" dawdlers "

1: someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others;

  * e.g., " ... we encouraged the dawdlers to pick up the pace "

•  Synonyms : 

•  crawlers,

•  dalliers,

•  draggers,

•  laggards,

•  laggers,

•  lingerers,

•  loiterers,

•  plodders,

•  slowpokes,

•  snails,

•  stragglers

•  Antonyms : 

•  speedsters

1: someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others;

  * e.g., " ... we encouraged the dawdlers to pick up the pace "

•  Synonyms : 

•  crawler,

•  dallier,

•  dragger,

•  laggard,

•  lagger,

•  lingerer,

•  loiterer,

•  plodder,

•  slowpoke,

•  snail,

•  straggler

•  Antonyms : 

•  speedster

1: to move or act slowly;

  * e.g., " ... if you continue to dawdle, we'll be late for sure "

•  Synonyms : 

•  crawl,

•  creep,

•  dally,

•  delay,

•  diddle,

•  dillydally,

•  drag,

•  lag,

•  linger,

•  loiter,

•  lollygag,

•  mope,

•  poke,

•  shilly-shally,

•  tarry

•  Antonyms : 

•  barrel,

•  bolt,

•  career,

•  course,

•  dash,

•  fly,

•  hasten,

•  hotfoot (it),

•  hurry,

•  race,

•  rip,

•  rocket,

•  run,

•  rush,

•  scoot,

•  scud,

•  scurry,

•  speed,

•  tear,

•  whirl,

•  whisk,

•  whiz,

•  zip

2: to spend time doing nothing;

  * e.g., " ... accused the city council of dawdling even as the crime rate was spiraling out of control "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bum,

•  chill,

•  dally,

•  dillydally,

•  drone,

•  footle,

•  goof (off),

•  hack (around),

•  hang (around or out),

•  hang about,

•  idle,

•  kick around,

•  kick back,

•  laze,

•  lazy,

•  loaf,

•  loll,

•  lounge,

•  veg out

•  Antonyms : 

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