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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 declining in strength
Verb
Present participle for to hamper, hinder or slow down the progress of
Taking it steady
Present participle for to diminish to nothing
Present participle for to cause to proceed or move at a slower pace
Present participle for to rest or engage in an enjoyable activity so as to become less tired or anxious
Present participle for to refuse to work as a protest
Present participle for to spend time in a relaxed, lazy manner
Present participle for to become calmer or quieter
Present participle for to move or pass at a slow speed, especially of time
… more ▼
▲
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
easing
mitigation
alleviation
relief
assuagement
diminishing
softening
lightening
relaxation
ebb
remission
palliation
tempering
dulling
allaying
soothing
mollification
attenuation
deadening
quelling
appeasement
modification
extenuation
subsiding
subsidence
easement
cushioning
dying down
easing off
qualification
dilution
thinning
rest
fading
comfort
ease
lowering
wane
amelioration
slowing
cutback
sinking
palliative
letup
slaking
cure
remedy
tailing off
dying away
dying out
decreasing
reducing
improvement
restriction
blunting
retardation
reprieve
lapse
interval
break
cessation
respite
pause
recess
lull
loosening
allayment
balm
offsetting
rarefication
fade
fall
diminishment
falloff
release
downtick
alleviating
drop
impoverishment
exhaustion
depletion
devitalization
weakness
enfeeblement
debilitation
receding
dropping away
dropping off
letting up
quenching
comforting
mitigating
relieving
assuaging
salving
cooling off
tapering off
deterioration
taking the edge off
watering down
recession
absorption
degeneration
decay
depreciation
flagging
soaking up
fading away
discounting
shrinking
downsizing
contracting
tightening
narrowing
shortening
cutting down
marking down
paring down
tapering
pacification
placation
modulation
calming
damping
stilling
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Becoming tired or declining in strength
flagging
declining
weakening
tiring
wearying
wilting
faltering
giving up
drooping
droopy
fatigued
languid
languishing
languorous
leaden
lethargic
limp
listless
sagging
spiritless
tired
weak
fading
slumping
failing
deteriorating
sinking
waning
ebbing
idling
enervated
sluggish
lackadaisical
inactive
slow
inert
lazy
weary
torpid
heavy
snoozy
lymphatic
apathetic
indifferent
impassive
supine
blah
uninterested
phlegmatic
unconcerned
energyless
dopey
comatose
infirm
wimpy
faint
moony
easy
blahs
pining
nebbish
unenthusiastic
unhurried
feeble
sleepyhead
leisurely
sickly
laid-back
sleepy
dull
exhausted
dilatory
slow-going
slumberous
unproductive
lacklustre
UK
debilitated
lackluster
US
without energy
lifeless
unenergetic
drowsy
slow-paced
slow-moving
sedentary
somnific
slothful
burned out
spent
passive
somnolent
still
dreamy
relaxed
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to hamper, hinder or slow down the progress of
delaying
hindering
holding back
holding up
impeding
retarding
setting back
slowing
slowing up
inhibiting
hampering
curbing
obstructing
restraining
checking
restricting
interfering with
blocking
handicapping
encumbering
stymieing
trammelling
trammeling
hamstringing
thwarting
cramping
constraining
fettering
shackling
frustrating
preventing
arresting
stopping
hobbling
stalling
limiting
barring
bridling
baulking
UK
interrupting
cumbering
balking
US
foiling
clogging
decelerating
handcuffing
hog-tying
tying up
hanging up
detaining
deterring
crippling
short-circuiting
curtailing
keeping back
suppressing
embarrassing
manacling
bogging down
throwing a spanner in the works
getting in the way of
forestalling
repressing
disrupting
halting
holding
borking
standing in the way of
putting a brake on
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
reining in
controlling
prohibiting
derailing
smothering
braking
withholding
baffling
