postponer

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postponer

A student who is a postponer leaves his homework until the last minute.

Definition

Noun: A person who habitually delays or puts off tasks, duties, or decisions, often due to laziness, carelessness, or a tendency to procrastinate.

Usage

The term "postponer" specifically labels a person characterized by the act of postponing. It is used to describe someone's habitual behavior. - As a project manager, dealing with a chronic postponer on the team can be very challenging. - He earned a reputation as a postponer, always asking for extensions on his assignments.

Advanced Usage
  • The Chronic Postponer: This phrase emphasizes the ingrained, habitual nature of the behavior.
    • The chronic postponer missed another deadline, much to the frustration of his colleagues.
Variants and Related Words
  • Postpone (verb): To delay or put off an event or action to a later time.
    • They decided to postpone the meeting until next week.
  • Procrastinator (noun): A very close synonym for "postponer," specifically highlighting the avoidance of tasks.
    • She admitted she was a procrastinator and always left her studying until the last minute.
Synonyms
  • Procrastinator: Someone who delays or puts things off.
  • Delayer: A person who causes delay.
  • Dawdler: Someone who wastes time or lags behind.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • To put off until tomorrow what you can do today: This proverb describes the core action of a postponer.
    • His motto seemed to be to put off until tomorrow what he could do today, which is why nothing was ever finished on time.
postponer

A student who is a postponer leaves his homework until the last minute.

Noun
  1. someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)

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