Synonyms of dillydallying

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adjective

as in leisurely

moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed

the dillydallying congress hadn't passed any legislation, and the term was almost over

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leisurely
• slow
• dilatory
• dallying
• creeping
• dragging
• lagging
• pokey
• crawling
• tardy
• laggard
• unhurried
• poking
• sluggish
• dawdling
• snaillike
• slowing
• poky
• snail-paced
• languid
• lethargic
• deliberate
• lingering
• lounging
• procrastinating
• loitering
• inactive
• ambling
• loafing
• inert
• plodding
• tarrying
• shuffling
• measured
• strolling
• stalling
• decelerating
• heavy-footed
• filibustering
• slow-footed
• inching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rushing
• rapid
• hasty
• running
• lightning
• speedy
• racing
• swift
• brisk
• breathless
• flying
• quick
• ready
• speeding
• dizzy
• whirlwind
• fleet
• fast
• rocketing
• meteoric
• bolting
• snappy
• expeditious
• prompt
• hurrying
• warp-speed
• whirling
• scudding
• zipping
• scurrying
• accelerated
• whisking
• scooting
• breakneck
• careering
• barreling
• rushed
• hastened
• hurried
• quickened

dillydallying

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verb

present participle of dillydally

1

as in delaying

to move or act slowly

don't dillydally on the way to the store

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delaying
• lingering
• poking
• dragging
• crawling
• strolling
• creeping
• dawdling
• lallygagging
• lagging
• lollygagging
• moping
• playing
• loitering
• dallying
• shuffling
• stalling
• falling behind
• tarrying
• hanging fire
• shilly-shallying
• diddling
• dropping behind
• marking time
• dragging one's heels
• lounging
• idling
• dragging one's feet
• taking one's time
• staggering
• loafing
• sauntering
• procrastinating
• fiddling (around)
• trifling
• pottering (around)
• ambling
• fooling around
• puttering (around)
• hanging (around or out)
• lolling
• monkeying (around)
• inching
• messing around
• temporizing
• decelerating
• slowing (down or up)
• plodding
• lumbering
• filibustering
• easing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hurrying
• rushing
• flying
• racing
• running
• hastening
• speeding
• whirling
• scurrying
• tearing
• ripping
• bolting
• scudding
• dashing
• zipping
• whisking
• scooting
• rocketing
• coursing
• whizzing
• darting
• careering
• scrambling
• hustling
• barreling
• bowling
• stampeding
• breezing
• running
• hurtling
• galloping
• humping
• jogging
• trotting
• sprinting
• accelerating
• barrelling
• hotfooting (it)
• quickening
• speeding (up)
• overtaking
• outrunning
• catching up
• outpacing
• outstripping
• fast-forwarding

2

as in dawdling

to spend time doing nothing

restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dawdling
• idling
• lounging
• loafing
• chilling
• bumming
• resting
• dallying
• strolling
• lazing
• relaxing
• playing
• droning
• lazying
• vegging out
• poking
• footling
• hacking (around)
• lolling
• killing time
• hanging (around or out)
• lingering
• goofing (off)
• messing
• mucking
• kicking back
• hanging about
• monkeying
• twiddling one's thumbs
• hibernating
• piddling
• fooling
• kicking around
• fiddling (around)
• dozing
• lagging
• trifling
• estivating
• pottering (around)
• loitering
• sauntering
• puttering (around)
• goldbricking
• tarrying
• swanning
• ambling
• moseying
• aestivating
• malingering
• truanting
• furloughing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• working
• laboring
• sweating
• plowing
• grinding
• toiling
• plodding
• hustling
• grubbing
• plugging
• slaving
• humping
• pegging
• applying
• buckling (down)
• drudging
• moiling
• exerting
• travailing
• putting out