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Detailed Synonyms for dawdler in English

dawdler:

dawdler [the ~] noun

  1. the dawdler
    the rattle; the waffler; the scald-head; the blabbermouth; the driveller; the blabber; the trifler; the ginger-snap; the dawdler; the stick-in-the-mud; the gossip; the milksop; the chatterbox; the chattering fool; the slowcoach
  2. the dawdler
    the dawdler; the slowcoach; the stick-in-the-mud
  3. the dawdler
    the laggard; the slowpoke; the slowcoach; the snail; the dawdler; the loiterer
  4. the dawdler
    the lingerer; the dawdler; the slow poke
  5. the dawdler
    the trifler; the dawdler
  6. the dawdler
    – someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind 1
    the poke; the trailer; the drone; the laggard; the dawdler; the lagger
    – someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind 1

Related Words for "dawdler":

  • dawdlers

Alternate Synonyms for "dawdler":


Related Definitions for "dawdler":

  1. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind1

dawdler form of dawdle:

to dawdle verb (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)

  1. to dawdle
    to procrastinate; to dawdle; to linger; to retard; to saunter; to tarry; to delay; to put off
    • procrastinate verb (procrastinates, procrastinated, procrastinating)
    • dawdle verb (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)
    • linger verb (lingers, lingered, lingering)
    • retard verb (retards, retarded, retarding)
    • saunter verb (saunters, sauntered, sauntering)
    • tarry verb (tarries, tarried, tarrying)
    • delay verb (delaies, delayed, delaying)
    • put off verb (puts off, put off, putting off)
  2. to dawdle
    to linger; to dawdle; to tarry; to loiter; to waffle
    • linger verb (lingers, lingered, lingering)
    • dawdle verb (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)
    • tarry verb (tarries, tarried, tarrying)
    • loiter verb (loiters, loitered, loitering)
    • waffle verb (waffles, waffled, waffling)
  3. to dawdle
    – hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. 1
    to fall back; to dawdle; lag; to fall behind
    – hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. 1
    • fall back verb (falls back, fell back, falling back)
    • dawdle verb (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)
    • lag verb
    • fall behind verb (falls behind, fell behind, falling behind)
  4. to dawdle
    – waste time 1
    to dawdle; to dally
    – waste time 1
    • dawdle verb (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)
    • dally verb (dallies, dallied, dallying)
      • Get busy--don't dally!1
  5. to dawdle
    – take one's time; proceed slowly 1
    to linger; to dawdle
    – take one's time; proceed slowly 1
    • linger verb (lingers, lingered, lingering)
    • dawdle verb (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)

Conjugations for dawdle:

present
  1. dawdle
  2. dawdle
  3. dawdles
  4. dawdle
  5. dawdle
  6. dawdle
simple past
  1. dawdled
  2. dawdled
  3. dawdled
  4. dawdled
  5. dawdled
  6. dawdled
present perfect
  1. have dawdled
  2. have dawdled
  3. has dawdled
  4. have dawdled
  5. have dawdled
  6. have dawdled
past continuous
  1. was dawdling
  2. were dawdling
  3. was dawdling
  4. were dawdling
  5. were dawdling
  6. were dawdling
future
  1. shall dawdle
  2. will dawdle
  3. will dawdle
  4. shall dawdle
  5. will dawdle
  6. will dawdle
continuous present
  1. am dawdling
  2. are dawdling
  3. is dawdling
  4. are dawdling
  5. are dawdling
  6. are dawdling
subjunctive
  1. be dawdled
  2. be dawdled
  3. be dawdled
  4. be dawdled
  5. be dawdled
  6. be dawdled
diverse
  1. dawdle!
  2. let's dawdle!
  3. dawdled
  4. dawdling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Antonyms for "dawdle":


Related Definitions for "dawdle":

  1. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.1
  2. waste time1
  3. take one's time; proceed slowly1