dallying

The word “dallying” has 3 syllables: dal-ly-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈdæliɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for dallying?

In the thesaurus, “dallying” has 235 synonyms and 142 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for dallying along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for dallying

aestivating
ambling
amorous
amusing
apathetic
apathy
arch
asleep on the job
backward
behindhand
bumming
careless
cavorting
chilling
comatose
come-hither
come-on
coquetting
coquettish
courting
coy
crawling
creeping
dabbling
dalliance
dawdling
decelerating
delaying
deliberate
delighting
diddling
dilatory
dillydallying
directionless
disporting
diverting
dozing
dragging
droning
dropping behind
drowsy
dull
easing
entertaining
enticing
estivating
falling behind
filibustering
flagging
flightiness
flippancy
flirting
flirty
flummery
folly
fooling
fooling around
footling
fribble
frippery
frisking
frisky
frivoling
frivolling
frivolousness
frolicking
fun
furloughing
futile
gaiety
gamboling
gambolling
game
giddiness
goldbricking
good-for-nothing
hanging
hanging about
hanging fire
heavy-footed
hibernating
idle
idleness
idling
inactive
inattentive
inching
incompetent
indifferent
indolence
indolent
inert
inertia
jest
jesting
joking
joshing
kicking around
kicking back
kidding
killing time
kittenish
lackadaisical
laggard
lagging
lallygagging
languid
languor
languorous
lassitude
late
lax
laziness
lazing
lazy
lazying
leading on
leisurely
lethargic
lethargy
levity
libidinous
lifeless
lightheartedness
lightness
lingering
listless
listlessness
loafing
loitering
lolling
lollygagging
lounging
lumbering
malingering
manipulating
marking time
mashing
measured
messing
messing around
monkeying
moping
moratory
moseying
mucking
neglectful
negligent
nonsense
out of it
passive
piddling
play
playing
pleasing
plodding
pokey
poking
poky
procrastinating
puerility
putting off
putting on
rambling
razzing
recreating
relaxing
remiss
resting
ribbing
rollicking
romping
sauntering
screwing around
shallowness
shiftless
shiftlessness
shilly-shallying
shuffling
skylarking
slack
sleepy
sloth
slothful
slow
slow-footed
slow-moving
slowing
sluggish
sluggishness
snail-like
snail-paced
snaillike
snoozy
somnolent
spoony
sport
sporting
sportive
staggering
stalling
stringing along
strolling
superficiality
supine
supineness
swanning
tardy
tarrying
teasing
temporizing
time-wasting
tired
torpid
toying
trifling
triviality
truanting
unambitious
unconcerned
unenergetic
unhasty
unhurried
unindustrious
unmotivated
unpersevering
unready
vamping
vegging out
volatility
weary
whimsicality
whimsy
wooing
worthless

Antonyms for dallying

accelerated
accelerating
activated
active
ambition
animation
applying
assiduity
assiduousness
attentive
barreling
barrelling
bolting
bowling
breakneck
breathless
breezing
brisk
briskness
careering
careful
caring
catching up
concerned
cool
coursing
darting
dashing
diligence
diligent
dizzy
drive
drudging
eager
energetic
energy
enterprise
enthusiastic
exerting
expeditious
exuberance
fast
fast-forwarding
fleet
flying
fresh
galloping
go
grinding
grubbing
hard-working
hastened
hastening
hasty
humping
hurried
hurrying
hurtling
hustle
hustling
industrious
industriousness
industry
initiative
interested
jazziness
jogging
laboring
lightning
liveliness
lively
lustiness
meteoric
modest
moiling
outpacing
outrunning
outstripping
overtaking
pegging
pep
peppiness
perseverance
plodding
plowing
plugging
prompt
putting out
quick
quickened
quickening
racing
rapid
ready
ripping
robustness
rocketing
running
rushed
rushing
sadness
scooting
scrambling
scudding
scurrying
sensibility
seriousness
shy
slaving
snappy
speeding
speedy
sprightliness
sprinting
stampeding
straining
striving
struggling
sweating
swift
tearing
toiling
travailing
trotting
understanding
unprovocative
vibrancy
vigor
vim
vitality
vivacious
vivacity
warp-speed
whirling
whirlwind
whisking
whizzing
wiseness
work
working
zealous
zipping

Meanings of dallying

verb
1. To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
2. To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet.
3. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
4. To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal.
noun
1. Dalliance.

Example Sentences

Caught dallying by the water's edge, they shared a secret moment.
The teacher noticed the students dallying instead of focusing on their assignments.
In the meadow, butterflies were seen dallying around the blooming flowers.
He found himself dallying with different hobbies, unable to commit to one.
The manager disapproved of employees dallying around during work hours.

On this page you'll find 377 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dallying, such as: accelerated, accelerating, activated, active, aestivating, ambition, ambling.

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