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What is another word for
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▲
Noun
The fact or act of decelerating or being retarded
Reduction or decrease
Adjective
Becoming tired or less dynamic
Verb
Present participle for to prevent from progress
Present participle for completely disrupt
Present participle for relax after a period of work or tension
Present participle for to diminish to nothing
Present participle for to refuse to work as a protest
Taking it steady
Present participle for make a moving vehicle slow down or stop by using a brake
Present participle for struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water
Present participle for to pause or relax one's efforts
Present participle for to move backward or to back away
Present participle for to spend time in a relaxed, lazy manner
Present participle for to move or pass at a slow speed, especially of time
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▲
Noun
▲
The fact or act of decelerating or being retarded
slowdown
slowing
deceleration
retardation
checking
braking
slowing up
downshift
letup
losing speed
slow-up
delay
freeze
stoppage
go-slow
wait
hindrance
impediment
setback
obstruction
holdup
stall
hangup
detainment
detention
lag
suspension
retardment
jam
check
interval
filibuster
surcease
bind
problem
obstacle
stop
prorogation
logjam
holding
stay
downtime
showstopper
impedance
cunctation
demurral
moratorium
discontinuation
loitering
postponement
procrastination
lingering
reprieve
adjournment
dawdling
remission
tarrying
tie-up
hold-up
holding pattern
cooling-off period
putting off
“An accident during rush hour would result in a noticeable
slowing down
of traffic.”
Noun
▲
Reduction or decrease
lessening
decline
decrease
reduction
contraction
diminution
dwindling
ebbing
erosion
shrinkage
waning
weakening
let-up
moderation
slackening
abatement
curtailment
de-escalation
minimization
deduction
detraction
discount
petering out
subtraction
taking away
drop
fall
ebb
easing
diminishment
loss
depletion
decrement
falloff
drop-off
alleviation
dent
mitigation
lowering
slump
cut
downturn
attenuation
step down
depression
assuagement
descent
relief
cutback
remission
palliation
diminishing
relaxation
lightening
falling off
softening
depreciation
nosedive
deterioration
wane
plunge
dive
allaying
soothing
dulling
mollification
slip
downswing
degeneration
slide
decay
extenuation
collapse
lapse
dip
downgrade
quelling
dying down
deadening
appeasement
tumble
subsidence
fading
degradation
tempering
degeneracy
letup
decadence
downfall
respite
lull
devolution
devaluation
downtick
pause
recession
retrenchment
cessation
cushioning
modification
break
downtrend
declination
impoverishment
declining
worsening
easing off
plummet
retrogression
easement
regression
crash
dilution
declension
pacification
rest
exhaustion
dropping off
sag
placation
down
recess
interval
slowing
enfeeblement
debilitation
downslide
fall-off
calming
amelioration
ease
subsiding
blunting
tailing off
release
constriction
comfort
cure
sinking
quenching
sapping
suspension
withering
slaking
palliative
qualification
interruption
relieving
failing
improvement
dying away
failure
shrinking
breakdown
dying out
debasement
remedy
vitiation
letting up
abasement
spoiling
slowdown
adulteration
ruin
rotting
declivity
spill
stagnation
nose dive
diminuendo
modulation
damping
stilling
thinning
offsetting
rarefication
loosening
reprieve
receding
devitalization
weakness
curtailing
allayment
balm
limiting
restriction
curbing
limitation
watering down
taking the edge off
precipitation
salving
flagging
alleviating
vindication
justification
landslide
disappearance
undermining
cutting back
compression
striction
decrescence
condensation
aggravation
fading away
comforting
mitigating
assuaging
eclipse
fade
sweep
withdrawal
refluence
reflux
backflow
retroflux
downhill trend
expenditure
consumption
dégringolade
desisting
relenting
dropping away
standstill
absorption
expending
deficiency
using up
use
dilapidation
disintegration
decaying
