procrastinate Definition

procrastinate
verb

intr
procrastinated, procrastinating
1. To put off doing something that should be done straight away, especially habitually or to an unspecified time.

Thesaurus: postpone, stall, retard, protract, delay, defer, dally, dilly-dally, drag one's feet (slang), prolong, play for time, put off, stall, temporize, adjourn, gain time; Antonym: advance, proceed.

Derivative: procrastination
noun

The habit or practice of procrastinating
Thesaurus: stalling, deferral, delaying, dallying, dilly-dallying, temporizing, tergiversation.

Derivative: procrastinator
noun

Etymology: 16c: from Latin procrastinare, from pro- onward + cras tomorrow.