procrastinate

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: pro=cras=ti=nate

CIDE DICTIONARY

procrastinate, v. t. [L. procrastinatus, p. p. of procrastinare to procrastinate; pro forward + crastinus of to-morrow, fr. cras to-morrow.].

 To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.  Dr. H. More.  [1913 Webster]
"Hopeless and helpless Ægeon wend,
But to procrastinate his lifeless end."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong.

procrastinate, v. i. 

 To delay; to be dilatory.  [1913 Webster]
"I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

procrastinate, v.intr. defer action; be dilatory.

Usage

Often confused with prevaricate.

Derivative

procrastination n. procrastinative adj. procrastinator n. procrastinatory adj.

Etymology

L procrastinare procrastinat- (as PRO-(1), crastinus of tomorrow f. cras tomorrow)

THESAURUS

procrastinate

abandon, be dilatory, continue, cut, dally, dawdle, defer, delay, drag, drag out, draw out, dwell on, equivocate, extend, filibuster, gain time, goldbrick, goof off, hang, hang back, hang fire, hesitate, hold off, jump, lag, leave, leave loose ends, leave undone, lengthen, lengthen out, let alone, let be, let dangle, let go, let pass, let ride, let slide, let slip, linger, linger on, loiter, make time, malinger, miss, omit, pass over, pass up, pause, play for time, poke, postpone, pretermit, prolong, protract, put aside, put off, shelve, shilly-shally, shirk, skip, slack, spin out, stall, stall for time, stall off, stay, stooge around, stretch out, suspend, table, talk against time, tarry, temporize, tergiversate, trifle, vacillate, waver

ROGET THESAURUS

procrastinate

Lateness

VB be late, tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time, dawdle, linger, loiter, bide one's time, take one's time, gain time, hang fire, stand over, lie over, put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend, table, shift off, stave off, waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn, procrastinate, dally, prolong, protract, spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out, prorogue, keep back, tide over, push to the last, drive to the last, let the matter stand over, reserve, temporize, consult one's pillow, sleep on it, lose an opportunity, be kept waiting, dance attendance, kick one's heels, cool one's heels, faire antichambre, wait impatiently, await, sit up, sit up at night.