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procrastination
noun as in dalliance
Weak matches
noun as in delay
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Strong matches
noun as in filibuster
Strongest matches
Weak matches
noun as in hesitancy
noun as in hesitation
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in indecisiveness
Strong matches
noun as in indolence
Strong matches
noun as in irresoluteness
Strong matches
noun as in irresolution
Strong matches
noun as in postponement
Strongest matches
Weak matches
noun as in retardation
Strong matches
noun as in tentativeness
Weak matches
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- faltering
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- timidity
- timidness
- to and fro
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
noun as in timidness
Strong matches
noun as in to and fro
Weak matches
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- faltering
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- timidity
- timidness
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
Example Sentences
She jokes that procrastination is often her biggest enemy.
“We thought it was procrastination to punt it over to a charter commission,” said Plata, whose group argued last year in favor of growing the council to 29 members.
Like any endeavor that I set my mind to, I gave it my all despite the relentless sarcasm and procrastination of my students.
Also discussed in post-COVID life is “revenge bedtime procrastination,” in which people put off sleeping and instead scroll on social media or binge a show as a way of trying to handle stress.
But nevertheless, I know I still struggle with procrastination, with doubt, all these kinds of things.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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