cooling off
saving
disrepair
corrosion
perversion
dislocation
degringolade
inactivity
drain
milking
emptying
draining
slant
belly flop
incline
slope
skid
pratfall
downward slope
header
tapering off
allowance
low water
low tide
outward flow
paralysis
bottom out
trough
bottom-out
shakeout
ruining
destroying
harm
spoliation
rot
bleeding
soaking up
conciliation
abeyance
corruption
running down
concession
propitiation
accommodation
acceding
delay
retardation
reconciliation
satisfaction
quieting
peace-mongering
peacemaking
acquiescence
solace
dovishness
lulling
compromise
halt
peace offering
sweetening
tranquillization
stop
disruption
stoppage
discontinuity
hiatus
amends
adjustment
grant
restoration
settlement
reparation
accession
tranquilization
discontinuation
gap
discontinuance
surcease
caesura
lapse of time
breathing space
cut-off
cutoff
layoff
lacuna
blow
stumble
comedown
atrophy
flop
backsliding
relapse
falling-off
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Becoming tired or less dynamic
flagging
declining
failing
waning
weakening
fading
tiring
decreasing
deteriorating
ebbing
sinking
wearying
wilting
faltering
giving up
abating
diminishing
drooping
droopy
dwindling
fatigued
languid
languishing
languorous
leaden
lethargic
limp
listless
palling
sagging
slacking
slumping
spiritless
tired
weak
idling
dying
vanishing
disappearing
hazy
paling
evanescent
on the decline
growing dimmer
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent from progress
delaying
hindering
holding back
holding up
impeding
retarding
setting back
slowing
slowing up
inhibiting
hampering
obstructing
curbing
checking
restraining
restricting
interfering with
stopping
handicapping
blocking
encumbering
trammelling
trammeling
arresting
hamstringing
thwarting
cramping
fettering
stymieing
shackling
frustrating
constraining
stalling
preventing
baulking
UK
halting
balking
US
clogging
limiting
hobbling
interrupting
decelerating
handcuffing
cumbering
bridling
detaining
foiling
barring
hog-tying
tying up
putting a brake on
hanging up
staying
manacling
short-circuiting
keeping back
throwing a spanner in the works of
embarrassing
crippling
deterring
curtailing
bogging down
getting in the way of
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
braking
suppressing
forestalling
borking
holding
standing in the way of
postponing
deferring
derailing
catching
repressing
baffling
disrupting
withholding
choking
shutting down
getting in the way
controlling
stonewalling
slackening
reducing
stilling
prohibiting
suspending
crimping
pausing
smothering
regulating
drawing up
pulling up
fetching up
freezing
reining in
holding in
interfering
putting back
retardating
stifling
miring
shelving
closing off
shutting off
bringing up
weighing down
proroguing
moderating
bringing to screeching halt
counteracting
keeping
putting the brakes on
stemming the flow of
keeping in check
holding down
holding over
keeping under control
nipping in the bud
remitting
making late
putting off
inconveniencing
hesitating
discouraging
sabotaging
forbidding
tying
lessening
loitering
decreasing
confining
interdicting
stemming
entangling
binding
containing
choking off
taking down
backing off
debarring
putting an end to
reining
neutralizing
US
sandbagging
averting
fazing
keeping waiting
stunting
muffling
cramping one's style
dragging one's feet
contravening
bottlenecking
embogging
intermitting
fighting back
crabbing
cutting back
scuppering
discontinuing
biting back
opposing
bringing to a standstill
saddling with
taming
choking back
winding down
boxing in
cutting off
keeping a lid on
holding off
muzzling
governing
neutralising
UK
ruining
ending
precluding
protracting
getting bogged down
overloading
holding off on
staving off
prolonging
sinking
obscuring
screening
monkeying with
throttling
complicating
dissuading from
disadvantaging
incommoding
throwing a spanner in the works
resisting
shutting out
burdening
lousing up
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
discommoding
oppressing
bothering
charging
waiving
damming
chaining
disconcerting
