procrastination

English Thesaurus

1. the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time (noun.act)

hypernym	:	delay, holdup,
definition	:	the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time (noun.act)

2. slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	deliberateness, deliberation, slowness, unhurriedness,
definition	:	a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry (noun.attribute)

3. the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time (noun.act)

derivation	:	dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall,
definition	:	postpone doing what one should be doing (verb.stative)

4. slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	procrastinate,
definition	:	postpone or delay needlessly (verb.stative)

5. the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time (noun.act)

derivation	:	dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall,
definition	:	postpone doing what one should be doing (verb.stative)

6. slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	procrastinate,
definition	:	postpone or delay needlessly (verb.stative)