procrastination
UK/pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən//pɹoʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
procrastination noun: the act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.
Noun
procrastination (usually uncountable, plural procrastinations)
- The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.
- Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals until all are fled.1742, [Edward Young], “Night the First”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- deferral, prolongation
procrastination meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
procrastination in Hindi
- act of postponing, delaying or putting off
- दीर्घसूत्रता dīrghasūtratā
procrastination in Tamil
- act of postponing, delaying or putting off
- தள்ளிப்போடுதல் taḷḷippōṭutal
procrastination in Urdu
- آج کل
procrastination in Bengali
- procrastination
- গড়িমসি goṛimośi
More languagesFewer languages
- procrastination in Telugu
- జంపు jampu, విలంబము vilambamu
- procrastination in Malayalam
- വൈകിക്കുക vaikikkuka
- procrastination in Kannada
- ವಿಳಂಬನ viḷambana
- procrastination in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰੋਕ੍ਰਾਸਟ੍ਰੀਨੇਸ਼ਨ prokrāsṭrīneśan
- procrastination in Sinhala
- කල් දැමීම kal dæmīma
- procrastination in Tagalog
- pagpapaliban, pagpapabukas-bukas
- procrastination in Arabic
- تَسْوِيف taswīf, تَأْجِيل taʔjīl
- procrastination in Indonesian
- penundaan, prokrastinasi
- procrastination in Thai
- การผัดวันประกันพรุ่ง, การผัด
- procrastination in Vietnamese
- trì hoãn
Synonyms of procrastination
Antonyms
Forms of procrastination
| plural | procrastinations |
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Origin of procrastination
From Middle French procrastination, from Latin prōcrāstinātiō, from prōcrāstinō (“procrastinate”), from prō + crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”).
Words formed from procrastination
Words that rhyme with procrastination
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about procrastination
- What does procrastination mean?
- Procrastination means the act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.
- What is procrastination in Hindi?
- Procrastination in Hindi is दीर्घसूत्रता (dīrghasūtratā). See Procrastination meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is procrastination?
- Procrastination is a noun.
- How do you pronounce procrastination?
- Procrastination is pronounced /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of procrastination?
- The plural of procrastination is procrastinations.
Words near procrastination in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: procrastination (page history and authors); procrastination (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); গড়িমসি (Bengali) (page history and authors); జంపు (Telugu) (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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