stonewalling
crimping
choking
getting in the way
stifling
reducing
moderating
staying
postponing
regulating
slackening
counteracting
holding in
keeping in check
interfering
forbidding
muffling
stemming
containing
interdicting
retardating
weighing down
lessening
deferring
shelving
contravening
putting back
miring
bringing to screeching halt
keeping
putting the brakes on
closing off
shutting down
shutting off
stemming the flow of
holding down
subduing
keeping under control
cutting off
debarring
suspending
making late
putting off
inconveniencing
precluding
putting an end to
dissuading from
pausing
reining
neutralizing
US
diminishing
keeping waiting
stunting
averting
confining
bottlenecking
embogging
sandbagging
sabotaging
fighting back
staunching
crabbing
cutting back
scuppering
entangling
biting back
choking off
cramping one's style
opposing
binding
holding over
saddling with
taming
choking back
winding down
boxing in
tying
remitting
taking down
backing off
proroguing
keeping a lid on
decreasing
muzzling
governing
freezing
neutralising
UK
fazing
discontinuing
letting up
bogging
getting bogged down
sidetracking
obscuring
screening
monkeying with
throttling
debilitating
dragging your feet
leashing
complicating
tiing one's hands
outlawing
putting on brakes
keeping in
warding
enjoining
petering out
standing off
resisting
shutting out
burdening
lousing up
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
collecting
simmering down
cooling
composing
capturing
enmeshing
hemming in
tethering
straitening
snagging
catching
ensnaring
netting
damming
chaining
disconcerting
screwing up
rattling
discomfiting
giving a hard time
fouling up
sinking
cooling off
strangling
gagging
buttoning up
entrammelling
pegging
putting a limit on
keeping within bounds
disciplining
measuring
keeping tight rein on
ruling
entrammeling
keeping the lid on
keeping a tight rein on
keeping lid on
cooling down
tempering
cutting down
lagging
anchoring it
losing speed
hitting the brakes
loitering
abating
qualifying
letting down flaps
procrastinating
quieting
reefing
losing steam
weakening
protracting
causing to wait
causing to stay
holding off on
staving off
intermitting
prolonging
softening
deadening
mitigating
dampening
blunting
alleviating
dulling
slacking
getting slower
stepping down
reducing in speed
making slower
becoming slower
cushioning
putting in cold storage
putting over
rescheduling
standing over
putting off the evil day
tabling
putting off the evil hour
laying on the table
mothballing
adjourning
pigeonholing
putting on the back burner
continuing
taking a rain check on
carrying over
putting on ice
holding in abeyance
putting in abeyance
respiting
holding off
doing later
overcoming
swallowing
squelching
cutting short
terminating
bottling up
discouraging
pulling in
repulsing
checkmating
slackening pace
playing for time
bringing to a standstill
rebuffing
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
circumventing
nipping in the bud
quelling
making less active
deflating
squashing
buttressing
muting
soaking up
damping down
getting rid of
mellowing
putting a damper on
lightening
damping
toning down
easing
getting under control
lowering
absorbing
taking the edge off
quietening
quashing
harshing
depressing
holding in check
overloading
disadvantaging
incommoding
discommoding
oppressing
bothering
charging
making difficult
warding off
heading off
blockading
intercepting
barricading
closing
avoiding
defeating
obviating
spoiling
fending off
putting a stop to
defending against
putting the kibosh on
guarding
blocking off
stopping up
plugging
jamming
ruining
scotching
countering
nullifying
upsetting
evading
blocking up
impairing
occluding
dashing
breaking
banning
putting paid to
proscribing
deflecting
clogging up
walling off
doing for
bunging up
smashing
subverting
keeping at bay
turning aside
snookering
wrecking
diverting
ending
constricting
defending
undermining
finishing
stuffing
overturning
sealing
caulking
parrying
loading
