procrastinate
verbEtymology
First attested in 1548; from Latin prōcrastinātus, perfect passive participle of prōcrastinō (“defer, put off till tomorrow”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from prō- (“in favor of”) + crāstinus (“of or belonging to tomorrow”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from crās (“tomorrow”).
- derived from prōcrastinātus
Definitions
To delay taking action
To delay taking action; to wait until later.
- He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.
To put off
To put off; to delay (something).
The neighborhood
- synonymprocrastine
- synonymdelay
- synonympenelopize
- synonymstall
- synonympostpone
- synonymput off
- synonymadjourn
- synonymavert
- synonymdefer
- synonymdilly-dally
- synonymdraw out
- synonymextend
- antonymprecrastinate
- antonymadvance
- antonymantedate
- antonymbring forward
- antonymexpedite
- antonymhasten
- antonymjump on
- antonymprepone
- antonymrush
- antonymshoot first and ask questions later
- antonymspeed up
- antonymtake action
- neighborperendinate
- neighbortomorrow never comes
- neighborprocrastination is the thief of time
- neighbordeferment
- neighborloiter
- neighborwaste time
- neighborhinder
- neighborpenelopize
- neighborprocrasturbate
- neighborstall
- neighborwait
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at procrastinate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at procrastinate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at procrastinate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA