English noun: procrastination | |||
1. | procrastination (act) the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time | ||
Synonyms | cunctation, shillyshally | ||
Broader (hypernym) | delay, holdup | ||
2. | procrastination (attribute) slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it | ||
Synonyms | dilatoriness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deliberateness, deliberation, slowness, unhurriedness | ||