Synonyms for procrastination
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Noun
1. Delay
delay, deferral, adjournment, prolongation, protraction, demurral, cunctation dated
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Definitions
- n. 1
The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.
Forms
- Plural
- procrastinations → delays, deferrals, adjournments, prolongations…
Example sentences
- delay He's desperately trying to make up for the delay.
- slowness My daughter's slowness to take action is a pain.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| procrastination | rising | |
| delay | steady | |
| adjournment | falling | |
| deferral | falling | |
| protraction | falling | |
| slowness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- delay2
- 8 letters
- deferral3, slowness2, demurral
- 9 letters
- dalliance3
- 10 letters
- cunctation
- 11 letters
- adjournment3, protraction
- 12 letters
- prolongation, dilatoriness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (delay2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- procrastination
- Italiano
- procrastinazione
- Deutsch
- Handlungsaufschub