's time;
gain time;
hang fire;
stand over,
lie over.
put off,
defer,
delay,
lay over,
suspend;
table [Parl.];
shift off,
stave off;
waive,
retard,
remand,
postpone,
adjourn;
procrastinate;
dally;
prolong,
protract;
spin out,
draw out,
lengthen out,
stretch out;
prorogue;
keep back;
tide over;
push to the last,
drive to the last;
let the matter stand over;
reserve
etc.
(store)
636;
temporize;
consult one's pillow,
sleep on it.
lose an opportunity
etc.
135;
be kept waiting,
dance attendance;
kick one's heels,
cool one's heels;
faire antichambre [Fr.];
wait impatiently;
await
etc.
(expect)
507;
sit up,
sit up at night.
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2 procrastinate
Postpone or delay needlessly.
Dutch: uitstellen, voor zich uitschuiven
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procrastinating
Moby thesaurus: Micawberish, backward, contemplative, culpably negligent, dallying, delaying, derelict, dilatory, dillydallying, do-nothing, dormant, easygoing, foot-dragging, idle, immobile, inactive, inadvertent, inattentive, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, lax, lazy, lingering, loitering, loose, meditative, motionless, neglectful, neglecting, negligent, neuter, neutral, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, off-guard, overly permissive, paralytic, paralyzed, passive, permissive, procrastinative, procrastinatory, quiescent, quietist, quietistic, relaxed, remiss, scamping, shuffling, skimping, slack, slighting, slow, sluggish, slurring, stagnant, stagnating, standpat, static, stationary, uncircumspect, unguarded, unrigorous, unwary, unwatchful, vegetable, vegetative ... show more.
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