procrastinate
UK/pɹəʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt//pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/
procrastinate verb: to delay taking action; to wait until later.
Verb
procrastinate (third-person singular simple present procrastinates, present participle procrastinating, simple past and past participle procrastinated)
- To delay taking action; to wait until later.
- He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.
- To put off; to delay (something).
- Hence It became manifest to the publishers of Webster, that some device must be resorted to, to induce apathy in the publick mind, and thereby procrastinate the inevitable crisis which they foresaw was approaching, the expulsion of his elementary works from our primary schools.1816, John Pickering, A vocabulary; or, Collection of words and phrases, page 4
procrastinate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
procrastinate in Hindi
- to procrastinate
- टालमटोल करना ṭālamṭol karnā
procrastinate in Tamil
- ஒத்திப்போடு, காலந்தாழ்த்து, தள்ளிவை
procrastinate in Urdu
- آج کل کرنا
procrastinate in Malayalam
- മാറ്റിവയ്ക്കുക, നീട്ടിവയ്ക്കുക, താമസിപ്പിക്കുക, വിളംബിപ്പിക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- procrastinate in Kannada
- ಮುಂದೂಡು, ತಡಮಾಡು, ತಡವಿಡು, ತಡಹಿಡು
- procrastinate in Arabic
- سَوَّفَ sawwafa
- procrastinate in Malay
- melambat-lambatkan, melewat-lewatkan, menangguh-nangguhkan, bertangguh-tangguh
- procrastinate in Indonesian
- menunda, berlengah-lengah, menangguh-nangguhkan
- procrastinate in Thai
- ผัดวันประกันพรุ่ง pàt-wan-bprà-gan-prûng, ผัด pàt, ผัดผ่อน pàt-pɔ̀n
Synonyms of procrastinate
18 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
- precrastinate
- advance
- antedate
- bring forward
- expedite
- hasten
- jump on
- prepone
- rush
- shoot first and ask questions later
2 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Forms of procrastinate
| third-person singular present | procrastinates |
|---|---|
| present participle | procrastinating |
| past participle | procrastinated |
| past | procrastinated |
Origin of procrastinate
First attested in 1548; from Latin prōcrastinātus, perfect passive participle of prōcrastinō (“defer, put off till tomorrow”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from prō- (“in favor of”) + crāstinus (“of or belonging to tomorrow”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from crās (“tomorrow”).
Words formed from procrastinate
Questions about procrastinate
- What does procrastinate mean?
- Procrastinate means to delay taking action; to wait until later.
- What is procrastinate in Hindi?
- Procrastinate in Hindi is टालमटोल करना (ṭālamṭol karnā). See Procrastinate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is procrastinate?
- Procrastinate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce procrastinate?
- Procrastinate is pronounced /pɹəʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of procrastinate?
- The past tense of procrastinate is procrastinated.
Words near procrastinate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: procrastinate (page history and authors); टालमटोल करना (Hindi) (page history and authors); procrastinate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); procrastinate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); procrastinate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); procrastinate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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