laggard

¹lag·gard

adj \ˈla-gərd\

Definition of LAGGARD

: lagging or tending to lag : dilatory

— lag·gard·ly adverb or adjective

— lag·gard·ness noun

Examples of LAGGARD

1. <I hate being stuck behind laggard motorists on the freeway.>

First Known Use of LAGGARD

1702

Related to LAGGARD

Synonyms: crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, slow, lagging, languid, leisurely, poking, poky (or pokey), sluggish, snaillike, snail-paced, tardy, unhurried

Antonyms: barreling, bolting, breakneck, breathless, brisk, careering, dizzy, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurrying, lightning, meteoric, quick, racing, rapid, rocketing, running, rushing, scooting, scudding, scurrying, snappy, speeding, speedy, swift, warp-speed, whirling, whirlwind, whisking, zipping

Related Words: deliberate, measured; inactive, inert, lethargic, loafing, lounging; lingering, loitering, tarrying; ambling, heavy-footed, inching, plodding, shuffling, slow-footed; strolling; decelerating, slowing; filibustering, procrastinating, stalling

Near Antonyms: expeditious, prompt, ready; accelerated, hastened, quickened; hurried, rushed

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Rhymes with LAGGARD

blackguard, haggard