English > laggard: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind. |
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| Synonyms | dawdler, drone, lagger, trailer, poke |
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| Narrower | loiterer, lingerer | someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place |
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| plodder, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, slowcoach | someone who moves slowly |
| putterer, potterer | A person who putters about |
| straggler, strayer | someone who strays or falls behind |
| Broader | idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum | person who does no work |
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| Spanish | ocioso |
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| Catalan | dròpol, mandra, matapà, ociós |
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| Verbs | lag | hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. |
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