Procrastination

//pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "procrastination" (111 found)

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Related words (55)

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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capable of

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is a

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Translations

90 translations across 51 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • uitstel noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Arabic

2 entries
  • تَأْجِيل noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • تَسْوِيف noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Armenian

1 entries
  • պրոկրաստինացիա noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Asturian

1 entries
  • procrastinación noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • ertələmə noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • yubatma noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Basque

1 entries
  • prokrastinazio noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • отла́гане noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • отсро́чване noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • прокрастинация noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Catalan

1 entries
  • procrastinació noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 拖延 noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • 耽擱 /耽搁 noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Czech

2 entries
  • odkládání noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • prokrastinace noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Danish

3 entries
  • overspringshandling noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • prokrastinering noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • udsættelse noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Dutch

3 entries
  • procrastinatie noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • uitstel noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • uitstelgedrag noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • prokrasto noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Estonian

1 entries
  • prokrastinatsioon noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aikaansaamattomuus noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • aikailu noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • jahkailu noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • kuhnailu noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

French

1 entries
  • procrastination noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Galician

4 entries
  • doca noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • larcha noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • nugalla noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • procrastinación noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

German

2 entries
  • Aufschub noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • Prokrastination noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Greek

1 entries
  • αναβλητικότητα noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • דחיינות noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Hindi

1 entries
  • दीर्घसूत्रता noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • halogatás noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • késlekedés noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • penundaan noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • prokrastinasi noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Italian

1 entries
  • procrastinazione noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 先延ばし noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • 遅滞 noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ವಿಳಂಬನ noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Korean

1 entries
  • 지연행동 noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Latin

2 entries
  • morōsitās noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • prōcrāstinātiō noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • atidėliojimas noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • vilkinimas noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • വൈകിക്കുക noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Māori

1 entries
  • tonanawetanga noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • prokrastinering noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Polish

2 entries
  • prokrastynacja noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • zwłoka noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • procrastinação noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਪ੍ਰੋਕ੍ਰਾਸਟ੍ਰੀਨੇਸ਼ਨ noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Romanian

2 entries
  • amânare noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • procrastinare noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Russian

4 entries
  • откла́дывание noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • отсро́чка noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • проволо́чка noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • прокрастина́ция noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • màirnealachd noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • කල් දැමීම noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Slovak

1 entries
  • prokrastinácia noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Slovene

1 entries
  • prokrastinacija noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Spanish

3 entries
  • dejar algo para más tarde, para mañana... noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • desidia noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • procrastinación noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Swedish

3 entries
  • förhalande noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • förhalning noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • prokrastinering noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • pagpapabukas-bukas noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • pagpapaliban noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தள்ளிப்போடுதல் noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Thai

2 entries
  • การผัด noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • การผัดวันประกันพรุ่ง noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ertelemecilik noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • відкладання на потім noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • зволіка́ння noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
  • прокрастина́ція noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • prokrastinatsiya noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • trì hoãn noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אָפּלייגעכץ noun (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)

Sample sentences

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Procrastination is the thief of time.

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Procrastination is like masturbation, it's fun until you realize you're just fucking yourself.

Source: tatoeba (592350)

My problem is called "procrastination".

Source: tatoeba (1016273)

Procrastination: It's serious business.

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