footdragger
One who stalls
A footdragger is someone who delays or proceeds reluctantly, slowing progress through passive resistance or lack of enthusiasm.
The term implies deliberate sluggishness rather than inability: The committee was full of footdraggers who opposed any real reform.
Related to the verb phrase drag one's feet.
Enforced waiting period
- postponementDelaying to later
- deferralAct of delaying action
- stallingIntentional delay tactics
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
dilly-dallying · shilly-shallying · temporizing · laggard · slacker · time-waster · malingerer · shirker
Deliberately refusing to respond
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- impedingBlocking forward motion
- obstructingBlocking forward movement
- hinderingCreating obstacles to progress
resisting · uncooperative · recalcitrant · intransigent · defiant · contrary · noncompliant · obstructionist
Delay from uncertainty
- reluctanceDisinclination to act
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
stonewalling · stalling · delaying · holdout · holdback · dawdling · tarrying · lingering
delay
Enforced waiting period
- postponementDelaying to later
- deferralAct of delaying action
- stallingIntentional delay tactics
dawdling · dilly-dallying · shilly-shallying · temporizing · laggard · slacker · time-waster · malingerer · shirker · goldbrick
stonewalling
Deliberately refusing to respond
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- impedingBlocking forward motion
- obstructingBlocking forward movement
hindering · resisting · uncooperative · recalcitrant · intransigent · defiant · contrary · noncompliant · obstructionist · saboteur
hesitation
Delay from uncertainty
- reluctanceDisinclination to act
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
obstruction · stonewalling · stalling · delaying · holdout · holdback · dawdling · tarrying · lingering · dithering
footdraggergo-getter
Ambitious, driven person
eager beaver · self-starter · dynamo · mover and shaker · doer
footdraggerfast mover
One who acts quickly
man of action · expediter · first responder · quick-draw · initiator
footdraggereager beaver
Overly enthusiastic person
enthusiast · zealot · champion · advocate · booster