dawdlers
Those who linger
Dawdlers are people who move slowly or waste time, lagging behind when others expect progress.
The word carries mild disapproval—dawdlers hold up the group, miss deadlines, or take forever at simple tasks: The dawdlers at the back of the tour group kept everyone waiting.
Those who trail behind
- stragglersThose who fall behind
- loiterersThose who linger aimlessly
- lollygaggersThose who waste time
- foot-draggersThose who delay intentionally
slowpokes · plodders · amblers · saunterers · strollers · meanderers · shufflers · lingerers
Walking at ease
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- amblingWalking without urgency
- saunteringWalking in unhurried manner
- loiteringPurposeless public lingering
lingering · moseying · pottering · dallying · lollygagging · dilly-dallying · foot-dragging · procrastinating
Intolerance of delay
- exasperationIntense weary annoyance
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
- annoyanceState of being bothered
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
restlessness · waiting · delays · bottleneck · hindrance · obstruction · holding up · slowing down
State of slow movement
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- torporInactive, sluggish state
- languidnessSluggish weariness of spirit
- unhurriednessCalm, measured tempo
leisureliness · pokiness · snail's pace · crawling · inertia · listlessness · languor · slothfulness
laggards
Those who trail behind
- stragglersThose who fall behind
- loiterersThose who linger aimlessly
- lollygaggersThose who waste time
foot-draggers · slowpokes · plodders · amblers · saunterers · strollers · meanderers · shufflers · lingerers · time-wasters
strolling
Walking at ease
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- amblingWalking without urgency
- saunteringWalking in unhurried manner
loitering · lingering · moseying · pottering · dallying · lollygagging · dilly-dallying · foot-dragging · procrastinating · delaying
impatience
Intolerance of delay
- exasperationIntense weary annoyance
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
- annoyanceState of being bothered
agitation · restlessness · waiting · delays · bottleneck · hindrance · obstruction · holding up · slowing down · falling behind
sluggishness
State of slow movement
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- torporInactive, sluggish state
- languidnessSluggish weariness of spirit
unhurriedness · leisureliness · pokiness · snail's pace · crawling · inertia · listlessness · languor · slothfulness · dilatoriness
- layaboutsslacker, slackers, deadbeat, deadbeats, loafer
- Leisurely Walkersstrollers, slow walkers
- Indecisive peoplewaverers, wafflers, ditherers, hesitators, fence sitters
- slackersslackers, loafers, idlers, layabouts, do-nothings
- woolgatherersdaydreamers, dreamers, fantasizers, muser
dawdlersrushers
Those who advance quickly
speedsters · sprinters · hustlers · speeders · go-getters
dawdlersearly birds
Those who rise promptly
leaders · front-runners · pacesetters · trailblazers · forerunners