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/pɹəʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt/ · verb
(intransitive) To delay taking action; to wait until later..
He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.
Hence It became manifest to the publishers of Webster, that some device must be resorted to, to induce apathy in the publick mind, and thereby procrastinate the inevitable crisis which they foresaw was approaching, the expulsion of his elementary works from our primary schools.
Use procrastinate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Procrastinate means (intransitive) To delay taking action; to wait until later..
Common synonyms include procrastine, delay, penelopize, stall.
Possible antonyms include precrastinate, advance, antedate, bring forward.
He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.
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