Synonyms for lag
læglag

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1. lagadjective

   late

   Synonyms:
   latency

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lag

   Synonyms:
   loiter, linger, saunter, dally, tarry, idle

   Antonyms:
   press, hasten, speedup, hurry, stir

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1. slowdown, lag, retardationnoun

   the act of slowing down or falling behind

   Synonyms:
   slowness, meantime, backwardness, retardent, subnormality, interim, slowdown, retardant, mental retardation, slowing, meanwhile, deceleration, stave, retardation

2. interim, meantime, meanwhile, lagnoun

   the time between one event, process, or period and another

   "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"

   Synonyms:
   interim, stave, slowdown, retardation, meantime, meanwhile

3. stave, lagverb

   one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket

   Synonyms:
   rung, meantime, round, interim, slowdown, meanwhile, staff, stave, retardation

4. lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behindverb

   hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

   Synonyms:
   immure, recur, incarcerate, relapse, retrogress, dally, linger, lapse, remand, regress, imprison, jug, dawdle, fall behind, fall back, put behind bars, lose, gaol, jail, resort, recede, drop off, put away, recidivate

5. imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remandverb

   lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

   "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, toss out, discard, put to sleep, immure, jug, tuck away, jail, toss away, lock, cast away, remand, lock up, remit, shut up, send back, cast aside, put behind bars, fall back, dawdle, dispose, imprison, fall behind, put aside, shut away, cast out, chuck out, toss, throw away, gaol, fling, lock in, lock away, tuck in, put away, incarcerate

6. lagverb

   throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins

   Synonyms:
   jug, imprison, dawdle, incarcerate, fall behind, fall back, put behind bars, jail, immure, put away, remand, gaol

7. lagverb

   cover with lagging to prevent heat loss

   "lag pipes"

   Synonyms:
   jug, imprison, dawdle, incarcerate, fall behind, fall back, put behind bars, jail, immure, put away, remand, gaol

Matched Categories

1. • Confine
   • Cover
   • Delay
   • Law
   • Time Interval
   • Toss

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lagverb

   Synonyms:
   loiter, linger, saunter, fall behind, move slowly

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1. lagverb

   Synonyms:
   fall behind, loiter, linger, delay, saunter

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1. List of paraphrases for "lag":

   gal, latency, lags, latent, delay, slippage, gap, mismatch, discrepancy

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How to use lag in a sentence?

1. Gilbert Ott:

   I skip meals no matter how I fly, the idea of eating at midnight throws off your whole next day, and I think there’s credible science that it hurts your ability to recover from jet lag.

2. Environment Minister Margaret McCuaig-Boyd:

   They (industry) don't want us to lag too long because they want to have a sense of stability moving forward and what the whole picture is going to look like.

3. Med Jones:

   Countries that try to spread their ideologies by force, be it religion, socialism, capitalism, democracy or something else, will be overwhelmed by the human and economic cost of conflicts. Those countries will lag behind other countries that are focusing on developing their economies and advancing their interests via global partnerships and trade. With the new global knowledge and global competition, if you take your eye off the economic ball someone else will pick it up.

4. Nick Giordano:

   We're getting what we had under the TPP and we're not going to lag behind.

5. Ari Seth Cohen:

   Spending two days with her in Montenegro, there was no complaints about jet lag. She stayed up longer than anyone the whole trip. She was dancing, she was joyful, she was giving, her whole philosophy about aging (is) how we're constantly recycling ourselves and how there really is no age -- it's really just a matter of your mindset. Seeing a 97-year-old woman that vital, for me, is incredibly powerful.