Synonyms of lollygagging

lollygagging

verb

variants also lallygagging

present participle of lollygag

as in delaying

to move or act slowly

accused the government of lollygagging while survivors of the earthquake continued to live in the most wretched conditions

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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