postponers
Those who defer
Postponers are people who delay or put off action.
The word usually appears in discussions of procrastination or behavioral types: Postponers wait until the last minute, then scramble to meet deadlines.
A postponer might delay decisions, tasks, or commitments, often habitually rather than strategically.
Habitual task avoidance
- procrastinatorsThose who habitually delay
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- deferralAct of delaying action
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
reluctance · evasion · shirking · delaying · stalling · foot-dragging · avoidance · dilly-dallying
Setting a different time
- adjournmentTemporary suspension of proceedings
- defermentAuthorized delay of obligation
- tablingDeferring formal discussion
- extensionAdded part or duration
delay · holdover · continuance · moratorium · suspension · shelving · backburnering · pushback
Ranking by importance
- sequencingDetermining element order
- timingArt of choosing moments
- phasingImplementing by stages
- queuingStanding in ordered sequence
triaging · batching · backlogging · pacing · staging · scheduling · delegation · roadmapping
procrastination
Habitual task avoidance
- procrastinatorsThose who habitually delay
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- deferralAct of delaying action
hesitation · reluctance · evasion · shirking · delaying · stalling · foot-dragging · avoidance · dilly-dallying · temporizing
rescheduling
Setting a different time
- adjournmentTemporary suspension of proceedings
- defermentAuthorized delay of obligation
- tablingDeferring formal discussion
extension · delay · holdover · continuance · moratorium · suspension · shelving · backburnering · pushback · rebooking
prioritization
Ranking by importance
- sequencingDetermining element order
- timingArt of choosing moments
- phasingImplementing by stages
queuing · triaging · batching · backlogging · pacing · staging · scheduling · delegation · roadmapping
postponersearly birds
Those who rise promptly
go-getters · doers · self-starters · anticipators · preppers
postponersinitiators
Those who launch actions
movers and shakers · go-getters · self-starters · drivers · doers
- indefinite postponementDelay lacking set endpoint
postpone, postponed, postponement, postpones, postponer, postponements