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Detailed Synonyms for dawdle in English

dawdle:

to dawdle verbe (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)

  1. to dawdle
    to procrastinate; to dawdle; to linger; to retard; to saunter; to tarry; to delay; to put off
    • procrastinate verbe (procrastinates, procrastinated, procrastinating)
    • dawdle verbe (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)
    • linger verbe (lingers, lingered, lingering)
    • retard verbe (retards, retarded, retarding)
    • saunter verbe (saunters, sauntered, sauntering)
    • tarry verbe (tarries, tarried, tarrying)
    • delay verbe (delaies, delayed, delaying)
    • put off verbe (puts off, put off, putting off)
  2. to dawdle
    to linger; to dawdle; to tarry; to loiter; to waffle
    • linger verbe (lingers, lingered, lingering)
    • dawdle verbe (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)
    • tarry verbe (tarries, tarried, tarrying)
    • loiter verbe (loiters, loitered, loitering)
    • waffle verbe (waffles, waffled, waffling)
  3. to dawdle
    – hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. 1
    to fall back; to dawdle; lag; to fall behind
    – hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. 1
    • fall back verbe (falls back, fell back, falling back)
    • dawdle verbe (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)
    • lag verbe
    • fall behind verbe (falls behind, fell behind, falling behind)
  4. to dawdle
    – waste time 1
    to dawdle; to dally
    – waste time 1
    • dawdle verbe (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)
    • dally verbe (dallies, dallied, dallying)
      • Get busy--don't dally!1
  5. to dawdle
    – take one's time; proceed slowly 1
    to linger; to dawdle
    – take one's time; proceed slowly 1
    • linger verbe (lingers, lingered, lingering)
    • dawdle verbe (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)

Conjugations for dawdle:

present
  1. dawdle
  2. dawdle
  3. dawdles
  4. dawdle
  5. dawdle
  6. dawdle
simple past
  1. dawdled
  2. dawdled
  3. dawdled
  4. dawdled
  5. dawdled
  6. dawdled
present perfect
  1. have dawdled
  2. have dawdled
  3. has dawdled
  4. have dawdled
  5. have dawdled
  6. have dawdled
past continuous
  1. was dawdling
  2. were dawdling
  3. was dawdling
  4. were dawdling
  5. were dawdling
  6. were dawdling
future
  1. shall dawdle
  2. will dawdle
  3. will dawdle
  4. shall dawdle
  5. will dawdle
  6. will dawdle
continuous present
  1. am dawdling
  2. are dawdling
  3. is dawdling
  4. are dawdling
  5. are dawdling
  6. are dawdling
subjunctive
  1. be dawdled
  2. be dawdled
  3. be dawdled
  4. be dawdled
  5. be dawdled
  6. be dawdled
diverse
  1. dawdle!
  2. let's dawdle!
  3. dawdled
  4. dawdling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "dawdle":

  1. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.1
  2. waste time1
  3. take one's time; proceed slowly1