DELAY
Definition:
- [noun] time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
Synonyms: hold, time lag, postponement, wait
- [noun] the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
Synonyms: holdup
- [verb] cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
Synonyms: detain, hold up
- [verb] act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
- [verb] stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
Synonyms: stay, detain
- [verb] slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
Synonyms: check, retard
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Related Words:
- stonewall
- catch
- stall
- buy time
- hesitate, pause
- procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
- procrastinate
- postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
- dampen
- stay, detain, delay
- extension
- moratorium
- retardation
- break, interruption, disruption, gap
- demurrage
- forbearance
- postponement, deferment, deferral
- procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally
- slowdown, lag, retardation
- dalliance, dawdling, trifling, wasting time
- filibuster
- tarriance, lingering
