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postponer

postponer

8.4
A person who often delays tasks until the last minute
  • noun
  • /ˈpoʊstˌpoʊnər/
  • Offensive
translation icon : procrastinador
  • As a habitual postponer, John often procrastinated until the last minute.

If we can like human beings were were such postponers were the great postponers.

Examples

  • Many people call him a postponer because he avoids completing tasks until the pressure builds.

  • Being a known postponer, she constantly put off her assignments and deadlines.

  • If we can like human beings were were such postponers were the great postponers.

    High Performance

Synonyms

procrastinator
vspostponer
8 4.6

A person who often puts off work until the last minute

is driven by laziness and regular carelessness rather than simple delay
delayer
vspostponer
1 7.4

A person who often waits until the last minute to do things

puts things off from laziness or habitual carelessness rather than neutral delay
staller
vspostponer
1 7.9

A person who delays making decisions on purpose

delays from laziness and habit rather than from deliberate avoidance
cunctator
vspostponer
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who often delays doing things or making decisions

emphasizes lazy, careless postponement as a regular behaviour
dilly-dallier
vspostponer
  • Informal
9.7

A person who delays decisions and wastes time

delays because of laziness and habitual carelessness rather than indecision
temporizer
vspostponer
  • Formal
9.9

A person who delays action to wait for a better moment

delays due to laziness and careless habit rather than strategic timing

Antonyms

doer
40 3.5

A person who takes action to finish tasks

How Proactive

go-getter
16 5.0
planner
124 3.2
postponer
  • Offensive
8.4
dilly-dallier
  • Informal
9.7

Surface Forms

postponer singular
postponers plural

Morphology

postponer = postpone (transparent) = postpone + er

Clear agentive formation from the verb 'postpone' meaning 'someone who postpones or delays'.

Etymology

Postponer is formed from the verb postpone plus the ending -er that makes a person name; postpone means 'put after' and the part post- means 'after', as in post-war. So a postponer is someone who keeps putting tasks 'after' other things — in short, a person who delays work and does it later.