Synonyms of dallies

dallies

verb

present tense third-person singular of dally

1

as in plays

to engage in activity for amusement

he spent his college years dallying, seemingly determined to acquire as little knowledge as possible

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plays
• rollicks
• entertains
• recreates
• frolics
• relaxes
• amuses
• toys
• disports
• cavorts
• sports
• jokes
• romps
• delights
• gambols
• dabbles
• pleases
• rests
• frisks
• hangs
• teases
• diverts
• skylarks
• dawdles
• trifles
• idles
• loafs
• goldbricks
• slacks (off)
• jests
• putters (around)
• lounges (around or about)
• fiddles (around)
• bums (around)
• hangs about
• messes around
• screws around

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slaves
• toils
• works
• strives
• plods
• struggles
• labors
• plugs (away)
• sweats
• strains
• drudges

2

as in lingers

to move or act slowly

don't dally on the way to the interview

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lingers
• delays
• drags
• crawls
• pokes
• loiters
• strolls
• dawdles
• diddles
• mopes
• lags
• plays
• shuffles
• creeps
• tarries
• drops behind
• falls behind
• marks time
• staggers
• lallygags
• hangs fire
• lollygags
• stalls
• dillydallies
• drags one's heels
• idles
• saunters
• lounges
• shilly-shallies
• ambles
• drags one's feet
• lolls
• trifles
• takes one's time
• loafs
• inches
• putters (around)
• procrastinates
• monkeys (around)
• potters (around)
• lumbers
• fiddles (around)
• eases
• decelerates
• plods
• fools around
• hangs (around or out)
• slows (down or up)
• messes around
• temporizes
• filibusters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rushes
• hastens
• scurries
• hurries
• flies
• runs
• barrels
• races
• courses
• whirls
• tears
• rips
• speeds
• dashes
• careers
• whisks
• scoots
• zips
• whizzes
• bolts
• hurtles
• hustles
• scuds
• scrambles
• darts
• rockets
• trots
• gallops
• runs
• bowls
• breezes
• stampedes
• humps
• jogs
• sprints
• hotfoots (it)
• accelerates
• quickens
• speeds (up)
• overtakes
• outruns
• outstrips
• outpaces
• catches up
• fast-forwards

3

as in flirts

to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun

she spent the summer dallying with a guy renting the neighboring beach house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flirts
• coquettes
• trifles
• coquets
• toys
• woos
• frivols
• vamps
• teases
• ribs
• razzes
• mashes
• kids
• fools
• messes around
• courts
• plays (with)
• joshes
• strings along
• leads on
• manipulates
• puts on

4

as in lazes

to spend time doing nothing

I kept dallying at my desk until I couldn't put off doing my work any longer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lazes
• dawdles
• idles
• strolls
• rests
• plays
• relaxes
• lolls
• lounges
• loafs
• bums
• pokes
• chills
• dillydallies
• mucks
• lingers
• lazies
• hangs (around or out)
• hacks (around)
• drones
• kills time
• kicks back
• footles
• goofs (off)
• loiters
• hangs about
• veges out
• messes
• vegges out
• twiddles one's thumbs
• saunters
• fools
• monkeys
• ambles
• piddles
• moseys
• trifles
• lags
• hibernates
• kicks around
• dozes
• putters (around)
• potters (around)
• tarries
• aestivates
• fiddles (around)
• estivates
• malingers
• goldbricks
• truants
• swans
• furloughs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• toils
• slaves
• plods
• works
• hustles
• plows
• labors
• grinds
• plugs
• pegs
• humps
• sweats
• grubs
• applies
• drudges
• travails
• buckles (down)
• exerts
• moils
• puts out