Synonyms of procrastination

procrastination

noun

as in delay

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.

Related Words

• delay
• avoidance
• uncertainty
• waiting
• indecisiveness
• hesitation
• reluctance
• doubt
• indecision
• hawing
• deliberation
• equivocation
• second thought
• indetermination
• incertitude
• hesitancy
• consideration
• unwillingness
• irresolution
• indisposition
• vacillation
• arrière-pensée
• debate
• hesitance
• timidity
• faltering
• misgiving
• wavering
• faintheartedness
• disinclination
• wobbling
• pause
• shyness
• uncertainness
• aversion
• fence-sitting
• shilly-shallying
• shilly-shally
• timidness

Dissimilar Words

• readiness
• eagerness
• alacrity
• resolution
• determination
• certainty
• confidence
• certitude
• firmness
• decisiveness
• sureness
• resoluteness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of procrastination

Overthinking and procrastination are two of the habits people confess to most readily and blame on themselves most harshly, and two of the habits most often misread. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

But those days of procrastination are coming to an end, and some lawmakers are facing up to that reality. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 28 June 2026

City planning, procrastination, pomp and circumstance aside, the planet’s biggest sporting has arrived. — Gavin Godfrey, AJC.com, 17 June 2026

Read the Bee’s full guide to Election Day procrastination here. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026

The low-pressure gatherings taking place in coffee shops, accommodating bars and private homes are intended to turn tedious and procrastination-inducing adult responsibilities into productive time with a twist. — ABC News, 3 June 2026

No amount of procrastination can undo the fact that language forces a decision about who is speaking, who is addressed, and who is being spoken about. — Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026

The sports ticket market generally doesn’t reward procrastination but this one might. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026

Caroline first learned about the Hole in her twenties by reading mommy blogs, a form of procrastination less about satisfying any conscious curiosity about motherhood and more about finding comfort in the easy intimacy with which these women wrote about their own lives. — Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026