forfending
stoppering
preempting
pre-empting
circumnavigating
crushing
disallowing
undoing
lading
closing up
skirting
sidestepping
anticipating
plugging up
putting the stopper on
picking off
filibustering
ruling out
breaking up
messing up
steering clear of
destroying
saddling
letting
circumscribing
fencing
walling
demolishing
shaking
devastating
helping
weighting
delimiting
marring
ceasing
estopping
quitting
shattering
eradicating
confounding
dropping
lumbering
nobbling
harming
stumping
repelling
closing out
overwhelming
overburdening
obliterating
freighting
annihilating
decimating
botching
straining
corking
packing
blocking out
turning off
outwitting
disappointing
bunging
denying access
choking up
filling
mucking up
tying down
hanging fire
breaking off
throwing cold water on
putting on hold
bringing to a close
shutting in
putting the mockers on
pouring cold water on
desisting from
leaving off
putting on back burner
heading off at pass
getting in before
cutting out
second-guessing
laying off
beating someone to the draw
getting ahead of
providing against
packing up
beating someone to the punch
knocking off
stealing a march on
packing in
bringing to an end
beating someone to it
giving over
refusing
excluding
straitjacketing
clotting
hanging on
resisting attack
holding the fort
finishing off
getting out of
suffocating
capping
escaping
bypassing
beating
worrying
putting straitjacket on
damaging
sidelining
throwing monkey wrench in
stultifying
making impossible
disturbing
affecting
making an end of
filling up
attacking
setting limits on
imposing limits on
influencing
tampering
tying someone's hands
preventing from making progress
confusing
boycotting
blacklisting
commandeering
dispatching
conflicting
troubling
puzzling
staving
crashing
unsettling
juking
taking wind out of
ditching
putting at a disadvantage
jamming up
stanching
keeping from happening
putting a crimp in
forefending
indisposing
placing at a disadvantage
incapacitating
ravaging
mystifying
putting the damper on
giving disadvantage
taking out
holding at bay
putting out of commission
eliminating
ostracizing
US
withdrawing
nonplussing
intervening
renouncing
keeping off
standing in the way
disabling
annulling
threatening
preparing for
disempowering
invalidating
scuttling
congesting
bottling
flummoxing
wasting time
abolishing
narrowing down
keeping within the limits of
extinguishing
bollixing
killing
cornering
dead-ending
bringing to end
bringing to a halt
holding the line
aborting
buying time
ostracising
UK
embargoing
making illegal
destabilizing
US
counterplotting
crossing
burying
blanking
breaking down
cutting in
taking away
intruding on
demoralizing
US
attenuating
forbidding to
employing delaying tactics
heaping
cramming
brimming
emasculating
sapping
beating down
taking wind out of sails
upsetting the applecart
getting the better of
putting end to
causing setback
giving the run around
destabilising
UK
challenging
demoralising
UK
jam-packing
topping
backfilling
ramming
throwing a monkey wrench into
dragging through the mud
damming up
topping off
ramming in
filling in
queering the pitch of
clipping one's wings
poking full of holes
fortifying
kicking the can down the road
bolting
securing
locking
fastening
protecting
strengthening
latching
saving
chillin
chilling
binding up
taping up
corking up
overtaxing
stressing
taxing
injuring
extending
lengthening
waiving
toppling
queering
blowing
overthrowing
setting aside
laying over
giving rain check
vitiating
razing
wracking
unbuilding
skinning
impoverishing
crazing
bringing to a stop
blowing the whistle on
putting a cork in
winding up
closing down
pulling the plug on
working against
making a mess of
putting at risk
bringing down
canceling out
bringing to naught
raining on someone's parade
rendering ineffective
ballsing up
cancelling out
playing havoc with
blowing a hole in
more ❯
“All the so-called triumphs of efficient production simply attempt to
slow down
the pace of the downward curve.”
