lags

The word “lags” has 1 syllable: lags

It's pronounced as /læɡz/


What is synonym and antonym for lags?

In the thesaurus, “lags” has 78 synonyms and 51 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for lags

  • ambles
  • breaks down
  • crawls
  • creeps
  • dallies
  • dawdles
  • decays
  • decelerates
  • deferments
  • deferrals
  • degenerates
  • delays
  • detainments
  • detentions
  • deteriorates
  • diddles
  • dillydallies
  • drags
  • droops
  • drops behind
  • eases
  • emaciates
  • fades
  • fails
  • falls behind
  • filibusters
  • flags
  • fools around
  • foot-draggings
  • goes
  • hangs fire
  • hesitations
  • holdbacks
  • holding patterns
  • holdups
  • idles
  • inches
  • lallygags
  • languishes
  • lingers
  • loafs
  • loiters
  • lolls
  • lollygags
  • lounges
  • lumbers
  • marks time
  • messes around
  • mopes
  • pauses
  • plays
  • plods
  • pokes
  • postponements
  • procrastinates
  • reprieves
  • respites
  • rots
  • runs down
  • sags
  • saunters
  • setbacks
  • shilly-shallies
  • shuffles
  • sinks
  • slowdowns
  • staggers
  • stalls
  • strolls
  • tarries
  • temporizes
  • trifles
  • waits
  • weakens
  • wears out
  • wilts
  • withers
  • yields

Antonyms for lags

  • accelerates
  • barrels
  • bolts
  • bowls
  • breezes
  • careers
  • catches up
  • convalesces
  • courses
  • darts
  • dashes
  • dispatches
  • fast-forwards
  • flies
  • gains
  • gallops
  • hastens
  • hastes
  • humps
  • hurries
  • hurtles
  • hustles
  • jogs
  • outpaces
  • outruns
  • outstrips
  • overtakes
  • promptitudes
  • quickens
  • races
  • rallies
  • rebounds
  • recovers
  • recuperates
  • rips
  • rockets
  • runs
  • rushes
  • scoots
  • scrambles
  • scuds
  • scurries
  • speeds
  • sprints
  • stampedes
  • tears
  • trots
  • whirls
  • whisks
  • whizzes
  • zips

Meanings of lags

  • noun
    1. A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
    2. Delay; latency.
    3. One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
    4. A prisoner, a criminal.
    5. A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
    6. One who lags; that which comes in last.
    7. The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
    8. A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
    9. A bird, the greylag.
  • verb
    1. To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
    2. To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer).
    3. To transport as a punishment for crime.
    4. To cause to lag; to slacken.

Example Sentences

  • Despite the software update, the computer lags when running multiple programs.
  • In competitive races, he always lags behind during the first lap before making his move.
  • The company's website lags behind its competitors in terms of user experience.
  • Efficient communication is essential to ensure that no team member lags in completing their tasks.
  • The train lags due to mechanical issues, causing delays in the schedule.

On this page you'll find 129 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lags, such as: accelerates, ambles, barrels, bolts, bowls, breaks down, breezes.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

gaps

  • abysses
  • adjournments
  • aperture
  • apertures
  • arroyo
  • arroyos
  • barrancas
  • barrancos
  • basins
  • blank
  • breaches
  • breaks
  • bumpers
  • caesura
  • caesurae
  • caesuras
  • canyon
  • canyons
  • cavities
  • chasm
  • chasms
  • chinks
  • cirques
  • cleft
  • clefts
  • clove
  • cols
  • combes
  • commas
  • coombes
  • coombs
  • coulees
  • couloirs
  • crack
  • cracks
  • crannies
  • cranny
  • crevasses
  • crevice
  • crevices
  • cut
  • cwms
  • dales
  • defile
  • defiles
  • dells
  • difference
  • disagreement
  • discontinuances
  • discontinuities
  • discontinuity
  • disparity
  • divergence
  • divide
  • division
  • draws
  • fissures
  • floodplains
  • flumes
  • fracture
  • fractures
  • gapes
  • gills
  • glens
  • gorge
  • gorges
  • gulch
  • gulches
  • gulfs
  • gulleys
  • gullies
  • gully
  • gutters
  • hiatus
  • hiatuses
  • hiccoughs
  • hiccups
  • hole
  • holes
  • hollow
  • hollows
  • inconsistency
  • interims
  • interlude
  • interludes
  • intermission
  • intermissions
  • interregna
  • interregnums
  • interruption
  • interruptions
  • interspace
  • interspaces
  • interstice
  • interstices
  • interval
  • intervals
  • kettles
  • kloofs
  • lacuna
  • lags
  • lapses
  • linns
  • lull
  • lulls
  • notch
  • notches
  • nullahs
  • opening
  • openings
  • orifice
  • orifices
  • parentheses
  • passes
  • pause
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  • pores
  • ravine
  • ravines
  • recess
  • recesses
  • rent
  • rents
  • respite
  • respites
  • rest
  • rests
  • rift
  • rifts
  • rupture
  • ruptures
  • saddles
  • separation
  • separations
  • severances
  • shut-ins
  • slit
  • slits
  • slot
  • slots
  • space
  • spaces
  • splits
  • subintervals
  • suspensions
  • time lags
  • trenches
  • troughs
  • vacuity
  • vales
  • valleys
  • void
  • voids
  • wadis
  • washes
  • windows

vegges out

waits

  • anticipates
  • awaits
  • bides
  • deferments
  • deferrals
  • delays
  • detainments
  • detentions
  • expects
  • foot-draggings
  • hangs around
  • hesitations
  • holdbacks
  • holding patterns
  • holds on
  • holdups
  • lags
  • lingers
  • pauses
  • postponements
  • remains
  • reprieves
  • respites
  • setbacks
  • sits tight
  • slowdowns
  • stands by
  • stays
  • sticks around
  • tarries

Jolly Rogers

  • badges
  • banderoles
  • banderols
  • banners
  • black flags
  • buntings
  • burgees
  • coats of arms
  • colors
  • crests
  • ensigns
  • flags
  • gonfalons
  • guidons
  • insignia
  • insignias
  • jacks
  • pendants
  • pendents
  • pennants
  • pennons
  • semaphores
  • signalers
  • signallers
  • standards
  • streamers
  • tricolors
  • union jacks
  • wafts
  • white flags

jacks


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