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pro·cras·ti·na·tion
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
procrastination
Synonyms:
dilatoriness, delayAntonyms:
timeliness, punctuality, promptitude, alacrity
Princeton's WordNet
procrastination, cunctation, shillyshallynoun
the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
Synonyms:
dilatoriness, cunctation, shillyshallydilatoriness, procrastinationnoun
slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
Synonyms:
dilatoriness, cunctation, shillyshally
Dictionary of English Synonymes
procrastinationnoun
Synonyms:
dilatoriness, putting off, delay, tardiness, slowness
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "procrastination":
indecision, foot-dragging, delay, indecisiveness, hesitation, postponement, delaying
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#3446 | delay | |
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How to use procrastination in a sentence?
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Parental behavior at games is typically far more problematic than that of the kids, too often, An Overdue History of Procrastination's parents that model poor sportsmanship while coaches are working to teach the opposite.
Thomas De Quincey, Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts - 1827:
If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.
Otherwise, we’ll just keep repeating things, the strategy you’re going to employ to beat procrastination is going to change based on the purpose procrastination is serving for you.
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Translations for procrastination
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- تأجيلArabic
- odkládáníCzech
- OverspringshandlingDanish
- Aufschub, ProkrastinationGerman
- procrastinación, dejar algo para más tarde, para mañana..., desidia, dilaciónSpanish
- lykkäysFinnish
- procrastinationFrench
- màirnealachdScottish Gaelic
- टालमटोलHindi
- halogatás, késlekedésHungarian
- tundaIndonesian
- procrastinazioneItalian
- 遅滞, 先延ばしJapanese
- atidėliojimasLithuanian
- prokrastineringNorwegian
- uitstel, procrastinatie, uitstelgedragDutch
- zwłoka, kunktatorstwoPolish
- procrastinaçãoPortuguese
- amânareRomanian
- промедление, отсрочка, откладывание, прокрастинация, проволочкаRussian
- prokrastinering, förhalning, förhalandeSwedish
- pagpapalibanTagalog
- تاخیرUrdu
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