Synonyms of dragger

dragger

noun

ˈdra-gər 

as in snail

someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others

we quickly left the draggers behind and sprinted up the hill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• snail
• crawler
• slug
• straggler
• lingerer
• laggard
• plodder
• loiterer
• dawdler
• lagger
• slowpoke
• loafer
• delayer
• idler
• dallier
• slouch
• sluggard
• lazybones
• latecomer
• procrastinator
• lounger

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• speedster
• hustler
• scrambler
• speeder
• rusher
• go-getter
• hurrier

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dragger

Some trawlers, such as those targeting arrowtooth flounder, are bottom draggers. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

Do the foot draggers in the legislature not know or understand the present and future risk? — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024

For better or worse, Hill is too much of a gentleman to call me a knuckle-dragger. — Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2021

Take the Cowboys’ scoring drive just before the half, when Dalton found Gallup on a 19-yard toe-dragger down the left sideline … and then on a back-shoulder fade in the left corner of the end zone to take a 20-17 lead into halftime. — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2020

So, if your foot-dragger is, say, a phone-hating introvert with pandemic anxiety, then the call to the pediatrician isn't the thing to delegate. — The Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020