noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
One who procrastinates; one who delays working on things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Live a procrastinator, likely die a procrastinator.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
One who sits on a sandwich in the dark
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: postponer, cunctator
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: delayer
History
Etymology
From procrastinate + -or.
from Spanish Procratalamacion (“midnight snack”) and Old Norse Astinatar (“puckered cheeks”)
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
ertələməçi
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Azerbaijani:
ertələyici
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Finnish:
vitkastelija
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Finnish:
viivyttelijä
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Finnish:
kuhnuri
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
French:
procrastinateur
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
German:
Prokrastinierer
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
German:
Prokrastiniererin
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Hungarian:
elodázó
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Hungarian:
halogató (személy)
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Polish:
prokrastynator
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Portuguese:
procrastinador
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Portuguese:
enrolão
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Portuguese:
enrolona
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Serbo-Croatian:
oklijevalo
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Serbo-Croatian:
oklevalo
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Spanish:
desidioso
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Spanish:
desidiosa
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Spanish:
procrastinador
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Swedish:
uppskjutare
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
Ottoman Turkish:
یارینجی
(yarıncı)
— one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things