Verb
▲
Taking it steady
going easy on
avoiding
stinting
taking it easy
taking it steady
tempering
Verb
▲
Present participle for to diminish to nothing
petering
checking
contracting
curbing
decaying
declining
degenerating
draining
drooping
dropping
easing
ebbing
fading
lowering
quieting
rebating
settling
shrinking
sinking
slashing
slumping
tapering
waning
wasting
abating
calming down
crumbling
curtailing
cutting down
depreciating
deteriorating
devaluating
dying down
diminishing
dropping off
drying up
dwindling
evaporating
falling off
lessening
letting up
lightening
losing edge
modifying
narrowing down
petering out
quelling
reducing
restraining
running low
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
slackening
slacking off
softening
subsiding
tailing away
tailing off
weakening
wearing away
wearing down
withering
relaxing
moderating
decreasing
tapering off
easing off
relenting
de-escalating
easing up
mitigating
receding
tempering
remitting
depressing
ratcheting down
slackening off
phasing down
falling
impairing
palling
winding down
draining away
dying away
falling away
growing less
dying out
limiting
depleting
cutting
alleviating
restricting
flagging
plummetting
plummeting
downscaling
attenuating
cutting back
deflating
quietening
diluting
decrementing
toning down
axing
rolling back
eroding
clipping
blurring
denting
minifying
getting less
becoming calm
becoming peaceful
becoming smaller
taking the edge off
growing smaller
settling down
stopping
downsizing
sagging
slaking
allaying
assuaging
releasing
going easy
taking it easy
dulling
slacking
deadening
inhibiting
disengaging
becoming weaker
coming to an end
knocking down
blunting
mollifying
devaluing
palliating
becoming less intense
plunging
dampening
nosediving
bridling
closing
thinning
desisting
taming
devitalizing
sapping
wasting away
going down
taking the bite out
slacking up
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
taking the sting out
dropping away
coming down
dying off
decimating
becoming less
making less active
taking five
slowing up
cooling
steadying
minimizing
US
stabilizing
US
mellowing
stabilising
UK
calming
scaling down
dialing down
paring
couching
bringing down
casting down
whittling
tightening
amortising
UK
degrading
trimming
making less
stepping down
running down
amortizing
US
making cutbacks in
trimming down
extenuating
qualifying
trimming back
marking down
downgrading
whittling down
making smaller
taking down
minimising
UK
soothing
relieving
subduing
stifling
cushioning
suppressing
damping
stilling
lulling
disappearing
muffling
fading away
smothering
melting away
dipping
muting
appeasing
vanishing
helping
crashing
descending
going downhill
tranquilizing
US
diving
tumbling
slowing
undermining
tranquillising
UK
damping down
lenifying
placating
failing
pacifying
numbing
trailing off
controlling
composing
dissipating
cooling off
benumbing
dissolving
dying
trailing
repressing
taking a nosedive
modulating
quenching
dimming
fizzling out
wearing off
languishing
dispelling
ceasing
buffering
extinguishing
containing
running out
squelching
regressing
quashing
cratering
destroying
putting a damper on
skidding
sweetening
gentling
wilting
falling steeply
sating
loosening
falling sharply
growing faint
cutting off
giving out
going away
cauterizing
US
ameliorating
fading out
constricting
hitting the floor
overcoming
cauterising
UK
dropping rapidly
debilitating
going into a tailspin
retarding
absorbing
smoothing
hushing
banishing
bating
turning down
sliding
dispersing
going
putting damper on
growing dim
putting the lid on
disintegrating
coming to nothing
trailing away
going through the floor
getting lower
enervating
narrowing
coming to a halt
taking a dive
letting up on
enfeebling
salving
blocking
disabling
vitiating
watering down
crippling
lapsing
disempowering
hindering
adjusting
halting
satisfying
dulcifying
melting
terminating
collapsing
subjugating
decelerating
silencing
downturning
healing
damming
stemming
sloping
retrenching
making less intense
subverting
chilling out
obtunding
rising above
finishing
balming
commuting
piping down
staying
choking off
atrophying
comforting
loosing
getting rid of
paring down
making weaker
defusing
ruining
dumping
putting an end to
putting out a fire
pouring oil on
throwing cold water on
anesthetizing
US
ending
staunching
curing
clearing
stanching
wrecking
succoring
US
preventing
rotting
lagging
doing damage control
retrograding
becoming weak
emaciating
taking a header
pouring cold water on
dampening down
putting a lid on
succouring
UK
quietening down
caving in
holding back
becoming lower
breaking down
breaking up
coming to a stop
levelling off
getting smaller
taking the heat off
pruning
shortening
regulating
abasing
satiating
revising
chillin
chilling
discounting
blanketing
growing weaker
faltering
diffusing
