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dillydally

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of dillydally

1 to move or act slowly

  • donʼt dillydally on the way to the store
Synonyms of dillydally

crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, drag, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag (also lallygag), mope, poke, shilly-shally, tarry
Words Related to dillydally

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 Synonymous with dillydally

drag one's feet (also drag one's heels), drop behind, fall behind, hang fire, mark time, take one's time
Near Antonyms of dillydally

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
Antonyms of dillydally

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
Synonyms of dillydally

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
Words Related to dillydally

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
Phrases Synonymous with dillydally

kill time, twiddle one's thumbs
Near Antonyms of dillydally

drudge, grind, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg, plod, plow, plug, slave, sweat, toil, travail, work

apply, buckle (down)

exert, put out

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