Synonyms of straggler

straggler

noun

as in snail

someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others

by three o'clock, only a few stragglers were still making their painful way to the marathon's finish

Synonyms & Similar Words

• snail
• lingerer
• laggard
• crawler
• loiterer
• slowpoke
• slug
• dawdler
• plodder
• dragger
• lagger
• delayer
• latecomer
• dallier
• idler
• sluggard
• loafer
• slouch
• lazybones
• procrastinator
• lounger

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• speedster
• hustler
• scrambler
• speeder
• rusher
• go-getter
• hurrier

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of straggler

So researchers in China gave the humble grooming implement a more useful job than rearranging the stragglers by encouraging regrowth among the remaining follicles with a series of electrical pulses and genetic treatments. — New Atlas, 11 Nov. 2026

The daffodils here were almost finished, apart from one little patch of stragglers still flowering on heroically against the odds. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Swarms or stragglers are most likely to be spotted near the Great Lakes shorelines because the lakes help funnel their routes. — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2026

But as Marty Supreme proved last year, debuting after the rest of the competition can also feel a bit like being the lone straggler in a bike race who escapes the cascading crash that takes out everyone else. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026

Riders work in teams to guide the animals, collecting wayward groups and stragglers. — Mary Beaumont, Midwest Living, 25 Aug. 2026

Earnings season is winding down, but a few stragglers in the portfolio are still left to report this week. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026

On the streets below, vendors are hawking bootleg merchandise as stragglers from the festivities color the sidewalks with blue-and-orange jerseys and hats. — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026

Saldaña, too, was at the party until the final stragglers began to head home. — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026