reining
losing strength
losing intensity
untightening
addressing
improving
gratifying
guttering
keeping in check
minimalizing
taking the bite out of
taking the sting out of
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
minishing
fainting
making reasonable
abbreviating
falling through
masking
losing ground
slipping
excusing
fixing
muzzling
playing down
dropping down
anaesthetizing
UK
running dry
temperating
muddying up
retiring
resolving
desensitizing
US
fizzling
etiolating
falling short
unlaxing
refreshing
reducing the force of
going downwards
passing
killing
closing out
decreasing the volume
keeping it down
dying away or out
dying away or down
straitening
reducing the effect of
offsetting
gruntling
fixing up
losing its effect
losing its effectiveness
freshening
allying
frosting
freezing
infrigidating
worsening
blowing over
withdrawing
clearing up
ebbing away
smoothing down
anaesthetising
UK
scaling back
tiring
taking sting out
patching things up
reducing punishment
devolving
relapsing
disimproving
growing weak
withering away
losing
tottering
prostrating
thinning out
spoiling
hebetating
liberalising
UK
liberalizing
US
dragging
backsliding
buckling
cheapening
desensitising
UK
phasing out
cooling it
dismissing
thinning down
making narrower
protecting against
becoming moribund
having one foot in the grave
eliminating
sinking into oblivion
disappearing slowly
passing away
treating
wizening
flopping
taking pressure off
neutralizing
US
bowing out
breaking
defending against
shielding against
neutralising
UK
feeling weak
losing energy
feeling faint
becoming listless
making less strict
nursing
making less formal
easing up on
putting to rest
chasing away
driving off
driving away
becoming narrower
getting narrower
laying off
cooling out
losing value
safeguarding against
decreasing in value
declining in price
folding up
reducing the impact of
softening the impact of
lessening the impact of
smoothing out
clearing the air
attending
eating away
hitting the dirt
tipping over
brightening
doctoring
remedying
nourishing
weathering
counteracting
scattering
punctuating
varying
consoling
solacing
fretting
nibbling
paling
arresting
lissing
interrupting
making better
rehabilitating
assisting
aiding
biting
paling into insignificance
decreasing in importance
losing significance
bringing respite to
bringing an end to
bringing aid to
bringing aid
taking a load off
taking load off
making something bearable
threatening
damaging
losing lustre
growing dull
chipping away at
gnawing away at
taking its toll
doing a number on
biting at
eating away at
destabilizing
US
disrupting
sabotaging
undoing
clearing out
becoming less in number
becoming less dense
becoming less numerous
resisting
opposing
withstanding
demolishing
bringing to a standstill
destabilising
UK
thwarting
undercutting
chipping away
detracting from
foiling
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to proceed or move at a slower pace
slacking up
decelerating
slowing
dropping speed
reducing speed
putting the brakes on
retarding
slackening
losing speed
slowing up
easing up
braking
hitting the brakes
slamming on the anchors
letting up
putting on the brakes
slamming on the brakes
slackening off
losing pace
going slower
slacking off
Verb
▲
Present participle for to rest or engage in an enjoyable activity so as to become less tired or anxious
slacking off
relaxing
doing less
easing off
easing up
letting up
loosening up
chilling out
staying loose
taking things easy
resting
winding down
unwinding
mellowing out
kicking back
taking it easy
reposing
lazing
lounging
chillin
chilling
lolling
taking a break
sitting back
de-stressing
idling
unbending
luxuriating
loafing
slumping
flopping
vegging out
doing nothing
cooling off
taking time off
taking a breather
enjoying oneself
slackening
basking
entertaining oneself
settling back
taking time out
getting comfortable
making yourself at home
decompressing
putting your feet up
letting it all hang out
taking ten
playing
amusing oneself
taking your ease
collecting oneself
switching off
outspanning
unbuttoning
composing oneself
catching one's breath
dropping the ball
relaxing your efforts
letting yourself go
sitting down
having a break
stopping work
feeling at home
lightening up
standing down
sitting around
reclining
breathing easy
lying down
calming down
lying back
taking a load off
chillaxing
stoning
mellowing
daydreaming
stopping worrying
hanging out
taking a chill pill
recuperating
breathing
stopping for a breath
dozing
sleeping
napping
snoozing
drowsing
pausing
slumbering
having a nap
stretching out
zizzing
taking a nap
refreshing oneself
lying by
slacking
having a siesta
lying still
having a snooze
catnapping
taking a siesta
taking life easy
kipping
having forty winks
having a spell
letting down
nodding off
taking five
getting some shut-eye
