if you have to get to the theater on time--------don't dawdle along the way: you'll miss the curtain!

There are lots of words that mean to move slowly. The point of dawdle is that one is moving too slowly, is falling behind, or is not properly focused on making progress.

hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

Synonyms:

fall back, fall behind, lag

Types:

drag, drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back,trail

to lag or linger behind

Type of:

follow

to travel behind, go after, come after

vtake one's time; proceed slowly

Synonyms:

linger

Antonyms:

belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie,hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it

move fast

Type of:

move

move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

vwaste time

Synonyms:

dally

Type of:

act, behave, do

behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself