| Main Entry: | defer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold off, put off |
Synonyms: |
adjourn, block, delay, detain, extend, give rain check, hang fire, hinder, hold up, impede, intermit, lay over, lengthen, obstruct, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, prorogue, protract, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, remit, retard, set aside, shelve, slow, stall, stay, suspend, table, waive |
Antonyms: |
advance, expedite, forge, forward, hasten, hurry |
| Main Entry: | postpone |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put off till later time |
Synonyms: |
adjourn, cool it, defer, delay, give a rain check, hang fire, hold off, hold over, hold up, lay over, pigeonhole, prorogue, put back, put on back burner, put on hold, shelve, suspend, table |
Antonyms: |
carry out, continue, do, expedite, forward, maintain, persevere |
| Main Entry: | procrastinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, put off doing |
Synonyms: |
adjourn, be dilatory, cool*, dally, dawdle, defer, drag, drag one's feet, give the run around, goldbrick, hang fire, hesitate, hold off, lag*, let slide, linger, loiter, pause, play a waiting game, play for time, poke*, postpone, prolong, protract, retard, shilly-shally, stall, stay, suspend, tarry, temporize, wait |
Antonyms: |
accelerate, advance, complete, do, finish, go ahead, quicken |
| Main Entry: | stymie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frustrate, hinder |
Synonyms: |
balk, block, choke off, confound, corner, crab, cramp, cramp one's style, crimp, cut off, dead-end, defeat, foil, give the run around, hang fire, hang up, hold off, hold up, impede, mystify, nonplus, obstruct, pigeonhole, prevent, put on back burner, put on hold, puzzle, shelve, snooker, stall, stonewall, stump, throw a monkey wrench into, thwart |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, encourage, help |
| Main Entry: | suspend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, hold off |
Synonyms: |
adjourn, arrest, bar, break up, can, cease, check, count out, cut short, debar, defer, discontinue, eject, eliminate, exclude, file, halt, hang, hang fire, hang up, hold up, inactivate, intermit, interrupt, lay aside, lay off, lay on the table, lay over, omit, pigeonhole, pink-slip, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, protract, put a stop to, put an end to, put off, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, put on the shelf, reject, retard, rule out, shelve, stave off, stay, waive, withhold |
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complete, continue, finish, go, persist, sustain |
| Main Entry: | hang back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be reluctant |
Synonyms: |
drop back, drop behind, hang fire, hang off, hold back, hold off, hover, lag behind, pause, procrastinate, shrink back, shy away, stay back, stick, straggle, trail |
Antonyms: |
forge ahead |