dawdler

Other forms: dawdlers

Definitions of dawdler
  1. noun
    someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
    synonyms: drone, laggard, lagger, poke, trailer
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    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
    type of:
    bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer
    person who does no work
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