dawdle

Verbs

  • (v) take one's time; proceed slowly linger,
  • (v) waste time
    • Get busy--don't dally!
    dally,
  • (v) hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. lag, fall back, fall behind,

Synonyms

linger dally lag fall back fall behind

Antonyms

belt along bucket along cannonball along hie hotfoot pelt along race rush rush along speed step on it hasten

See also

dwell on linger over

Words of close approximity

dawdler