screwing up
rattling
discomfiting
giving a hard time
fouling up
capturing
enmeshing
ensnaring
netting
straitening
snagging
causing to wait
causing to stay
entrapping
making difficult
bracing
knocking off
scrubbing
dropping
bringing to an end
sidetracking
fixing
hemming in
tethering
adjourning
tempering
diminishing
cutting down
lagging
anchoring it
losing speed
hitting the brakes
abating
qualifying
letting down flaps
procrastinating
quieting
reefing
losing steam
rescheduling
tabling
mothballing
pigeonholing
cooling off
strangling
gagging
buttoning up
entrammelling
pegging
putting a limit on
keeping within bounds
subduing
disciplining
measuring
keeping tight rein on
ruling
entrammeling
keeping the lid on
keeping a tight rein on
keeping lid on
cooling down
swallowing
squelching
cutting short
terminating
putting in cold storage
putting over
warding off
standing over
putting off the evil day
putting off the evil hour
laying on the table
putting on the back burner
continuing
taking a rain check on
carrying over
putting on ice
holding in abeyance
putting in abeyance
respiting
doing later
bottling up
pulling in
repulsing
staunching
checkmating
slackening pace
playing for time
rebuffing
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
circumventing
dissuading
quashing
outlawing
bitting
warding
tabooing
enjoining
dithering
quibbling
standing
prevaricating
fencing
equivocating
tarrying
collecting
simmering down
cooling
composing
putting on brakes
keeping in
putting an stop to
not moving
coming to a standstill
petering out
standing off
avoiding the issue
beating around the bush
taking one's time
buying time
debilitating
leashing
slacking
getting slower
stepping down
reducing in speed
making slower
becoming slower
tiing one's hands
downing
faltering
dawdling
poking
bogging
flagging
loafing
letting up
defeating
putting a stop to
fastening
saddling
tying down
loading
lumbering
lading
scotching
circumscribing
constricting
delimiting
obviating
heading off
weighting
freighting
snookering
dashing
spoiling
countering
ruling out
intercepting
fending off
locking up
corking
putting the kibosh on
nullifying
bounding
demarcating
stumping
crushing
troubling
taxing
landing
disappointing
defining
demarking
shutting in
forfending
overwhelming
damping
straining
overburdening
securing
cuffing
confounding
holding captive
cooping up
crossing
capping
beating
imprisoning
setting limits on
imposing limits on
overturning
upsetting
dampening
negating
imposing
boxing up
putting at a disadvantage
gaoling
UK
jailing
US
cutting down on
dead-ending
tying someone's hands
avoiding
annulling
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
turning aside
clipping someone's wings
enclosing
surrounding
inflicting
outwitting
putting paid to
specifying
placing at a disadvantage
encircling
holding in check
chillin
chilling
doing for
delimitating
prelimiting
defending against
marking off
putting away
pinning down
giving the run around
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
keeping within limits
throwing cold water on
girdling
lashing
joining
trussing
lacing
fixing together
straitjacketing
stultifying
impairing
withstanding
acting against
sidelining
gimping
dragging feet
offsetting
bucking
bilking
preventing from making progress
putting straitjacket on
giving disadvantage
taking out
thrusting
throwing monkey wrench in
gripping
clamping
clasping
objecting
corking up
putting the damper on
putting a straitjacket on
setting
prescribing
putting out of commission
deflecting
forefending
picking off
standing in the way
placing a limit on
drawing the line on
anticipating
keeping off
staving
keeping at bay
puzzling
putting a crimp in
making impossible
bringing an end to
invalidating
scuttling
piling
putting a lead on
hitching up
putting a leash on
mystifying
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
squashing
repelling
nonplussing
yoking
nobbling
undoing
parrying
flummoxing
wronging
counterplotting
burying
blanking
snowing
delineating
harnessing
confronting
cornering
tasking
pinioning
gyving
