procrastinate
1Procrastinate — Pro*cras ti*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Procrastinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Procrastinating}.] [L. procrastinatus, p. p. of procrastinare to procrastinate; pro forward + crastinus of to morrow, fr. cras to morrow.] To put off till to morrow, or from …
2Procrastinate — Pro*cras ti*nate, v. i. To delay; to be dilatory. [1913 Webster] I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago. Swift. [1913 Webster] …
3procrastinate — I verb adjourn, be dilatory, be idle, be inert, be neglectful, block, dally, dawdle, defer, delay, differre, dilly dally, do nothing, filibuster, gain time, hang back, hesitate, hold back, hold up, idle, keep one waiting, kill time, lag, let… …
4procrastinate — (v.) 1580s, from L. procrastinare (see PROCRASTINATION (Cf. procrastination)). Related: Procrastinated; procrastinating …
5procrastinate — *delay, lag, dawdle, loiter Analogous words: *defer, suspend, stay, postpone: protract, prolong (see EXTEND) Antonyms: hasten, hurry …
6procrastinate — [v] delay, put off doing adjourn, be dilatory, cool*, dally, dawdle, defer, drag, drag one’s feet*, give the run around*, goldbrick*, hang fire*, hesitate, hold off, lag*, let slide, linger, loiter, pause, play a waiting game*, play for time*,… …
7procrastinate — ► VERB ▪ delay or postpone action. DERIVATIVES procrastination noun procrastinator noun. ORIGIN Latin procrastinare defer till the morning …
8procrastinate — [prō kras′tə nāt΄, prəkras′tə nāt΄] vi., vt. procrastinated, procrastinating [< L procrastinatus, pp. of procastinare < pro , forward (see PRO 2) + crastinus, belonging to the morrow < cras, tomorrow] to put off doing (something… …
9procrastinate — prevaricate, procrastinate Because their meanings, or at least the implications of their meanings, overlap, these two words are often confused. To prevaricate (derived from Latin praevaricari meaning literally ‘to walk crookedly’) is ‘to speak or …
10procrastinate — [[t]proʊkræ̱stɪneɪt[/t]] procrastinates, procrastinating, procrastinated VERB If you procrastinate, you keep leaving things you should do until later, often because you do not want to do them. [FORMAL] Most often we procrastinate when faced with… …
