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Definition: Procrastinator |
ProcrastinatorNoun1. Someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "procrastinator" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
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Biographical Satire | PROCRASTINATOR, T. H. E., an extinct man who believed in the doctrine of To-morrow. He was a thief, but was never convicted. Ancient records state he invariably had an excuse for present inactivity, but would promise results the following day. Was a close friend of Failure. Put off everything except Death, and even did his best to keep him away as long as possible. Motto: No time like the future. Ambition: To accomplish to-morrow what the other fellow is doing to-day. Recreation: Always before business. Address: Nobody knows. Clubs: Many. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
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Synonyms: ProcrastinatorSynonyms: cunctator (n), postponer (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Procrastinator |
| Specialty definitions using "procrastinator": DREAMER. (references) |
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| "Procrastinator" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Procrastinator" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
procrastinator | 14 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "procrastinator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | човек който вечно отлага. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تعویق انداز, طفره رو (Dodger, Goldbrick, Shirk, Truant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | temporisateur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zauderer (irresolute person, laggard, vacillator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "חין (laggard, postponer, slowcoach). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shleareyder (delayer), lhiggey my hraa (dawdler, delayer, indolent person, lingerer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ocrastinatorpray медлитель. (various references) onaj koji okleva. (various references) indeciso (indecisive, irresolute, purposeless, undecided, undecisive, waverer, waveringly). (various references) người trì hoãn (temporizer), người hay chần chừ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cunctator. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "procrastinator": procrastinators. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "procrastinator" (pronounced 'Pro*cras"ti*na`tor'): Abbreviator, Abdicator, Abnegator, Abrogator, Accelerator, Accommodator, Accumulator, Actuator, Adjudicator, Adjutator, Adulator, Adulterator, Aggregator, Agitator, Agricultor, Alleviator, Alliterator, Alternator, Amalgamator, Ambulator, Ameliorator, Animator, Annihilator, Annotator, Annunciator, Anticipator, Appreciator, Approbator, Appropriator, Approximator, Arbitrator, Arborator, Architector, Articulator, Aspirator, Assassinator, Associator, Auscultator, Calorisator, Capitulator, Caveator, Celebrator, Circulator, Circumnavigator, Coagulator, Collaborator, Collimator, Collocutor, Commemorator, Commentator. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-n-o-o-p-r-r-r-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: protractions. | |
-3 letters: coaptations, conspirator, corporatist, cotransport, prostration, protraction, protractors. | |
-4 letters: aristocrat, carrottops, cartoonist, castration, coaptation, prorations, protractor, transactor, transcript. | |
-5 letters: antipasto, aspirator, cantraips, caparison, carrotins, carrottop, castrator, consortia, copatrons, corposant, corrasion, narrators, nitrators, paranoics, picaroons, portraits, potations, pronators, proration, prostatic, protistan, protostar, protracts, raincoats, rotations, tractions, transport. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-n-o-o-p-r-r-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: procrastinators. | |
+5 letters: ultracontemporaries. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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