enfettering
enchaining
making heavy
dumping on
bearing down on
snowing under
upsetting one's apple cart
beating down
taking wind out of sails
putting the stopper on
messing up
getting the better of
putting end to
putting the mockers on
causing setback
encompassing
environing
helping
pre-empting
saving
letting
banjaxing
treating harshly
impounding
directing
reining back
killing
guiding
hogtying
hogtieing
meddling
intruding
hanging fire
worrying
overcoming
licking
conquering
telling against
treating unfavourably
inflicting a handicap on
doing a disservice to
putting in an unfavourable position
treating unfairly
giving a disadvantage to
chaining up
clapping
scaring
diverting
disadvising
prying
weighing
imposing on
marking out
nailing down
outlining
putting on hold
cracking down
keeping down
sitting on
pulling back
putting the lid on
disturbing
intervening
affecting
intermeddling
having on a tight leash
bringing under control
keeping in line
incarcerating
interning
upsetting the applecart
rendering null and void
dashing one's hope
putting on back burner
turning off
thrusting something on
fobbing something off on to
imposing something on
inflicting something on
unloading something on
throwing a monkey wrench into
interloping
influencing
interceding
obtruding
encroaching
snooping
nosing
messing
tampering
putting in irons
clapping in irons
imposing upon
acting like a wet blanket
talking out of
butting in
confusing
putting in chains
necessitating
concussing
fencing in
disallowing
closing in
depriving
locking in
banning
denying
shotgunning
immuring
rationing
intermediating
jamming
making
interposing
conflicting
ceasing
narrowing
contracting
inclosing
shortening
modifying
shrinking
finishing
breaking off
fooling with
mucking around
stepping in
mixing in
mucking about
horning in
barging in
getting involved
putting a ceiling on
coming down on
sending up
quitting
putting half nelson on
poking your nose in
poking nose in
going
concluding
winding up
breaking
elapsing
dying
expiring
passing
closing
lapsing
determining
sticking your oar in
putting your two cents in
sticking your nose in
leaving off
breaking up
waiting
belaying
resting
laying off
calling it a day
bringing to a close
dropping anchor
bringing to a stop
blowing the whistle on
putting a cork in
bringing to standstill
packing up
punctuating
cutting out
ceasing fire
coming to a close
immobilizing
US
closing down
cooling it
desisting
desisting from
packing in
pulling the plug on
immobilising
UK
giving over
holding at bay
winking out
stemming the flow
more ❯
“Mr William tried to
slow down
by pumping his brakes but the vehicle jackknifed in the road while trying to avoid Mr Utting.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for completely disrupt
playing havoc with
disarranging
disordering
disorganizing
disrupting
disturbing
interfering with
convulsing
delaying
hampering
holding up
impeding
obstructing
retarding
slowing
unsettling
upsetting
deranging
ruining
turning upside-down
blighting
causing confusion in
causing turmoil in
crushing
dashing
frustrating
marring
quashing
quelling
spoiling
throwing into confusion
throwing into disarray
throwing into disorder
undoing
wrecking
demolishing
devastating
fouling up
lousing up
making a mess of
messing up
sabotaging
scotching
screwing up
shattering
banjaxing
doing in
nixing
queering
scuppering
stymieing
cruelling
dishing
euchring
making a hash of
putting paid to
blowing a hole in
putting the kibosh on
putting the lid on
throwing a spanner in the works of
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
Verb
▲
Present participle for relax after a period of work or tension
unwinding
relaxing
de-stressing
loosening up
resting
easing off
idling
lazing
loafing
reposing
unbending
winding down
easing up
flopping
letting up
lolling
lounging
luxuriating
sitting back
slumping
chilling
chillin
chilling out
decompressing
doing nothing
playing
standing down
unbuttoning
outspanning
slacking off
taking it easy
amusing oneself
enjoying oneself
entertaining oneself
quietening
quietening down
