delayer

Thân thiện

The delayer always postpones starting his homework until the last minute.

Definition

Noun: A person who habitually postpones action or decision; someone who causes something to happen later than planned or expected.

Usage

The term "delayer" specifically identifies a person whose characteristic behavior is to cause delay. It is used to describe someone who procrastinates or hinders timely progress.

Examples

• As a subject:
• As an object:
• With a modifier:

Advanced Usage

• In a professional context: Often used to critique someone who impedes workflow or project timelines.
  • The committee identified the main delayer in the approval process.
• In behavioral description: Used to label a persistent trait rather than a single action.
  • Her reputation as a delayer made clients hesitant to work with her.

Variants and Related Words

• Delay (verb/noun): The act of postponing or the period of time by which something is late.
  • We must not delay any further. (verb)
  • There was a two-hour delay. (noun)
• Delayed (adjective): Made to happen later; postponed.
  • The delayed flight finally departed.

Synonyms

• Procrastinator: A person who delays or postpones action.
• Laggard: A person who makes slow progress and falls behind others.
• Sluggard: A lazy, sluggish person (implies slowness as well as delay).

Antonyms

• Expediter: A person who helps to make a process happen more quickly.
• Go-getter: An ambitiously enterprising person.

Notes

"Delayer" is an agent noun formed from the verb "delay." It focuses on the person responsible for the act of delaying. It typically carries a negative connotation, implying criticism of the person's hindering effect on schedules or plans.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late