PROCRASTINATES Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

procrastinates

verb

present tense third-person singular of procrastinate

as in delays

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.

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Recent Examples of procrastinates Basically, the company procrastinates, to the temporary benefit of the speed-obsessives among us. —

Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2026

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The deal delays highly technical discussions over the mechanics of unwinding Iran’s nuclear program.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Lowe said that the government’s statutory inquiry risks becoming another long process that delays accountability, comparing it to other British scandals where official reckoning came only years later.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026