Synonyms of drops behind

drops behind

phrase

present tense third-person singular of drop behind

as in delays

to move or act slowly

He dropped behind in the second half of the race.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delays
• lingers
• falls behind
• crawls
• drags
• pokes
• hangs fire
• marks time
• strolls
• plays
• lags
• dillydallies
• loiters
• lollygags
• creeps
• potters (around)
• stalls
• drags one's feet
• dawdles
• mopes
• shuffles
• diddles
• fiddles (around)
• takes one's time
• putters (around)
• monkeys (around)
• tarries
• dallies
• lounges
• fools around
• shilly-shallies
• hangs (around or out)
• messes around
• staggers
• idles
• inches
• slows (down or up)
• saunters
• trifles
• temporizes
• loafs
• ambles
• decelerates
• lolls
• eases
• filibusters
• plods
• procrastinates
• lumbers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• courses
• barrels
• races
• tears
• bolts
• flies
• speeds
• runs
• careers
• rockets
• rushes
• dashes
• hastens
• rips
• zips
• whizzes
• hurries
• whisks
• scurries
• breezes
• bowls
• speeds (up)
• scoots
• scuds
• hotfoots (it)
• whirls
• darts
• scrambles
• humps
• runs
• hurtles
• hustles
• jogs
• stampedes
• sprints
• gallops
• trots
• accelerates
• quickens
• catches up
• overtakes
• outpaces
• outstrips
• outruns
• fast-forwards