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lag

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of lag

following all others of the same kind in order or time
  • We're now in the lag end of the project.
Synonyms of lag

bottommost, closing, concluding, final, hindmost, last, latest, latter, rearmost, terminal, terminating, ultimate
Words Related to lag

consequent, ensuing, eventual, following, succeeding

conclusive, crowning, decisive, definitive

farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, remotest

lowermost, lowest, nethermost

endmost, extreme, outermost, outmost, utmost

penultimate
Near Antonyms of lag

eminent, premier, superior
Antonyms of lag

beginning, earliest, first, foremost, headmost, inaugural, initial, leadoff, maiden, opening, original, pioneer, primary, starting

lag

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of lag

1 to lose bodily strength or vigor
  • During the fourth quarter the whole team seemed to lag.
Synonyms of lag

decay, droop, emaciate, fade, fail, flag, go, languish, sag, sink, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither
Words Related to lag

break down, wear out

yield

degenerate, deteriorate, rot, run down
Near Antonyms of lag

convalesce, rally, rebound, recover, recuperate

gain
2 to move or act slowly
  • The tired puppy was lagging behind the rest of the pack.
Synonyms of lag

crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, drag, linger, loiter, lollygag (also lallygag), mope, poke, shilly-shally, tarry
Words Related to lag

fiddle (around), fool around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle

hang (around or out), idle, loaf, loll, lounge

amble, ease, inch, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stagger, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)

filibuster, procrastinate, stall, temporize
Phrases Synonymous with lag

drag one's feet (also drag one's heels), drop behind, fall behind, hang fire, mark time, take one's time
Near Antonyms of lag

bowl, breeze, dart, hump, hurtle, hustle, scramble, stampede

gallop, jog, run, sprint, trot

accelerate, quicken, speed (up)

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake
Antonyms of lag

barrel, bolt, career, course, dash, fly, hasten, hotfoot (it), hurry, race, rip, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scud, scurry, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, whiz (or whizz), zip

Synonym Discussion of lag

delay, procrastinate, lag, loiter, dawdle, dally mean to move or act slowly so as to fall behind. delay usually implies a putting off of something (such as a beginning or departure).
    • we cannot delay any longer
procrastinate implies blameworthy delay especially through laziness or apathy.
    • procrastinates about making decisions
lag implies failure to maintain a speed set by others.
    • lagging behind in technology
loiter and dawdle imply delay while in progress, especially in walking, but dawdle more clearly suggests an aimless wasting of time.
    • loitered at several store windows
    • children dawdling on their way home from school
dally suggests delay through trifling or vacillation when promptness is necessary.
    • stop dallying and get to work

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