foot-dragger
One who stalls
A foot-dragger is someone who delays or resists progress, acting slowly when action is expected.
The term implies deliberate reluctance rather than inability: The committee was full of foot-draggers who stalled every reform.
Related to the verb phrase drag one's feet.
Person who delays unnecessarily
- laggardOne falling behind
- stragglerOne who lags behind
- lingererOne who remains overlong
- loitererOne who lingers aimlessly
time-waster · slowpoke · slacker · idler · goldbrick · snail · plodder · lagger
One causing delays
- stonewallerOne who refuses response
- blockerSomething that obstructs
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
delayer · resistor · naysayer · obstructor · holdout · roadblock · bottleneck · saboteur
dawdler
Person who delays unnecessarily
loiterer · time-waster · slowpoke · slacker · idler · goldbrick · snail · plodder · lagger · malingerer
staller
One causing delays
- stonewallerOne who refuses response
- blockerSomething that obstructs
- hindranceBarrier to progress
impediment · delayer · resistor · naysayer · obstructor · holdout · roadblock · bottleneck · saboteur · dissenter
resister
One who opposes
balker · waverer · fence-sitter · doubter · skeptic · vacillator · ditherer · waffler · hedger · equivocator
foot-draggergo-getter
Ambitious, driven person
eager beaver · self-starter · dynamo · overachiever · hustler
foot-draggerspeed demon
Recklessly swift driver
whirlwind · quick study · expediter · first mover · sprinter
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