Antonyms for dallier
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dal-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæl i |
Definition of dallier
Origin :- c.1300, "to talk, converse," possibly from Anglo-French dalier "to amuse oneself," of uncertain origin. Sense of "waste time" emerged by late 14c. Related: Dallied; dallying.
- As in philanderer : noun person who has many love affairs
- As in dilly-dallier : noun laggard
- As in lady-killer : noun philanderer
- As in dilettante : noun amateur
- You know what he says—'The aesthete is, after all, only a dallier.
- Extract from : « The Tempting of Tavernake » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Synonyms for dallier
- abecedarian
- adulterer
- aesthete
- Casanova
- chaser
- connoisseur
- cruiser
- dabbler
- dallier
- dawdler
- debaucher
- do-nothing
- Don Juan
- flirt
- gallant
- greenhorn
- idler
- lady's man
- lagger
- lingerer
- loafer
- loiterer
- lounger
- lover
- man on the make
- nonprofessional
- operator
- poke
- rookie
- skirt chaser
- slowpoke
- smatterer
- straggler
- swinger
- tenderfoot
- trifler
- tyro
- uninitiate
- womanizer
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