Thesaurus / dillydally
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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WORDS RELATED TO DILLYDALLY
- alternate
- balance
- balk
- be irresolute
- be reluctant
- be unwilling
- blow hot and cold
- dally
- debate
- defer
- delay
- demur
- dillydally
- dither
- doubt
- equivocate
- falter
- flounder
- fluctuate
- fumble
- hang
- hang back
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hold back
- hold off
- hover
- linger
- oscillate
- pause
- ponder
- pull back
- pussyfoot
- scruple
- seesaw
- shift
- shrink
- shy away
- sit on fence
- stammer
- stop
- straddle
- stumble
- stutter
- swerve
- tergiversate
- think about
- think twice
- vacillate
- waffle
- waver
- weigh
- alternated
- balanced
- balked
- blew hot and cold
- dallied
- debated
- deferred
- delayed
- demurred
- dillydallied
- dithered
- doubted
- equivocated
- faltered
- floundered
- fluctuated
- fumbled
- hedged
- held back
- held off
- hem and haw
- hovered
- hung
- hung back
- lingered
- oscillated
- paused
- pondered
- pulled back
- pussyfooted
- sat on fence
- scrupled
- seesawed
- shied away
- shifted
- shrank
- stammered
- stopped
- straddled
- stumbled
- stuttered
- swerved
- tergiversated
- thought about
- thought twice
- vacillated
- waffled
- was irresolute
- was reluctant
- was unwilling
- wavered
- weighed
- be behind
- dally
- dawdle
- decrease
- dillydally
- diminish
- drag
- drag one's feet
- ebb
- fail
- fall off
- falter
- flag
- get no place fast
- hang back
- hobble
- idle
- inch
- inch along
- jelly
- limp
- linger
- loiter
- lose strength
- lounge
- plod
- poke
- procrastinate
- put off
- retard
- saunter
- shuffle
- slacken
- slouch
- slow
- slow up
- stagger
- stay
- straggle
- tail
- tarry
- tool
- trail
- trudge
- wane
- dallied
- dawdled
- decreased
- dillydallied
- diminished
- dragged
- dragged one's feet
- ebbed
- failed
- faltered
- fell off
- flagged
- got no place fast
- hobbled
- hung back
- idled
- inch along
- inched
- jellied
- limped
- lingered
- loitered
- lost strength
- lounged
- plodded
- poked
- procrastinated
- put off
- retarded
- sauntered
- shuffled
- slackened
- slouched
- slowed
- slowed up
- staggered
- stayed
- straggled
- tailed
- tarried
- tooled
- trailed
- trudged
- waned
- was behind
- be inactive
- be indolent
- be slothful
- be unoccupied
- bum
- bum around
- dally
- dillydally
- do nothing
- dream
- drift
- evade
- fool around
- fritter away
- goldbrick
- hang out
- kill time
- knock around
- let down
- lie
- loaf
- loiter
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around
- malinger
- not lift a finger
- pass time
- piddle
- relax
- saunter
- shirk
- sit around
- slack
- slow down
- stall
- stand around
- stroll
- take it easy
- trifle
- twiddle thumbs
- vegetate
- waste time
- while away hours
- be inactive
- be indolent
- be slothful
- be unoccupied
- bum
- bum around
- dally
- dillydally
- dream
- drift
- evade
- fool around
- fritter away
- goldbrick
- hang out
- kill time
- knock around
- let down
- lie
- loaf
- loiter
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around
- malinger
- not lift a finger
- pass time
- piddle
- relax
- saunter
- shirk
- sit around
- slack
- slow down
- stall
- stand around
- stroll
- take it easy
- trifle
- twiddle thumbs
- vegetate
- waste time
- while away hours
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.