Synonyms of procrastinating

procrastinating 1 of 2

adjective

as in stalling

Related Words

• stalling
• filibustering
• slowing
• decelerating
• ambling
• lingering
• plodding
• loitering
• lethargic
• strolling
• lounging
• shuffling
• dillydallying
• creeping
• loafing
• inactive
• dilatory
• lagging
• dragging
• deliberate
• tarrying
• crawling
• heavy-footed
• dallying
• inert
• leisurely
• tardy
• inching
• laggard
• dawdling
• slow-footed
• poking
• sluggish
• unhurried
• poky
• measured
• slow
• languid
• snaillike
• snail-paced

Dissimilar Words

• rushing
• hasty
• running
• rapid
• flying
• quick
• ready
• racing
• lightning
• speedy
• speeding
• swift
• dizzy
• breathless
• whirlwind
• brisk
• fast
• bolting
• prompt
• fleet
• snappy
• hurrying
• meteoric
• rocketing
• expeditious
• whirling
• warp-speed
• scurrying
• zipping
• scooting
• scudding
• accelerated
• whisking
• barreling
• breakneck
• careering
• rushed
• hurried
• hastened
• quickened

procrastinating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of procrastinate

as in delaying

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.

Related Words

• stalling
• delaying
• crawling
• dragging
• playing
• lingering
• temporizing
• dawdling
• moping
• shuffling
• filibustering
• lagging
• loitering
• poking
• lollygagging
• dillydallying
• creeping
• diddling
• loafing
• tarrying
• dallying
• idling
• staggering
• strolling
• lounging
• trifling
• fiddling (around)
• sauntering
• shilly-shallying
• puttering (around)
• fooling around
• pottering (around)
• hanging (around or out)
• monkeying (around)
• messing around
• ambling
• lolling
• inching
• plodding
• decelerating
• slowing (down or up)
• lumbering
• easing

Dissimilar Words

• scrambling
• hustling
• darting
• running
• humping
• stampeding
• bowling
• hurtling
• breezing
• galloping
• sprinting
• jogging
• trotting
• accelerating
• speeding (up)
• quickening
• hurrying
• rushing
• overtaking
• flying
• outrunning
• catching up
• racing
• speeding
• tearing
• scurrying
• outpacing
• ripping
• hastening
• whirling
• dashing
• bolting
• outstripping
• scooting
• whizzing
• whisking
• zipping
• scudding
• coursing
• barreling
• careering
• rocketing
• fast-forwarding
• hotfooting (it)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of procrastinating

Verb

According to accounts by Wright’s apprentices, after procrastinating on drawing any plans for nine months, Wright designed the house in two hours in September 1935 while the Kaufmanns were driving to his office to review them. — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026

Tuesday California voters are procrastinating. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026

Are Texans procrastinating on taxes? — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026

Two-thirds of givers admit to procrastinating family wealth-transfer conversations, according to a national RBC Wealth Management survey. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026

Now stop procrastinating and go shovel that walkway. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2026

Nolan, an elections veteran, has sage advice for voters who may be procrastinating at filling out and returning their ballots. — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025

Even among clothing and footwear purveyors that remain unshaken in their promises, nearly two-thirds are procrastinating on their decarbonization schedules, a recent McKinsey study found. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 8 Oct. 2025