Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to procrastinate
Participle: procrastinated
Gerund: procrastinating
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | procrastinate |
| you | procrastinate |
| he;she;it | procrastinates |
| we | procrastinate |
| you | procrastinate |
| they | procrastinate |
Perfect
| I | have procrastinated |
| you | have procrastinated |
| he;she;it | has procrastinated |
| we | have procrastinated |
| you | have procrastinated |
| they | have procrastinated |
Past
| I | procrastinated |
| you | procrastinated |
| he;she;it | procrastinated |
| we | procrastinated |
| you | procrastinated |
| they | procrastinated |
Pluperfect
| I | had procrastinated |
| you | had procrastinated |
| he;she;it | had procrastinated |
| we | had procrastinated |
| you | had procrastinated |
| they | had procrastinated |
Future
| I | will procrastinate |
| you | will procrastinate |
| he;she;it | will procrastinate |
| we | will procrastinate |
| you | will procrastinate |
| they | will procrastinate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have procrastinated |
| you | will have procrastinated |
| he;she;it | will have procrastinated |
| we | will have procrastinated |
| you | will have procrastinated |
| they | will have procrastinated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | procrastinate |
| you | procrastinate |
| he;she;it | procrastinate |
| we | procrastinate |
| you | procrastinate |
| they | procrastinate |
Perfect
| I | have procrastinated |
| you | have procrastinated |
| he;she;it | have procrastinated |
| we | have procrastinated |
| you | have procrastinated |
| they | have procrastinated |
Imperfect
| I | procrastinated |
| you | procrastinated |
| he;she;it | procrastinated |
| we | procrastinated |
| you | procrastinated |
| they | procrastinated |
Pluperfect
| I | had procrastinated |
| you | had procrastinated |
| he;she;it | had procrastinated |
| we | had procrastinated |
| you | had procrastinated |
| they | had procrastinated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would procrastinate |
| you | would procrastinate |
| he;she;it | would procrastinate |
| we | would procrastinate |
| you | would procrastinate |
| they | would procrastinate |
Perfect
| I | would have procrastinated |
| you | would have procrastinated |
| he;she;it | would have procrastinated |
| we | would have procrastinated |
| you | would have procrastinated |
| they | would have procrastinated |
Imperative
| you | procrastinate |
| we | Let's procrastinate |
| you | procrastinate |
Verbs conjugated like 'procrastinate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'procrastinate'
precrastinate,
procrastibake,
procrastine,
procrasturbate,
predestinate,
premasticate,
prognosticate,
repristinate,
castigate,
cofractionate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- put off; defer; postpone
- stay
- defer or postpone
- wait
- put off until a later time
- delay
- be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything
- tarry
- postpone
- stall, adjourn, defer, delay, prolong
- To be dilatory about
- forslow
- to avoid a duty or responsibility
- blow off, dog, doss, duck, goldbrick, goof off, lollygag, malinger, shirk, slack off, soldier, swing the lead
- To put off temporarily or indefinitely.
- adjourn
- to delay taking action; to wait until later
- avert, forestall, forestay, forslow, protract, retard, suspend
- To delay; to wait; to postpone.
- defer
- To put off until a later time; to defer.
- delay
- To make something last for more time than is necessary.
- draw out
- To cause to last for a longer period of time.
- extend
- To delay or put off.
- postpone
- To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time
- prolong
- To defer; to postpone.
- prorogue
- To prorogue.
- prorogate
- To procrastinate; to delay.
- put off
- To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
- stay
- To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
- tarry
Antonyms
- to delay taking action; to wait until later
- advance, antedate, bring forward, expedite, hasten, prepone, rush, speed up, take action
- To take immediate action regarding.
- jump on
- To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences.
- shoot first and ask questions later
- postpone
- prolong, extend, pursue, persist
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1548; from Latin prōcrastinātus, perfect passive participle of prōcrastinō (“defer, put off till tomorrow”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from prō- (“in favor of”) + crāstinus (“of or belonging to tomorrow”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from crās (“tomorrow”).
Verbs referencing "procrastinate"
Romanian
procrastina, German, old spelling
prokrastinieren.
Sample Sentences
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He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.
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Hence It became manifest to the publishers of Webster, that some device must be resorted to, to induce apathy in the publick mind, and thereby procrastinate the inevitable crisis which they foresaw was approaching, the expulsion of his elementary works from our primary schools. [1816, John Pickering, A vocabulary; or, Collection of words and phrases, page 4:]