All lag synonyms

verb lag

• slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
• wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
• fall off — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
• trail — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• falter — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• shuffle — to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
• ebb — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
• slouch — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
• tarry — to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
• jelly — a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
• dawdle — If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
• procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
• poke — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
• dillydally — to waste time, especially by indecision; vacillate; trifle; loiter.
• idle — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
• lounge — to pass time idly and indolently.
• plod — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
• tail — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
• inch — a small island near the seacoast.
• limp — to walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame.
• tool — an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• flag — flagstone (def 1).
• hobble — to walk lamely; limp.
• straggle — to stray from the road, course, or line of march.
• dally — If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
• saunter — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
• retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
• trudge — to walk, especially laboriously or wearily: to trudge up a long flight of steps.
• linger — 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.
• drag — drag and drop
• stagger — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
• loiter — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
• hang back — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• put off — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• slow up — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• drag one's feet — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
• insulate — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
• wrap — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
• pad — Packet Assembler/Disassembler
• wad — a soft, earthy, black to dark-brown mass of manganese oxide minerals.
• protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
• drop back — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
• drop behind — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• fall back — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.