Synonyms and Antonyms of dillydally
1
to move or act slowly
- donʼt dillydally on the way to the store
crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, drag, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag (also lallygag), mope, poke, shilly-shally, tarry
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
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
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
2
to spend time doing nothing
- restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying
bum, chill, dally, dawdle, drone, footle, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), hang about [British], idle, kick around, kick back, laze, lazy, loaf, loll, lounge, veg out
fiddle (around), fool, mess, monkey, muck, piddle, play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle
doze, estivate (also aestivate), hibernate
lag, linger, loiter, poke, relax, rest, tarry
amble, mosey, saunter, stroll, swan
furlough, goldbrick, malinger, truant
drudge, grind, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg, plod, plow, plug, slave, sweat, toil, travail, work
apply, buckle (down)
exert, put out
