Synonyms of dragging

dragging 1 of 2

adjective

as in leisurely

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

a mysterious, cloaked figure with a strange, dragging walk

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

dragging

2 of 2

verb

present participle of drag

1

as in pulling

to cause to follow by applying steady force on

the deliveryman dragged the barrels over against the wall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pulling
• hauling
• tugging
• towing
• lugging
• drawing
• carrying
• heaving
• attracting
• haling
• yanking
• moving
• jerking
• transporting
• conveying
• ferrying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pushing
• driving
• propelling
• shoving
• thrusting

2

as in delaying

to move or act slowly

one of the climbers was beginning to drag

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in crawling

to move slowly

the play dragged and seemed to take forever to get to its predictable conclusion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crawling
• creeping
• shuffling
• poking
• inching
• limping
• slouching
• oozing
• creaking (along)
• snailing
• plodding
• nosing
• trudging
• shambling
• tramping
• lumbering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flying
• speeding
• racing
• floating
• gliding
• sailing
• whizzing
• zipping
• tearing
• hurrying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dragging

Verb

Both buyers and sellers remain trapped in a wait and see stance, further dragging on a US housing market that has been stagnant for nearly four years. — CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

In October 2022, Joseph Ancona, 20, was killed in the Columbus Circle station when his bag was caught in a door, dragging him onto the tracks before he was fatally struck by the train, FOX 5 New York reported at the time. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Was our second invasion of Iraq another Angola-like adventure, with the Executive dragging the CIA into error? — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

But that’s largely due to the aural sensation provided by the voices, which become more powerful and prominent as the film progresses, dragging Jamal down with them. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

Photos of him, resplendent in his bright red 4theriders leathers, cheerfully dragging some elbow on the racetrack. — Loz Blain september 24, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

Ted, naturally, advises everyone to stay positive, but the outlook isn’t great, and it’s not helped by the team doctor dragging his feet about seeing the Greyhounds star, which Keeley immediately clocks as sexism. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026

This movement of the fabric can shorten a hemline and secure a train so someone can easily move about without tripping or having extra fabric dragging on the ground. — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026

Prosecutors allege Kosowski waited there for the lawyer and killed him in in the bathroom before dragging Cozzi’s body out of the building in a cart. — Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026