DAWDLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dawdler mean? 

• DAWDLER (noun)
  The noun DAWDLER has 1 sense:

1. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

  Familiarity information: DAWDLER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAWDLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dawdler; drone; laggard; lagger; poke; trailer

Hypernyms ("dawdler" is a kind of...):

bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dawdler"):

lingerer; loiterer (someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place)

plodder; slowcoach; slowpoke; stick-in-the-mud (someone who moves slowly)

potterer; putterer (a person who putters about)

straggler; strayer (someone who strays or falls behind)

Derivation:

dawdle (hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.)

dawdle (waste time)

dawdle (take one's time; proceed slowly)