lag | Definition of lag

lag

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of lag

1 to lose bodily strength or vigor

during the fourth quarter the whole team seemed to lag

Synonyms of lag

decay, droop, emaciate, fade, fail, flag, go, languish, sag, sink, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither

Words Related to lag

break down, wear out

degenerate, deteriorate, rot, run down

Near Antonyms of lag

convalesce, rally, rebound, recover, recuperate

2 to move or act slowly

the tired puppy was lagging behind the rest of the pack

Synonyms of lag

crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, drag, linger, loiter, lollygag (also lallygag), mope, poke, shilly-shally, tarry

Words Related to lag

fiddle (around), fool around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle

hang (around or out), idle, loaf, loll, lounge

amble, ease, inch, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stagger, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)

filibuster, procrastinate, stall, temporize

Phrases Synonymous with lag

drag one's feet (also drag one's heels), drop behind, fall behind, hang fire, mark time, take one's time

Near Antonyms of lag

bowl, breeze, dart, hump, hurtle, hustle, scramble, stampede

gallop, jog, run, sprint, trot

accelerate, quicken, speed (up)

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake

Antonyms of lag

barrel, bolt, career, course, dash, fly, hasten, hotfoot (it), hurry, race, rip, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scud, scurry, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, whiz (or whizz), zip