procrastinate

procrastinate is a 13-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

13 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.
2. intransitive verb. To delay; to be dilatory.
3. verb. postpone doing what one should be doing

   "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"

   Synonyms: dillydally, shillyshally, stall

4. verb. postpone or delay needlessly

   "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"

Synonyms

dillydally, shillyshally, stall

Common word forms

procrastinated, procrastinates, procrastinating

Words from these letters

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