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Synonyms for dawdle
ˈdɔd ldaw·dle
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Princeton's WordNet
linger, dawdleverb
take one's time; proceed slowly
Synonyms:
loaf, lag, hover, loiter, dally, linger, footle, mess about, hang around, fall behind, fall back, lollygag, mill about, tarry, lurk, lallygag, mill around, loungedally, dawdleverb
waste time
"Get busy--don't dally!"
Synonyms:
lag, flirt, play, dally, linger, fall behind, coquette, coquet, butterfly, romance, toy, fall back, philander, mash, chat up, triflelag, dawdle, fall back, fall behindverb
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
Synonyms:
lag, immure, recur, incarcerate, relapse, retrogress, dally, linger, lapse, remand, regress, imprison, jug, fall behind, fall back, put behind bars, lose, gaol, jail, resort, recede, drop off, put away, recidivate
Dictionary of English Synonymes
dawdleverb
Synonyms:
trifle, dally, fiddle, lose time, waste time, idle away time, fritter away time, fool away time
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#516 | play | |
#1864 | resort | |
#2897 | toy | |
#3169 | lose | |
#3681 | romance | |
#4247 | lounge | |
#7213 | butterfly | |
#7628 | jail | |
#9013 | idle | |
#14447 | lag | |
#18579 | flirt | |
#20026 | loaf | |
#20051 | jug | |
#20204 | mash | |
#20365 | hover | |
#21097 | lapse | |
#25141 | relapse | |
#27779 | remand | |
#32577 | linger | |
#39147 | regress | |
#46382 | recur | |
#48580 | trifle | |
#49672 | lurk | |
#59875 | tarry | |
#61103 | gaol | |
#63983 | recede | |
#74223 | imprison | |
#81209 | dally | |
#81303 | coquette | |
#124580 | philander | |
#132501 | loiter | |
#155167 | incarcerate | |
#218314 | dawdle | |
#228775 | coquet |
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