Synonyms of lollygags

lollygags

verb

variants also lallygags

present tense third-person singular of lollygag

as in delays

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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