Related Words for lag

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WordSyllablesCategories
slowdown
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Noun, Noun
imprison
x/x
Noun, Verb
remand
x/
Verb, Noun
retardation
xx/x
Noun, Noun
jail
/
Noun, Noun
gaol
x/
Noun, Noun
interim
/xx
Noun, Noun
stave
/
Noun, Noun
jug
/
Noun, Noun
fall back
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
fall behind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
put away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
delaying
x/x
Noun
sluggishness
/xx
Noun
glitch
/
Noun
falter
/x
Noun
deceleration
xxx/x
Noun
latency
/xx
Noun
downturn
/x
Noun
sag
/
Noun
slump
/
Noun
acceleration
xxx/x
Noun
lack
/
Noun
disparity
x/xx
Noun
decline
x/
Noun
slowing
/x
Noun
disconnect
xx/
Noun
gap
/
Noun
correlation
xx/x
Noun
divergence
x/x
Noun
slackening
/xx
Noun
slippage
/x
Noun
bottlenecks
/xx
Noun
unevenness
x/xx
Noun
weakness
/x
Noun
skew
/
Noun
glitches
/x
Noun
upswing
x/
Noun
variability
xxx/xx
Noun
disadvantage
xx/x
Noun
slack
/
Noun
discrepancy
x/xx
Noun
softness
/x
Noun
overlap
/xx
Noun
stagnation
x/x
Noun
spike
/
Noun
skyrocket
/xx
Noun
volatility
xx/xx
Noun
differences
/xxx
Noun
hiccups
/x
Noun
seasonality
/xxxx
Noun
lull
/
Noun
fluctuations
xx/x
Noun
decoupling
x/x
Noun
rates
/
Noun
hang back
//
Phrase, Noun
disproportion
xx/x
Noun
shortfalls
/x
Noun
regress
/x
Noun
dearth
/
Noun
upturn
x/
Noun
inertia
x/x
Noun
fuzziness
/xx
Noun
discontinuity
xxx/xx
Noun
friction
/x
Noun
taper
/x
Noun
lateness
/x
Noun
crunch
/
Noun
stalling
/x
Noun
paucity
/xx
Noun
surge
/
Noun
distortions
x/x
Noun
cycles
/x
Noun
rise
/
Noun
softening
/xx
Noun
trend
/
Noun
constraint
x/
Noun
fragmentation
xx/x
Noun
drop
/
Noun
ease up
//
Phrase, Noun
wear on
//
Phrase, Noun
decrease
x/
Noun
blur
/
Noun
flux
/
Noun
kinks
/
Noun
tightness
/x
Noun
keep pace
//
Phrase, Noun
dichotomy
x/xx
Noun
mismatch
x/
Noun
trickle
/x
Noun
imbalance
x/x
Noun
bunching
/x
Noun
shortage
/x
Noun
peter out
/x/
Phrase, Noun
slack off
//
Phrase, Noun
die down
//
Phrase, Noun
buy time
//
Phrase, Noun
moment of inertia
/x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
keep at
//
Phrase, Noun
slow down
/x
Phrase, Noun
go to pot
///
Phrase, Noun
concentrate on
/xxx
Phrase, Noun
underperformance
xxx/x
Noun
chop down
//
Phrase, Noun
ver
/
Adjective
jet
/
Adjective
lid
/
Adjective
maturational
xx/xx
Adjective
screws
/
Verb
autocorrelation
/xxx/x
Noun
extensor
x/x
Adjective
retraction
x/x
Noun
proptosis
//x
Noun
das
/
Verb
accommodative
x/xxx
Adjective
month
/
Adjective
quadriceps
/xx
Adjective
shear
/
Verb, Adjective
stare
/
Noun
der
/
Adjective
msec
/
Noun
transgressive
x/x
Adjective
myotonic
xx/x
Adjective
lead
/
Noun
die
/
Adjective
shorten
/x
Verb
distributed
x/xx
Adjective
pebble
/x
Adjective
phenotypic
xx/x
Adjective
appreciable
x/xx
Adjective
phase
/
Verb
year
/
Adjective
attenuation
x/x/x
Noun
cultural
/xx
Adjective
developmental
xxx/x
Adjective
zero
/x
Adjective
noticeable
/xxx
Adjective
accuse
x/
Verb, Noun
activation
xx/x
Noun
aggregate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
are
/
Noun
backlog
/x
Noun, Verb
backward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
broadening
/xx
Noun
caravan
/xx
Noun, Verb
correct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
deadline
/x
Noun, Verb
decrement
xxx
Noun, Verb
defer
x/
Verb
deviation
xx/x
Noun
differential
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
discount
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
disjunction
x/x
Noun
divide
x/
Verb, Noun
dormancy
/xx
Noun
drag
/
Verb, Noun
earlier
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
extended
x/x
Adjective
finite
/x
Adjective, Noun
gal
/
Noun
get behind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
if
/
Noun
incongruity
xx/xx
Noun
interregnum
xx/x
Noun
interval
/xx
Noun
inverse
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
lapse
/
Noun, Verb
latent
/x
Adjective, Noun
law
/
Noun, Verb
lie
/
Verb, Noun
likely
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
linear
/xx
Adjective, Noun
linger
/x
Verb, Noun
loiter
/x
Verb, Noun
maximum
/xx
Adjective, Noun
may
/
Verb, Noun
misalignment
xx/x
Noun
offset
x/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
overshoot
/xx
Noun, Verb
period
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
postponement
x/x
Noun
range
/
Noun, Verb
remain
x/
Verb, Noun
retard
x/
Verb, Noun
retention
x/x
Noun
retest
//
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
schedule
/x
Noun, Verb
shift
/
Noun, Verb
skewness
/x
Noun
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
sufferance
/xx
Noun
tardiness
/xx
Noun
team
/
Noun, Verb
trail
/
Noun, Verb
uncertainty
x/xx
Noun
uptake
/x
Noun, Verb
variance
/xx
Noun
waiting
/x
Noun
window
/x
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb