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Synonyms for lag
læglag
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Wiktionary
lagadjective
late
Synonyms:
latency
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
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, retardationinterim, 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, meanwhilestave, 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, retardationlag, dawdle, fall back, fall behindverb
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
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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, recidivateimprison, 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, incarceratelagverb
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, gaollagverb
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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
lagverb
Synonyms:
loiter, linger, saunter, fall behind, move slowly
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
lagverb
Synonyms:
fall behind, loiter, linger, delay, saunter
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#511 | staff | |
#1309 | round | |
#1864 | resort | |
#3169 | lose | |
#3411 | lock | |
#3446 | delay | |
#4114 | gap | |
#6464 | interim | |
#7240 | meanwhile | |
#7628 | jail | |
#9013 | idle | |
#10410 | gal | |
#12417 | meantime | |
#14279 | latency | |
#14447 | lag | |
#14874 | toss | |
#16141 | dispose | |
#17665 | discard | |
#18352 | latent | |
#18653 | slowing | |
#19789 | retardation | |
#20051 | jug | |
#21097 | lapse | |
#21656 | discrepancy | |
#23179 | mismatch | |
#24731 | remit | |
#24932 | slowdown | |
#25141 | relapse | |
#27779 | remand | |
#32577 | linger | |
#32886 | fling | |
#34235 | lags | |
#34337 | retardant | |
#36954 | rung | |
#39147 | regress | |
#46382 | recur | |
#47518 | stave | |
#49607 | deceleration | |
#53415 | slippage | |
#53531 | slowness | |
#59875 | tarry | |
#61103 | gaol | |
#63983 | recede | |
#74223 | imprison | |
#81209 | dally | |
#96428 | backwardness | |
#132501 | loiter | |
#133678 | saunter | |
#155167 | incarcerate | |
#218314 | dawdle | |
#323868 | retardent |
How to use lag in a sentence?
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.
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.
Come Monday morning, their clock is several time zones later, leading to a type of' jet lag,'.
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.
Our revenues lag the demand.
Translations for lag
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- تأخرArabic
- zurückbleiben, zurückfallenGerman
- χρονοτριβώ, καθυστερώ, καθυστέρηση, χρονοτριβήGreek
- retrasoSpanish
- jäädä jälkeenFinnish
- rester en arrière, être en retardFrench
- seinkun, hökt, lagg, töfIcelandic
- rimanere indietroItalian
- בפיגורHebrew
- 立ち遅れるJapanese
- tonanawe, takamuri, akutōMāori
- lagg, forsinkelseNorwegian
- опоздать, отстать, отставать, опаздыватьRussian
- ความล่าช้าThai
- رکھوUrdu
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