Dictionary

procrastinate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/ (US)
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• /pɹəˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/ (US)
• /pɹəʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• prō-krăs'tə-nāt' (US)
• (US) audio
• /pɹəˈkɹæs.tɪ.næɪt/ (Australia)

Etymology

First attested in 1548; from Latin prōcrastinātus, perfect passive participle of prōcrastinō (“defer, put off till tomorrow”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from prō- (“in favor of”) + crāstinus (“of or belonging to tomorrow”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from crās (“tomorrow”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To delay taking action; to wait until later.
   • He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.
2. (transitive) To put off; to delay (something).
   • Hence It became manifest to the publishers of Webster, that some device must be resorted to, to induce apathy in the publick mind, and thereby procrastinate the inevitable crisis which they foresaw was approaching, the expulsion of his elementary works from our primary schools. 1816, John Pickering, A vocabulary; or, Collection of words and phrases, page 4:

Forms

Antonyms

expedite · rush · antedate · speed up · hasten · take action · bring forward · jump on · prepone · shoot first and ask questions later · precrastinate · advance

Deriveds

procrasturbate · cryocrastinate · procrastination · procrastibaking · unprocrastinating · procrastinatingly · procrastinative · procrastinatory · nonprocrastinating · procrastinator · unprocrastinated

Hypernyms

loiter · waste time

Hyponyms

perendinate · wait · stall · penelopize · hinder · procrasturbate

Relateds

procrastination is the thief of time · perendinate · deferment · tomorrow never comes

Synonyms

stall · draw out · prorogue · delay · put on ice · protract · forestay · dilly-dally · tarry · put off · adjourn · retard · prolong · extend · delay · roll back · defer · kick into the long grass · forestall · prorogate · stall · postpone · procrastinate · avert · stay · procrastine · forslow · penelopize · suspend · kick the can down the road · put on hold

Translations (110)

nl uitstellen (put off; to delay taking action) · es dejar para después (put off; delay something) · fi aikailla (put off; to delay taking action) · ar سَوَّفَ (put off; to delay taking action) · ota صالمق (put off; delay something) · cmn 拖延 (put off; to delay taking action) · tr gecikme (put off; to delay taking action) · ru откла́дывать (put off; to delay taking action) · sh odlagati (put off; delay something) · ro amâna (put off; to delay taking action) · sv prokrastinera (put off; to delay taking action) · it procrastinare (put off; to delay taking action) · id berlengah-lengah (put off; to delay taking action) · it rimandare (put off; delay something) · de prokrastinieren (put off; to delay taking action) · es procrastinar (put off; delay something) · tr geciktirmek (put off; delay something) · el καθυστερώ (put off; delay something) · cs odkládat (put off; to delay taking action) · mk одложува (put off; to delay taking action) · mi tonanawe (put off; to delay taking action) · hu késlekedik (put off; to delay taking action) · el καθυστερώ (put off; to delay taking action) · es procrastinar (put off; to delay taking action) · th ผัดวันประกันพรุ่ง (put off; to delay taking action) · fi vitkutella (put off; to delay taking action) · cmn 拖延 (put off; delay something) · el χρονοτριβώ (put off; to delay taking action) · ms memperlambat (put off; delay something) · it dilazionare (put off; delay something) · gl procrastinar (put off; to delay taking action) · id berlengah-lengah (put off; delay something) · it differire (put off; delay something) · da forsinke (put off; delay something) · la procrastino (put off; to delay taking action) · bg бавя се (put off; to delay taking action) · nl voor zich uitschuiven (put off; to delay taking action) · ms melewat-lewatkan (put off; to delay taking action) · it ritardare (put off; delay something) · it posticipare (put off; delay something) · sv förhala (put off; to delay taking action) · cmn 耽擱 /耽搁 (put off; delay something) · th ผัด (put off; to delay taking action) · ro procrastina (put off; to delay taking action) · sv skjuta upp (put off; delay something) · ja 先延ばしにする (put off; to delay taking action) · fi myöhästyttää (put off; delay something) · nl soggen (put off; delay something) · mi whakatonanawe (put off; delay something) · ru ме́длить (put off; to delay taking action) · th ผัดผ่อน (put off; to delay taking action) · yi אָפּלייגן (put off; to delay taking action) · bg мая се (put off; to delay taking action) · id menangguh-nangguhkan (put off; delay something) · da udskyde (put off; delay something) · mi whakaroaroa (put off; delay something) · da forhale (put off; delay something) · sv förhala (put off; delay something) · pt procrastinar (put off; to delay taking action) · no utsette (put off; delay something) · de aufschieben (put off; to delay taking action) · el αναβάλλω (put off; delay something) · it temporeggiare (put off; delay something) · ms menunda-nunda (put off; to delay taking action) · de vertagen (put off; to delay taking action) · ro tărăgăna (put off; to delay taking action) · az ertələmək (put off; delay something) · cmn 耽擱 /耽搁 (put off; to delay taking action) · hu halogat (put off; delay something) · pt procrastinar (put off; delay something) · fi viivyttää (put off; delay something) · fi kuhnailla (put off; to delay taking action) · fi jahkailla (put off; to delay taking action) · fi viivästyttää (put off; delay something) · ko 미루다 (put off; to delay taking action) · id menangguh-nangguhkan (put off; to delay taking action) · fi vitkastella (put off; to delay taking action) · id menunda (put off; to delay taking action) · es hacer desidia (put off; to delay taking action) · fr procrastiner (put off; to delay taking action) · nl uitstellen (put off; delay something) · fi lykätä (put off; delay something) · ru тяну́ть (put off; to delay taking action) · de prokrastinieren (put off; delay something) · da udsætte (put off; delay something) · es hacer desidia (put off; delay something) · fi myöhäistää (put off; delay something) · de verzögern (put off; to delay taking action) · sh odugovlačiti (put off; to delay taking action) · mk одолговлекува (put off; delay something) · id menunda (put off; delay something) · fi viivästää (put off; delay something) · fi viivytellä (put off; to delay taking action) · nl soggen (put off; to delay taking action) · ms melambat-lambatkan (put off; to delay taking action) · hu húz-halaszt (put off; delay something) · no somle (put off; to delay taking action) · gl enredar (put off; to delay taking action) · ms menangguh-nangguhkan (put off; to delay taking action) · az ertələmək (put off; to delay taking action) · hu húzza az időt (put off; to delay taking action) · hu elhúz (put off; delay something) · ca procrastinar (put off; delay something) · ru откла́дывать (put off; delay something) · ca procrastinar (put off; to delay taking action) · ms menangguhkan (put off; delay something) · ms bertangguh-tangguh (put off; to delay taking action) · de verschleppen (put off; delay something) · bg отлагам (put off; delay something) · hu elodáz (put off; delay something)