dawdler
One who lingers
A dawdler is someone who moves slowly or wastes time when they should be getting on with things.
The word carries mild disapproval—dawdlers hold up the group, miss deadlines, or turn a quick errand into an all-day affair: Stop being such a dawdler and get your shoes on.
One who delays tasks
- time-wasterUnproductive activity or person
- foot-draggerOne who deliberately delays
- postponerOne who delays action
- delayerOne who postpones action
putterer · laggard · slacker · idler · loafer · indolent · tarrier · lingerer
procrastinator
One who delays tasks
- time-wasterUnproductive activity or person
- foot-draggerOne who deliberately delays
- postponerOne who delays action
delayer · putterer · laggard · slacker · idler · loafer · indolent · tarrier · lingerer · hesitater
saunterer
One who walks unhurriedly
rambler · flaneur · wanderer · loiterer · lounger · lollygagger · lingerer · shuffler · lagger
slowpoke
Unhurried, frustratingly so
crawler · sluggard · laggard · straggler · tortoise · slowcoach · trailer · lagger · slug · creeper
- layaboutsslacker, slackers, deadbeat, deadbeats, loafer
- delayersprocrastinator, staller, postponer, foot-dragger, time-waster
- hesitant typeshesitator, waverer, ditherer, fence-sitter, second guesser
- lingering personlingerer, loiterer, straggler, overstayer, stayer
- pace typessprinter, marathoner, speedster, slowpoke, rusher
- slow moverssnail, tortoise, slug, slowpoke, laggard
dawdlergo-getter
Ambitious, driven person
hustler · dynamo · self-starter · eager beaver · live wire