Thesaurus:procrastinate

Thesaurus

procrastinate

English

Verb

Sense: to delay taking action; to wait until later

Synonyms

• adjourn
• avert
• defer
• delay    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dilly-dally
• draw out
• extend
• forslow
• forestall
• forestay
• kick into the long grass
• kick the can down the road
• postpone
• procrastinate
• prolong
• prorogue (rare)
• prorogate
• protract
• put off
• put on hold
• put on ice
• retard
• stay
• suspend
• tarry    [⇒ thesaurus]

Antonyms

• advance
• antedate
• bring forward
• expedite
• hasten
• jump on
• prepone (India)
• rush    [⇒ thesaurus]
• shoot first and ask questions later
• speed up    [⇒ thesaurus]
• take action

Hyponyms

• hinder    [⇒ thesaurus]
• penelopize (rare)
• perendinate
• procrasturbate
• protract
• stall
• tarry    [⇒ thesaurus]
• wait    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• loiter    [⇒ thesaurus]
• wait    [⇒ thesaurus]
• waste time

Various

• procrastination is the thief of time

Related terms

• Thesaurus:deferment

Further reading

• “133. lateness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “procrastinate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.