laggard
One who trails
A laggard is someone or something that falls behind, failing to keep pace with others.
The word carries mild disapproval—laggards hold back progress or miss opportunities: The company was a laggard in adopting new technology.
As an adjective, laggard describes slow or sluggish movement: laggard economic growth.
Person who delays unnecessarily
- slowpokeUnhurried, frustratingly so
- stragglerOne who lags behind
- plodderSlow, persistent worker
- snailShelled, slow-moving mollusk
crawler · tortoise · foot-dragger · tail-ender · dragger · lingerer · loiterer · poke
Idle responsibility evader
- loaferLaceless slip-on shoe
- idlerHabitually unproductive person
- layaboutHabitually idle person
- shirkerOne who avoids duty
do-nothing · lazybones · deadbeat · goldbrick · bum · slugabed · dosser · malingerer
One who lags behind
- trailerPromotional film excerpt
- underperformerOne missing their targets
- also-ranUnsuccessful competitor
- underachieverOne performing below capacity
bottom-dweller · tailender · backmarker · runt · latecomer · follower · rear-guard · caboose
dawdler
Person who delays unnecessarily
snail · crawler · tortoise · foot-dragger · tail-ender · dragger · lingerer · loiterer · poke · lumberer
slacker
Idle responsibility evader
shirker · do-nothing · lazybones · deadbeat · goldbrick · bum · slugabed · dosser · malingerer · slouch
straggler
One who lags behind
- trailerPromotional film excerpt
- underperformerOne missing their targets
- also-ranUnsuccessful competitor
underachiever · bottom-dweller · tailender · backmarker · runt · latecomer · follower · rear-guard · caboose · trailing
sluggish
Slow and inactive
languid · drowsy · enervated · somnolent · weary · fatigued · apathetic · phlegmatic · slothful · indolent
- rankingsrankings, first, college rankings, second, third
- layaboutsslacker, slackers, deadbeat, deadbeats, loafer
- tech usersearly adopter, innovator, tech enthusiast, gadget lover, power user
- Trend Termsfads, crazes, trendsetter, influencer, fad
- slow moverssnail, tortoise, slug, dawdler, slowpoke
- slowpokesslowpoke, slowcoach, dawdler, straggler, snail
laggardfrontrunner
Leading candidate or competitor
leader · pacesetter · front-runner · pace-setter · trailblazer
laggardgo-getter
Ambitious, driven person
dynamo · overachiever · achiever · eager beaver · prompt