having a rest
snatching forty winks
catching some Zs
taking a rest
going to bed
getting some kip
having a kip
knocking off
simmering down
getting comfy
turning off
snuggling down
unlaxing
taking one's time
making less tense
lolloping
letting your hair down
grooving
cooling it
lounging around
lazing around
settling in
cooling down
becoming informal
becoming less formal
lying about
slowing
taking some time off
droning
bumming
kicking around
hacking around
hanging about
lazying
goofing off
dallying
hanging around
dillydallying
footling
dawdling
destressing
settling down
putting your head down
stopping
catching forty winks
catching a few 'z' s
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
▲
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
whiling away the time
taking things easy
letting down
languishing
stagnating
whiling
slouching
frittering
pottering
slummocking
mouldering
UK
degenerating
bludging
lollygagging
puddling
moldering
US
lazing around
lazing about
slouching around
slouching about
sitting back
whiling away
puddling around
resting on your oars
fannying about
batting around
sitting back and do nothing
going to seed
batting about
kicking your heels
bobbing off
lingering
batting
tarrying
moping
mooning
creeping
sprawling
waiting
idling away time
filling in time
passing the time
shilly-shallying
sitting on one's hands
idling away the hours
consuming time
amusing oneself
chilling out
messing around
dilly-dallying
whiling away time
delaying
fiddling
wandering
lagging
meandering
diddling
resting
poking
dragging
ambling
reclining
crawling
drooping
stooging
lallygagging
staying
doing nothing in particular
frittering time away
putting off
vacillating
deteriorating
existing
hibernating
decaying
weakening
hanging
reposing
skulking
futzing
remaining
hovering
frequenting
haunting
chillaxing
stooging around
going to pot
burning daylight
lying dormant
fiddling around
messing about
lying down on job
puttering
stretching out
procrastinating
taking a break
taking a breather
putting your feet up
dogging it
taking five
boondoggling
spreading out
pottering about
shlepping along
pottering around
taking your time
pottering round
getting no place fast
sitting on one's butt
diddle-daddling
scrounging around
dragging your feet
hanging fire
warming a chair
flopping about
flopping around
fooling with
trifling with
playing games
fooling about
horsing around
roaming
rambling
roving
traipsing
ranging
gallivanting
cruising
galavanting
floating
straying
straggling
deviating
maundering
gadding about
knocking about
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to become calmer or quieter
settling
relaxing
chilling
chillin
calming down
quietening down
quieting down
settling down
composing oneself
controlling oneself
getting hold of oneself
regaining one's composure
simmering down
chilling out
becoming calm
becoming peaceful
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
dithering
idling
faltering
staggering
sauntering
staying
tailing
trudging
dropping
dilly-dallying
falling behind
dragging your feet
putting off
dropping behind
falling back
dragging behind
bringing up the rear
getting no place fast
slowing up
inching along
falling off
procrastinating
hesitating
stalling
pausing
taking your time
taking one's time
hanging fire
vacillating
hanging around
marking time
holding back
temporizing
US
waiting
wasting time
temporising
UK
hanging about
dragging your heels
playing for time
drifting
mooching
loafing
drooping
moseying
lolling
trifling
straying
filibustering
wavering
killing time
staying put
losing ground
warming a chair
pottering about
pottering around
pottering round
sitting around
fooling around
using delaying tactics
humming and hawing
putting off doing something
goofing off
holding off
playing a waiting game
strolling
toddling
puttering
losing
slacking
fiddling
batting
mooning
languishing
stooging
shirking
whiling away time
stonewalling
schlepping along
biding
tottering
slow-walking
waiting around
buying time
hanging on
horsing around
poking along
hanging round
losing time
goofing around
wabbling
teetering
demurring
halting
wobbling
scrupling
retarding
havering
postponing
deferring
protracting
prolonging
adjourning
cooling
swithering
goldbricking
hovering
wandering
taking a raincheck
suspending action
postponing action
deferring action
letting something slide
kicking the can down the road
staying in the background
staying back
shrinking back
shying away
pottering
roaming
ambling
meandering
ranging
dangling
roving
sagging
rambling
straddling
spreading
walking slowly
hanging down
erring
scrambling
maundering
poking around
diddle-daddling
frittering time away
sitting on one's butt
frittering away
scrounging around
shlepping along
bumming around
hanging out
strining out
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