Synonyms of lags

lags 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of lag

1

as in fades

to lose bodily strength or vigor

during the fourth quarter the whole team seemed to lag

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fades
• weakens
• sags
• goes
• fails
• sinks
• decays
• languishes
• droops
• deteriorates
• wilts
• withers
• wastes (away)
• flags
• emaciates
• yields
• breaks down
• wears out
• rots
• degenerates
• runs down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovers
• rebounds
• rallies
• recuperates
• gains
• convalesces

2

as in delays

to move or act slowly

the tired puppy was lagging behind the rest of the pack

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

lags

2 of 2

noun

plural of lag

as in slowdowns

Related Words

• slowdowns
• hesitations
• delays
• pauses
• setbacks
• waits
• holdups
• foot-draggings
• postponements
• deferrals
• respites
• detentions
• holding patterns
• detainments
• deferments
• holdbacks
• reprieves

Dissimilar Words

• rushes
• dispatches
• hastes
• promptitudes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lags

Verb

Wall Street is trimming targets while the sector lags the market. — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

America’s data center buildout effort lags far behind the industry’s ambitious goals to increase its computing power. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

By almost every economic measure, the East still significantly lags the West. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026

But the industry lags overall due to a constitutional limit on the use of force for only its own self-defense. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

As for basic fire prevention, France lags California by some measures. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

The primary reason for this chasm between psychiatry and the rest of medicine is that knowledge about the biological basis of mental disorders lags behind other medical disorders. — Anand Kumar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026

The agency's case count lags about six weeks behind state-by-state numbers because of the process required to confirm and officially report an infection back to the federal level. — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Summary Artificial intelligence adoption for frontline workers lags significantly behind its integration for information workers, despite frontline staff comprising the majority of the workforce. — Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026