| 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: | shelve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defer, postpone |
Synonyms: |
delay, dismiss, drop, freeze*, give up, hang up, hold, hold off, hold over, hold up, lay aside, mothball, pigeonhole, prolong, prorogue, put aside, put off, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, scrub, sideline, slow up, stay, suspend, table, tie up, waive |
Antonyms: |
carry out, do, go ahead |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
complete, continue, finish, go, persist, sustain |
| Main Entry: | table |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | postpone a proposition |
Synonyms: |
cool*, defer, delay, enter, hang*, hold off, hold up, move, pigeonhole, propose, put aside, put forward, put off, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, put on the shelf, shelve, submit, suggest |
Antonyms: |
decide, vote |