Synonyms of stragglers

stragglers

noun

plural of straggler

as in snails

someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others

by three o'clock, only a few stragglers were still making their painful way to the marathon's finish

Synonyms & Similar Words

• snails
• lingerers
• laggards
• loiterers
• crawlers
• dawdlers
• slowpokes
• laggers
• plodders
• slugs
• draggers
• delayers
• latecomers
• dalliers
• idlers
• sluggards
• loafers
• procrastinators
• lazybones
• slouches
• loungers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• speedsters
• hustlers
• scramblers
• speeders
• rushers
• go-getters
• hurriers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stragglers

The daffodils here were almost finished, apart from one little patch of stragglers still flowering on heroically against the odds. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Swarms or stragglers are most likely to be spotted near the Great Lakes shorelines because the lakes help funnel their routes. — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Riders work in teams to guide the animals, collecting wayward groups and stragglers. — Mary Beaumont, Midwest Living, 25 Aug. 2026

Earnings season is winding down, but a few stragglers in the portfolio are still left to report this week. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026

On the streets below, vendors are hawking bootleg merchandise as stragglers from the festivities color the sidewalks with blue-and-orange jerseys and hats. — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026

Saldaña, too, was at the party until the final stragglers began to head home. — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026

Some of us stragglers just needed to watch a bit more of him. — Zach Harper, New York Times, 17 July 2026

There’s growing evidence, however, that some Tequesta stragglers may have stayed behind, or that some eventually returned from Cuba, joining other indigenous people in Florida. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026