stallers
Those who delay
Stallers are people who delay or buy time, whether intentionally or through indecision.
The word applies to someone avoiding commitment The stallers on the committee kept postponing the vote or to anyone who slows progress: We can't afford stallers when the deadline is tomorrow.
Obstruction halting movement
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
gridlock · logjam · congestion · chokepoint · deadlock · impasse · holdup · snag
Habitual task avoidance
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
- foot-draggingDeliberate slowness or resistance
dithering · temporizing · time-wasting · postponement · deferral · tarrying · loitering · lollygagging
blockage
Obstruction halting movement
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- roadblockObstruction across a road
barrier · gridlock · logjam · congestion · chokepoint · deadlock · impasse · holdup · snag · backup
procrastination
Habitual task avoidance
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
foot-dragging · dithering · temporizing · time-wasting · postponement · deferral · tarrying · loitering · lollygagging · shilly-shallying
stallersgo-getters
Ambitiously proactive people
doers · initiators · self-starters · dynamos · hustlers
stallersaccelerators
Things that speed up
advancers · facilitators · expediters · enablers · pushers
- stalled outCeased functioning unexpectedly
- stalled carVehicle that stopped working
- stalled for timePostponed action intentionally
- stalled vehicleTransportation that stopped working
staller, stalled, installer, installers, installed, reinstalled, forestalled