drag

Synonyms

balk, bar, block, chain, clog, cramp, crimp, deterrent, embarrassment, encumbrance, fetter, handicap, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impediment, inhibition, interference, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, shackles, stop, stumbling block, trammel;

Near Antonyms

catalyst, goad, impetus, incentive, spur, stimulant, stimulus;

advantage, break, edge;

aid, assistance, benefit, boost, handmaiden (also handmaid), help;

Related Words

catch, hitch, rub, snag;

barrier, blockade, blockage, brick wall, stone wall;

arrest, bit, brake, check, constraint, curb, hobble, rein, restraint;

embargo, stoppage;

delay, holdup, stall;

burden, cumber, load;

danger, hazard, peril, reef;

adversity, difficulty, disadvantage, drawback, hardship;

Synonyms

crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, 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;