Definition of Procrastinator

1. Noun. Someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness).

Exact synonyms: Cunctator, Postponer
Generic synonyms: Delayer
Derivative terms: Postpone, Procrastinate

Definition of Procrastinator

1. n. One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything.

Definition of Procrastinator

1. Noun. One who procrastinates; one who delays working on things. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Procrastinator

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Procrastinator

proconsular
proconsulate
proconsulates
proconsuls
proconsulship
proconsulships
proconvertases
proconvertin
procrastinate
procrastinated
procrastinates
procrastinating
procrastination
procrastinations
procrastinative
procrastinator (current term)
procrastinators
procrastinatory
procreant
procreants
procreate
procreated
procreates
procreating
procreations
procreative
procreativeness
procreator
procreators

Literary usage of Procrastinator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Developing Executive Ability by Enoch Burton Gowin (1919)
"The procrastinator—and there are traces of him in nearly every one of us—is ... After a time the procrastinator may get started, but in a half-hearted way. ..."

2. Developing Executive Ability by Enoch Burton Gowin (1919)
"The procrastinator—and there are traces of him in nearly every one of us—is ... After a time the procrastinator may get started, but in a half-hearted way. ..."

3. Judgment and Mercy for Afflicted Souls: Or, Meditations, Soliloquies, and by Francis Quarles (1813)
"... THE procrastinator. HIS DELAY. TELL me no more of fasting, prayer, and death; they fill my thoughts with dumps of melancholy. These are no subjects for ..."

4. Through the School: The Experiences of a Mill Boy in Securing an Education by Frederic Kenyon Brown (1912)
"... A Chapter of Sentiment and Literary Atmosphere, Including the Account of Sanderson, the procrastinator. How Two Prize Checks Were Spent. ..."

5. The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy by Sholto Percy, Reuben Percy (1826)
"Lilburne then said, to let the world know that he was no baffler, nor procrastinator of time; nor had any thing of guilt, fear, or dread within him, ..."

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