straggler
One falling behind
A straggler is someone who falls behind or arrives after the main group.
Soldiers who can't keep pace with their unit are stragglers.
The word applies to anyone lagging: A few stragglers wandered in after the meeting started.
It can also describe things that appear scattered or isolated: a straggler tomato still ripening in October.
Person who delays unnecessarily
- slowpokeUnhurried, frustratingly so
- lingererOne who remains overlong
- loitererOne who lingers aimlessly
- tail-enderFinal-place competitor
backmarker · latecomer · trailer · plodder · trudger · crawler · snail · tortoise
One still alive after
- remainderWhat's left over
- leftoverFood saved after meals
- tail-endClosing segment
- residueMatter left behind
leavings · dregs · rearguard · bringing up the rear · caboose · rear · aftermath
dawdler
Person who delays unnecessarily
- slowpokeUnhurried, frustratingly so
- lingererOne who remains overlong
- loitererOne who lingers aimlessly
tail-ender · backmarker · latecomer · trailer · plodder · trudger · crawler · snail · tortoise · foot-dragger
survivor
One still alive after
residue · leavings · dregs · rearguard · bringing up the rear · caboose · rear · aftermath
lag
Period of falling behind
dally · tarry · fall behind · drag behind · meander · amble · saunter · mosey · trudge · shuffle
drifter
Aimless, rootless traveler
wayfarer · nomad · tramp · vagabond · rover · itinerant · transient · hobo · lost soul
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- Race/Competition Termssprinter, marathoner, champion, winner, runner-up
- herd memberscow, cows, bull, bulls, calf
- lingering personlingerer, loiterer, dawdler, overstayer, stayer
- slow moverssnail, tortoise, slug, dawdler, slowpoke
- slowpokesslowpoke, slowcoach, dawdler, snail, tortoise
stragglerleader
One who guides others
pacesetter · trailblazer · vanguard · forerunner · frontrunner
stragglergo-getter
Ambitious, driven person
hustler · scrambler · eager beaver · dynamo · self-starter
straggle, straggly, stragglers, straggling, straggled, straggles