dawdle

Synonyms

crawl, creep, dally, delay, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag (also lallygag), 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 (or whizz), zip;

Near Antonyms

bowl, breeze, dart, hump, hurtle, hustle, scramble, stampede;

gallop, jog, run, sprint, trot;

accelerate, quicken, speed (up);

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake;

Related Words

fiddle (around), fool around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle;

hang (around or out), idle, loaf, loll, lounge;

amble, ease, inch, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stagger, stroll;

decelerate, slow (down or up);

filibuster, procrastinate, stall, temporize;

Phrases

drag one's feet (also drag one's heels), drop behind, fall behind, hang fire, mark time, take one's time;