Synonyms of dallying

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adjective

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as in leisurely

moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed

the dallying diners seemed oblivious to the fact that other customers were impatiently waiting for tables

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leisurely
• slow
• dawdling
• dilatory
• dragging
• pokey
• dillydallying
• creeping
• poking
• crawling
• lagging
• tardy
• laggard
• slowing
• unhurried
• poky
• languid
• sluggish
• snail-paced
• tarrying
• snaillike
• loafing
• lingering
• lounging
• loitering
• ambling
• deliberate
• strolling
• lethargic
• procrastinating
• plodding
• shuffling
• inert
• stalling
• inactive
• measured
• inching
• filibustering
• decelerating
• heavy-footed
• slow-footed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rushing
• hurrying
• hasty
• running
• speeding
• rapid
• lightning
• speedy
• flying
• racing
• brisk
• swift
• whirling
• breathless
• bolting
• whirlwind
• rocketing
• meteoric
• dizzy
• fast
• quick
• ready
• breakneck
• scudding
• expeditious
• zipping
• fleet
• careering
• snappy
• scurrying
• scooting
• whisking
• prompt
• barreling
• warp-speed
• accelerated
• hastened
• hurried
• quickened
• rushed

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• rushing
• hurrying
• hasty
• running
• speeding
• rapid
• lightning
• speedy
• flying
• racing
• brisk
• swift
• whirling
• breathless
• bolting
• whirlwind
• rocketing
• meteoric
• dizzy
• fast
• quick
• ready
• breakneck
• scudding
• expeditious
• zipping
• fleet
• careering
• snappy
• scurrying
• scooting
• whisking
• prompt
• barreling
• warp-speed
• accelerated
• hastened
• hurried
• quickened
• rushed

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dallying

2 of 3

noun

as in loafing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loafing
• lolling
• lounging
• goldbricking
• supineness
• lethargy
• languor
• indolence
• laziness
• inertia
• idleness
• sluggishness
• apathy
• lassitude
• shiftlessness
• sloth
• listlessness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• industry
• industriousness
• ambition
• drive
• go
• enterprise
• initiative
• diligence
• hustle
• assiduity
• perseverance
• energy
• vigor
• assiduousness
• animation
• briskness
• vivacity
• exuberance
• liveliness
• sprightliness
• lustiness
• vitality
• vim
• pep
• robustness
• jazziness
• vibrancy
• peppiness

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• industry
• industriousness
• ambition
• drive
• go
• enterprise
• initiative
• diligence
• hustle
• assiduity
• perseverance
• energy
• vigor
• assiduousness
• animation
• briskness
• vivacity
• exuberance
• liveliness
• sprightliness
• lustiness
• vitality
• vim
• pep
• robustness
• jazziness
• vibrancy
• peppiness

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dallying

3 of 3

verb

present participle of dally

1

as in playing

to engage in activity for amusement

he spent his college years dallying, seemingly determined to acquire as little knowledge as possible

Synonyms & Similar Words

• playing
• skylarking
• frolicking
• toying
• recreating
• disporting
• rollicking
• sporting
• entertaining
• cavorting
• joking
• gamboling
• relaxing
• amusing
• romping
• delighting
• dabbling
• gambolling
• dawdling
• frisking
• resting
• trifling
• teasing
• pleasing
• hanging
• loafing
• diverting
• dabbling
• idling
• goldbricking
• jesting
• screwing around
• messing around
• hanging about
• puttering (around)
• fiddling (around)
• lounging (around or about)
• bumming (around)
• slacking (off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laboring
• toiling
• working
• plodding
• sweating
• striving
• straining
• struggling
• slaving
• drudging
• plugging (away)

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• laboring
• toiling
• working
• plodding
• sweating
• striving
• straining
• struggling
• slaving
• drudging
• plugging (away)

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2

as in delaying

to move or act slowly

don't dally on the way to the interview

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delaying
• lingering
• poking
• dragging
• crawling
• strolling
• dawdling
• lollygagging
• dillydallying
• loitering
• tarrying
• diddling
• creeping
• lallygagging
• playing
• moping
• stalling
• lagging
• shuffling
• shilly-shallying
• lounging
• falling behind
• marking time
• idling
• hanging fire
• loafing
• dropping behind
• sauntering
• ambling
• dragging one's heels
• trifling
• staggering
• lolling
• taking one's time
• dragging one's feet
• procrastinating
• temporizing
• inching
• fooling around
• plodding
• decelerating
• easing
• lumbering
• messing around
• filibustering
• puttering (around)
• pottering (around)
• fiddling (around)
• monkeying (around)
• hanging (around or out)
• slowing (down or up)

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• hurrying
• speeding
• dashing
• running
• flying
• rushing
• scudding
• scurrying
• hastening
• zipping
• careering
• whirling
• tearing
• darting
• racing
• coursing
• scooting
• whisking
• bolting
• whizzing
• ripping
• barreling
• hustling
• breezing
• barrelling
• rocketing
• galloping
• trotting
• humping
• scrambling
• hurtling
• running
• bowling
• stampeding
• hotfooting (it)
• jogging
• sprinting
• accelerating
• quickening
• overtaking
• speeding (up)
• outrunning
• outstripping
• outpacing
• catching up
• fast-forwarding

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• hurrying
• speeding
• dashing
• running
• flying
• rushing
• scudding
• scurrying
• hastening
• zipping
• careering
• whirling
• tearing
• darting
• racing
• coursing
• scooting
• whisking
• bolting
• whizzing
• ripping
• barreling
• hustling
• breezing
• barrelling
• rocketing
• galloping
• trotting
• humping
• scrambling
• hurtling
• running
• bowling
• stampeding
• hotfooting (it)
• jogging
• sprinting
• accelerating
• quickening
• overtaking
• speeding (up)
• outrunning
• outstripping
• outpacing
• catching up
• fast-forwarding

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3

as in flirting

to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun

she spent the summer dallying with a guy renting the neighboring beach house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flirting
• coquetting
• toying
• trifling
• vamping
• frivolling
• wooing
• frivoling
• courting
• teasing
• fooling
• messing around
• razzing
• kidding
• ribbing
• joshing
• mashing
• stringing along
• manipulating
• leading on
• putting on
• playing (with)

4

as in dawdling

to spend time doing nothing

I kept dallying at my desk until I couldn't put off doing my work any longer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dawdling
• loafing
• lounging
• dillydallying
• strolling
• idling
• lazing
• bumming
• resting
• playing
• footling
• chilling
• lolling
• mucking
• poking
• droning
• relaxing
• messing
• lingering
• lazying
• monkeying
• fooling
• killing time
• piddling
• hanging about
• kicking back
• vegging out
• loitering
• trifling
• sauntering
• twiddling one's thumbs
• ambling
• tarrying
• swanning
• dozing
• hibernating
• hacking (around)
• moseying
• goofing (off)
• kicking around
• hanging (around or out)
• lagging
• estivating
• goldbricking
• malingering
• truanting
• aestivating
• puttering (around)
• pottering (around)
• fiddling (around)
• furloughing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laboring
• toiling
• grubbing
• working
• hustling
• plowing
• plodding
• sweating
• slaving
• plugging
• grinding
• humping
• pegging
• drudging
• applying
• moiling
• buckling (down)
• exerting
• travailing
• putting out

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• laboring
• toiling
• grubbing
• working
• hustling
• plowing
• plodding
• sweating
• slaving
• plugging
• grinding
• humping
• pegging
• drudging
• applying
• moiling
• buckling (down)
• exerting
• travailing
• putting out

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