Synonyms & related words for dilatoriness

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of dilatoriness. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to dilatoriness

Explore words related to dilatoriness — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include procrastination, cunctation, cunctatory, dilatory, procrastinative, tardiness, procrastinatory, forslow. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does dilatoriness come from?

The word dilatoriness breaks down into 2 roots of Latin and English origin: dilator, from Latin dilator (“delaying, deferring”); and -iness, from English ness (“state or quality of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.