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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
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #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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