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  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  delay
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  dawdling, delayed, dilatory, late, tardy
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  delay
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The act of putting off or the condition of being put off.
Synonyms:  adjournment, deferment, deferral, postponement, stay, suspension, waiver
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  delay
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The condition or fact of being made late or slow.
Synonyms:  detainment, holdup, lag, retardation
  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  delay
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  armistice, continuance, cunctation, dalliance, dawdling, deferment, deferring, detention, impediment, laches, lingering, moratorium, obstruction, obstructionism, postponement, procrastination, protraction, reprieve, respite, retardation, retention, suspension, temporization
Antonyms:  dispatch, expedition, haste, promptness
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  delay
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired.
Synonyms:  detain, hang up, hold up, lag, retard, set back, slow, stall
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  delay
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered.
Synonyms:  dally, dawdle, dilly-dally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry, trail
Idioms:  feet, mark time, take one's time
  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  delay
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  arrest, block, check, continue, dally, dawdle, defer, deferment, demurral, detain, detention, deter, dilly-dally, dillydally, dither, drag, filibuster, hesitate, hinder, impede, inhibit, interruption, lag, linger, lingering, logjam, loiter, lose time, moratorium, obstruct, postpone, prevent, procrastinate, prolong, protract, reprieve, retard, shelve, shilly-shally, slow, stall, stay, stonewall, stop, stoppage, suspend, suspension, table, tarry, temper, temporize, vacillate, wait, weaken
Antonyms:  dispatch, expedite, facilitate, hasten
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  defer
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To put off until a later time.
Synonyms:  adjourn, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay, suspend, table, waive
Idioms:  put on ice

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