reclining
taking time off
kicking back
mellowing out
staying loose
vegging out
calming down
letting yourself go
quieting down
letting it all hang out
making yourself at home
taking a break
settling down
taking time out
taking five
basking
becoming calm
settling
lying down
cooling off
taking a breather
settling back
simmering down
composing oneself
taking your ease
putting one's feet up
taking ten
sitting down
putting your feet up
becoming peaceful
slackening off
doing less
getting hold of oneself
controlling oneself
regaining one's composure
unlaxing
taking things easy
snuggling down
stabilizing
US
becoming less restless
knocking off
collecting oneself
taking one's time
having a break
stopping work
making less tense
lightening up
sitting around
letting your hair down
breathing easy
making oneself at home
letting oneself go
dozing
sleeping
napping
feeling at home
snoozing
drowsing
pausing
slumbering
recuperating
breathing
catnapping
zizzing
slacking
kipping
slackening
catching one's breath
stopping for a breath
lying by
taking a rest
stretching out
refreshing oneself
putting feet up
refreshing yourself
having a rest
taking a nap
taking life easy
letting down
nodding off
having a nap
having a siesta
lying still
having a snooze
taking a siesta
having forty winks
having a spell
getting some shut-eye
snatching forty winks
catching some Zs
going to bed
getting some kip
having a kip
stabilising
UK
cooling it
mellowing
cooling down
stopping worrying
controlling yourself
getting a grip on yourself
getting a hold of yourself
getting your act together
chillaxing
lying back
calming yourself
soothing
composing yourself
pacifying
pulling oneself together
getting a grip
calming
going easy
keeping cool
taking a chill pill
steadying oneself
becoming quieter
becoming calmer
behaving
destressing
stopping paying attention
lying
hosing down
pulling in one's horns
restraining oneself
daydreaming
hanging out
sprawling
stoning
becoming informal
becoming less formal
turning off
slouching
leaning back
stretching oneself
lounging around
lazing around
letting one's hair down
taking a load off
switching off
recessing
draping oneself
refreshing
breaking
stopping briefly
suspending proceedings
keeping one's shirt on
coming back down to earth
regaining one's self-control
recovering one's composure
playing it cool
laying back
keeping one's head
recovering one's self-control
composing
tranquilizing
US
having a breather
having time out
loosening
becoming relaxed
making less uptight
becoming less rigid
getting control of oneself
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to diminish to nothing
easing off
abating
dying down
easing
easing up
lessening
letting up
relaxing
relenting
slackening
stopping
tailing off
diminishing
dwindling
decreasing
waning
declining
lowering
ebbing
tapering off
reducing
weakening
subsiding
tapering
moderating
dropping off
petering out
dropping
lightening
sinking
shrinking
de-escalating
fading
curbing
receding
remitting
depressing
slacking off
falling off
contracting
ratcheting down
phasing down
checking
slumping
drooping
falling
decaying
degenerating
draining
flagging
depreciating
deteriorating
quelling
shrivelling
UK
withering
shriveling
US
impairing
growing less
restraining
mitigating
drying up
softening
devaluating
crumbling
tempering
palling
draining away
falling away
winding down
dying away
slackening off
dying out
slashing
curtailing
quieting
limiting
wasting
settling
cutting
minimizing
US
depleting
cutting down
running low
evaporating
wearing down
narrowing down
wearing away
calming down
losing edge
eroding
plummetting
plummeting
attenuating
getting less
growing smaller
downscaling
quietening
sagging
cutting back
wasting away
clipping
minifying
blurring
closing
deflating
rolling back
decrementing
axing
becoming smaller
denting
coming to an end
minimising
UK
plunging
downsizing
becoming less
slaking
releasing
slacking
becoming less intense
disengaging
becoming weaker
knocking down
going easy
taking it easy
devaluing
inhibiting
drawing to a close
bridling
restricting
