Defenition of the word dawdle
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Defenition of the word dawdle
- hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
- take one's time; proceed slowly
- waste time; "Get busy--don''t dally!"
- take one''s time; proceed slowly
- waste time
Synonyms for the word dawdle
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- dally
- delay
- fall back
- fall behind
- hang about
- hang around
- lag
- linger
- loiter
- plod
- waste time
Similar words in the dawdle
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- dawdle
- dawdled
- dawdler
- dawdler's
- dawdlers
- dawdles
- dwell on
- linger over
Hyponyms for the word dawdle
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- drag
- drop back
- drop behind
- get behind
- hang back
- trail
Hypernyms for the word dawdle
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- act
- behave
- do
- follow
- move
Antonyms for the word dawdle
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- belt along
- bucket along
- cannonball along
- hasten
- hie
- hotfoot
- pelt along
- race
- rush
- rush along
- speed
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