All dilatory synonyms
dil·a·to·ry
D d adj dilatory
- backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
- delaying — to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared.
- deliberate — If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
- laggard — a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.
- late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- lax — not strict or severe; careless or negligent: lax morals; a lax attitude toward discipline.
- lazy — averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
- leisurely — acting, proceeding, or done without haste; unhurried; deliberate: a leisurely conversation.
- neglectful — characterized by neglect; disregardful; careless; negligent (often followed by of): neglectful of one's health.
- negligent — guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty: negligent officials.
- remiss — negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.: He's terribly remiss in his work.
- slack — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- sluggish — indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition.
- tardy — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- unhurried — not hurried; leisurely; deliberate: an unhurried day; an unhurried decision.
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- lingering — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- loitering — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- moratory — authorizing delay of payment: a moratory law.
- tarrying — to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
- hastily — moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
adverb dilatory
- behind time — late
- behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
- in arrears — in arrears, behind or late, especially in payment: She was three months in arrears on her mortgage and credit card payments. Also, Chiefly Law, in arrear.
adjective dilatory
- problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- lagging — one of the staves or strips that form the periphery of a wooden drum, the casing of a steam cylinder, or the like.
- dragging — marked by or involving the wearing of clothing characteristically associated with the opposite sex; transvestite.
- flagging — becoming smaller or weaker; dwindling.
- procrastinating — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- dallying — Present participle of dally.