'Procrastinate' definitions:
Definition of 'procrastinate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally]
verb
Postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"
Definition of 'Procrastinate'
From: GCIDE
- Procrastinate \Pro*cras"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Procrastinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Procrastinating.] [L. procrastinatus, p. p. of procrastinare to procrastinate; pro forward + crastinus of to-morrow, fr. cras to-morrow.] To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
- Hopeless and helpless Aegeon wend, But to procrastinate his lifeless end. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Procrastinate'
From: GCIDE
- Procrastinate \Pro*cras"ti*nate\, v. i. To delay; to be dilatory. [1913 Webster]
- I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'procrastinate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- be dilatory,
- continue,
- cut,
- dally,
- dawdle,
- defer,
- delay,
- drag,
- drag out,
- draw out,
- dwell on,
- equivocate,
- extend,
- filibuster,
- gain time,
- goldbrick,
- goof off,
- hang,
- hang back,
- hang fire,
- hesitate,
- hold off,
- jump,
- lag,
- leave,
- leave loose ends,
- leave undone,
- lengthen,
- lengthen out,
- let alone,
- let be,
- let dangle,
- let go,
- let pass,
- let ride,
- let slide,
- let slip,
- linger,
- linger on,
- loiter,
- make time,
- malinger,
- miss,
- omit,
- pass over,
- pass up,
- pause,
- play for time,
- poke,
- postpone,
- pretermit,
- prolong,
- protract,
- put aside,
- put off,
- shelve,
- shilly-shally,
- shirk,
- skip,
- slack,
- spin out,
- stall,
- stall for time,
- stall off,
- stay,
- stooge around,
- stretch out,
- suspend,
- table,
- talk against time,
- tarry,
- temporize,
- tergiversate,
- trifle,
- vacillate,
- waver