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procrastination

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Synonyms & Antonyms of procrastination

a state, a habit, or an instance of being slow or late about doing something that should be done

Though she has a tendency towards procrastination, she never fails to turn in her papers on time.

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for procrastination

avoidance,
delay,
waiting

equivocation,
hawing

arrière-pensée,
misgiving,
second thought

consideration,
debate,
deliberation,
doubt,
incertitude,
indecisiveness,
indetermination,
uncertainness,
uncertainty

aversion,
disinclination,
indisposition,
reluctance,
unwillingness

faltering,
fence-sitting,
hesitance,
hesitancy,
hesitation,
indecision,
irresolution,
pause,
shilly-shally,
shilly-shallying,
vacillation,
wavering,
wobbling
(also wabbling)

faintheartedness,
shyness

timidity

timidness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for procrastination

alacrity,
eagerness,
readiness

certainty,
certitude,
confidence,
decisiveness,
determination,
firmness,
resoluteness,
resolution,
sureness

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“Procrastination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procrastination. Accessed 30 Nov. 2021.

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