procrastination

Meaning

The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.

Synonyms

delay

postponement

dilatoriness

cunctation

adjournment

deferment

carelessness

putting off

red tape

habit of dawdling

shillyshally

negligence

sluggishness

prorogation

protraction

reprieve

respite

retardation

runaround

slowness

stay

tardiness

temporize

waste of time

tradiness

abeyance

delay⫷mn⫸

adjourn

arrears

defer

deferral

deferring

delaying

extension

hesitancy

indolence

lingering

moratorium

overdue

Translations

procrastination

Aufschub

procrastinação

dilación

procrastinación

temporisation

uitstel

procrastinazione

Verzug

neiging tot uitstellen

retard

procrastinatie

Prokrastination

Verspätung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle French procrastination, from Latin prōcrāstinātiō, from prōcrāstinō (“procrastinate”), from prō + crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”).