Synonyms of falls behind

falls behind

phrase

present tense third-person singular of fall behind

as in delays

to move or act slowly

He lost his footing and fell behind in the relay.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of falls behind

If their knowledge stays in meetings or Slack threads, the rest of the organization falls behind. — Panos Siozos, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026