Synonyms for lag
læglag

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1. lagadjective

   late

   Synonyms:
   latency

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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 Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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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1. Stephen Morse:

   There will be a time lag, since the disease takes some days to develop, but if the proper measures are being taken, there should soon be a large falloff in the number of new cases.

2. Max Stier:

   You have an administration that got off to a very slow start filling its leadership positions, and continues to lag even now, the added element is the amount of turnover, especially at the top.

3. Kenneth Wright:

   Come Monday morning, their clock is several time zones later, leading to a type of' jet lag,'.

4. Sally Satel:

   The non immediacy of it is arguably a benefit, sally Satel don’t want people acting impulsively. That’s why building in a time lag could be advantageous and allay anxiety.

5. Robert Chisel:

   Our revenues lag the demand.