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Synonyms & Antonyms of procrastinate
to be slow or late about doing something that should be done; to delay doing something until a later time because you do not want to do it, because you are lazy, etc.
- He procrastinated and missed the submission deadline.
- He told her to stop procrastinating and get to work.
Synonyms and Near Synonyms for procrastinate
- crawl,
- creep,
- dally,
- dawdle,
- delay,
- diddle,
- dillydally,
- drag,
- lag,
- linger,
- loiter,
- lollygag
- (also lallygag),
- mope,
- poke,
- shilly-shally,
- tarry
Antonyms and Near Antonyms for procrastinate
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The first known use of procrastinate was in 1588
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