Synonyms of dawdled

dawdled

verb

past tense of dawdle

1

as in delayed

to move or act slowly

if you continue to dawdle, we'll be late for sure

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delayed
• lingered
• dragged
• crawled
• poked
• strolled
• loitered
• crept
• lagged
• lollygagged
• shuffled
• played
• dallied
• diddled
• stalled
• tarried
• fell behind
• dropped behind
• lallygagged
• lounged
• hung fire
• moped
• marked time
• staggered
• idled
• sauntered
• ambled
• dillydallied
• dragged one's heels
• took one's time
• dragged one's feet
• loafed
• trifled
• shilly-shallied
• hanged (around or out)
• fiddled (around)
• procrastinated
• plodded
• puttered (around)
• inched
• fooled around
• hung (around or out)
• pottered (around)
• temporized
• decelerated
• lolled
• eased
• slowed (down or up)
• messed around
• lumbered
• monkeyed (around)
• filibustered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hurried
• rushed
• sped
• scurried
• raced
• hastened
• flew
• scooted
• dashed
• run
• whirled
• whizzed
• ran
• speeded
• bolted
• ripped
• hustled
• whisked
• tore
• scudded
• zipped
• darted
• scrambled
• rocketed
• barreled
• coursed
• careered
• hurtled
• breezed
• trotted
• barrelled
• stampeded
• humped
• bowled
• jogged
• sprinted
• run
• galloped
• ran
• accelerated
• quickened
• hotfooted (it)
• sped (up)
• overtook
• speeded (up)
• outstripped
• outpaced
• caught up
• outran
• fast-forwarded

2

as in lazied

to spend time doing nothing

accused the city council of dawdling even as the crime rate was spiraling out of control

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lazied
• lounged
• strolled
• lazed
• idled
• loafed
• bummed
• chilled
• rested
• dallied
• hanged (around or out)
• played
• relaxed
• lingered
• droned
• poked
• hung (around or out)
• goofed (off)
• lolled
• kicked back
• hacked (around)
• killed time
• mucked
• dillydallied
• messed
• hung about
• footled
• loitered
• piddled
• vegged out
• twiddled one's thumbs
• sauntered
• kicked around
• fooled
• ambled
• dozed
• trifled
• monkeyed
• lagged
• moseyed
• fiddled (around)
• hibernated
• puttered (around)
• tarried
• swanned
• pottered (around)
• estivated
• aestivated
• malingered
• truanted
• furloughed
• goldbricked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worked
• labored
• hustled
• plodded
• toiled
• wrought
• sweated
• plowed
• ground
• pegged
• plugged
• humped
• slaved
• sweat
• applied
• grubbed
• drudged
• travailed
• buckled (down)
• moiled
• exerted
• put out