making less active
devitalizing
sapping
failing
wilting
desisting
dropping away
dying off
languishing
going down
nosediving
coming down
thinning
cropping
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
abridging
amputating
going
lagging
emaciating
tiring
slowing up
slacking up
taking the bite out
taking the sting out
faltering
trailing off
melting away
losing
growing faint
giving way
growing dim
relapsing
fainting
breaking up
limping
wearing off
vitiating
debasing
impoverishing
trembling
thinning out
crippling
tottering
halting
fizzling out
losing spirit
growing weaker
scaling down
dialing down
alleviating
toning down
paring
couching
bringing down
casting down
tightening
amortising
UK
degrading
trimming
making less
stepping down
amortizing
US
making cutbacks in
trimming down
extenuating
taking the edge off
qualifying
trimming back
marking down
downgrading
making smaller
taking down
diluting
rebating
modifying
tailing away
petering
ceasing
terminating
cooling off
subduing
slowing
fading away
settling down
finishing
disappearing
vanishing
calming
ending
allaying
stilling
blowing over
assuaging
dissolving
dulling
passing
quietening down
soothing
dampening
lulling
deadening
decelerating
cooling
mollifying
palliating
chilling out
melting
evanescing
going downhill
coming to a stop
stifling
relieving
slipping
descending
levelling off
falling down
shaving
damping down
rounding down
narrowing
paring down
whittling down
rationing
trailing
withdrawing
retiring
flowing away
blunting
coasting
unlaxing
dimming
cooling it
trailing away
folding
flatlining
flopping
falling through
withering away
muting
damping
cushioning
muffling
atrophying
disintegrating
giving in
getting smaller
collapsing
falling short
becoming weak
lapsing
coming to nothing
coming to grief
leaving off
running out
retrograding
elapsing
dying
concluding
packing in
expiring
discontinuing
quitting
moldering
US
mouldering
UK
bating
dilapidating
fading out
winding up
breaking off
dead-ending
winking out
determining
going dead
loosening
pacifying
hushing
untightening
grinding to a halt
composing
loosing
placating
lullabying
comforting
balming
repressing
putting a lid on
taking the edge
rocking to sleep
laying back
silencing
reassuring
becalming
quashing
salving
quieting down
appeasing
stroking
tranquilizing
US
making looser
passing away
dissipating
sinking into oblivion
disappearing slowly
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refuse to work as a protest
going slow
taking industrial action
working to rule
mutinying
revolting
walking
boycotting
rebelling
quitting
picketing
resisting
stopping work
sticking out
downing tools
holding out
going on strike
sitting in
hitting the bricks
refusing to work
striking
sitting down
going on a go-slow
walking out
coming out
Verb
▲
Taking it steady
going easy on
avoiding
stinting
taking it easy
taking it steady
tempering
Verb
▲
Present participle for make a moving vehicle slow down or stop by using a brake
slacking up
decelerating
slowing
dropping speed
reducing speed
putting the brakes on
braking
hitting the brakes
slamming on the anchors
slackening off
losing speed
retarding
slowing up
losing pace
easing up
slackening
going slower
putting on the brakes
slacking off
Verb
▲
Present participle for struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water
floundering
struggling
blundering
stumbling
thrashing
faltering
flailing
fumbling
groping
lurching
splashing
threshing
bumbling
dithering
flogging
limping
lumbering
pitching
plodding
plunging
staggering
stalling
tossing
trudging
tumbling
muddling
squirming
wallowing
writhing
bobbling
flapping
flopping
flummoxing
labouring
UK
laboring
US
pratfalling
snafuing
striving
toiling
travailing
coming unstuck
tossing and turning
twisting and turning
casting about
falling down
fouling up
running into trouble
screwing up
slipping up
tripping up
working at
dropping the ball
going at backwards
going to pieces
hitting a bad patch
missing one's cue
stubbing one's toe
making a mess of
coming apart at the seams
Verb
▲
