- dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
--1 is a kind of idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum
--1 has particulars:loiterer, lingerer; plodder, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, slowcoach; putterer, potterer; straggler, strayer Derived forms: verb dawdle2, verb dawdle3, verb dawdle1