🐢laggard

Meaning

A person or thing that is slow or falls behind others.

a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others; someone who is slow to act

Example Sentences

The company has been a laggard in adopting new technology.

The laggard student finally submitted his assignment after the deadline.

Example Expressions

economic laggard

Synonyms

straggler, slowpoke, dawdler, sluggard, loafer, latecomer

Entry 1

straggler, slowpoke, dawdler, sluggard, loafer

Entry 2

slowpoke, dawdler, straggler, latecomer

Antonyms

leader, achiever, frontrunner, front-runner, early bird, prompt person

Entry 1

leader, achiever, frontrunner

Entry 2

leader, front-runner, early bird, prompt person

Collocations

market laggard, technology laggard, industry laggard, chronic laggard, academic laggard, team laggard

Entry 1

market laggard, technology laggard, industry laggard

Entry 2

chronic laggard, academic laggard, team laggard