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Noun (1 meaning)

1. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind.

dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke

dawdler is a type of:

idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum (noun) - person who does no work

types of dawdler:

loiterer, lingerer (noun) - someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place
plodder, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, slowcoach (noun) - someone who moves slowly
putterer, potterer (noun) - a person who putters about
straggler, strayer (noun) - someone who strays or falls behind

dawdler is derivationally related to:

to dally, dawdle (verb) - waste time
dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey (adjective) - wasting time
to drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back (verb) - to lag or linger behind
to lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind (verb) - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
to linger, dawdle (verb) - take one's time

to trail, shack (verb) - move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly