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

But the reflation boost appears to be petering out as much of the price recovery has been driven by surging global energy costs, while domestic demand lags. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 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

Of course, the reason Venezuela lags by such a huge margin is the dilapidated state of its oil infrastructure. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Also, our politics sometimes lags behind our economic reality. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026

The government's national toll of at least 265 dead and 500 missing lags far behind counts from local authorities, while an independent database lists over 4,100 as unaccounted for. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

In my experience, the temperature down there lags the outdoors by a month or so. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2026