Synonyms of dragging one's feet

dragging one's feet

phrase

variants also dragging one's heels

present participle of drag one's feet

as in lingering

to move or act slowly

I think she's dragging her feet on the project because she thinks it's not worth the effort.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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