Present participle for to pause or relax one's efforts
letting up
adjourning
breaking
breaking off
desisting
doing less
resting
abating
ceasing
holding back
pausing
relaxing
releasing
relenting
slackening
stopping
taking a break
taking a breath
easing off
easing up
taking a breather
Verb
▲
Present participle for to move backward or to back away
dropping behind
straggling
falling back
falling behind
lagging behind
withdrawing
pulling out
retreating
retiring
backing away
receding
losing ground
giving way
giving ground
lagging
trailing
dawdling
trailing behind
bringing up the rear
hanging back
losing
dallying
wandering
drifting
loitering
tailing
walking slowly
scrambling
straying
erring
poking around
drooping
meandering
straddling
rambling
roaming
spreading
dangling
maundering
strining out
ranging
roving
ambling
sagging
hanging down
poking
Verb
▲
Present participle for to spend time in a relaxed, lazy manner
lazing
idling
loafing
lounging
lolling
relaxing
bumming
lazying
lying
unwinding
slacking
vegetating
chilling
chillin
dallying
dawdling
daydreaming
dillydallying
footling
skiving
vegging
droning
basking
dossing
goldbricking
loitering
malingering
stalling
trifling
lounging around
taking it easy
hanging about
killing time
lying about
lying around
loafing about
loafing around
lolling about
lolling around
lounging about
bumming around
kicking around
kicking back
vegging out
wasting time
doing nothing
frittering away time
goofing off
hanging around
hanging round
twiddling thumbs
fooling around
hacking around
marking time
passing time
piddling about
piddling around
whiling away hours
whiling away the hours
fooling away
hanging out
knocking around
not lifting a finger
sitting around
standing around
frittering away
mooching around
mooching about
drifting
mooching
sauntering
strolling
shirking
dreaming
piddling
evading
languishing
whiling away the time
taking things easy
letting down
stagnating
whiling
slouching
frittering
pottering
slummocking
mouldering
UK
degenerating
bludging
lollygagging
moldering
US
lazing around
lazing about
slouching around
slouching about
sitting back
whiling away
batting around
sitting back and do nothing
going to seed
batting about
kicking your heels
kicking one's heels
bobbing off
sprawling
reclining
resting
reposing
twiddling your thumbs
outspanning
wandering
leaning back
lying back
slumping
lingering
flopping
waiting
luxuriating
stretching oneself
draping oneself
chilling out
idling away time
filling in time
passing the time
stretching out
spreading out
idling away the hours
sitting on one's hands
consuming time
amusing oneself
messing around
flopping about
flopping around
floating
skulking
vacillating
tarrying
drooping
ambling
mooning
stooging
deteriorating
existing
batting
meandering
hanging
sitting
futzing
chillaxing
weakening
hibernating
decaying
leaning
swanning
cadgin
scrounging
sponging
cadging
freeloading
frittering time away
staying
remaining
hovering
frequenting
haunting
doing nothing in particular
making yourself at home
slackening
whiling away time
twiddling one's thumbs
going to pot
lying dormant
fiddling around
sunbathing
messing about
putting your feet up
taking a break
taking a breather
taking five
sunning
warming oneself
sunning oneself
warming yourself
toasting yourself
swimming in
toasting oneself
retiring
couching
stretching oneself out
turning in
sleeping
napping
going to bed
siestaing
lying down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to move or pass at a slow speed, especially of time
dragging
crawling
dawdling
dallying
creeping
lingering
loitering
delaying
lagging
tarrying
poking
dillydallying
plodding
diddling
moping
limping
inching
lollygagging
lallygagging
nosing
snailing
trailing
straggling
oozing
slouching
shuffling
draggling
shilly-shallying
lagging behind
hanging back
moving slowly
creaking along
going slowly
trailing behind
limping along
creeping along
advancing slowly
hanging heavy
wearing on
appearing to pass slowly
going on and on
going on too long
becoming tedious
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