Synonyms for lag
noun
slack, retardation, slowness, belatedness, tardiness, falling behind, interval, pulling back, delay, slowdown, drag, sluggishness, backwardness.
Antonyms progress*, progression, advance.
verb
To move slowly
dawdle, linger, fall back, hold back, loiter, tarry, straggle, saunter, be retarded, inch along, inch, get behind, slacken, slow up, fall behind, lag behind, procrastinate, have lead in one's rear*, get no place fast*; see also delay 1.
Antonyms hasten, hurry*, keep pace with.
To move without spirit
plod, trudge, toddle, slouch, lounge, shuffle, falter, flag, stagger, hobble, limp, shamble.
Antonyms dance*, scamper, bound.
See lag in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered:
dally, dawdle, delay, dilly-dally, drag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry, trail. Idioms: drag one's feet (or heels), mark time, take one's time. See fastTo cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:
delay, detain, hang up, hold up, retard, set back, slow (down or up), stall2. See help, time
noun
The condition or fact of being made late or slow:
delay, detainment, holdup, retardation. See help, timeOne that lags:
dawdler, dilly-dallier, laggard, lagger, lingerer, loiterer, poke, procrastinator, straggler, tarrier. (Informal) slowpoke. See fast
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