| Main Entry: | bog down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stick; become stuck |
Synonyms: |
decelerate, delay, detain, halt, hang up, impede, retard, set back, sink, slacken, slow down, slow up, stall |
| Main Entry: | detain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold, keep back; arrest |
Synonyms: |
apprehend, bog down, bust, buttonhole, check, confine, constrain, decelerate, delay, hang up, hinder, hold up, ice*, impede, inhibit, intern, jail, mire, nab, pick up, pinch*, pull in, put away, reserve, restrain, retard, run in, send up, set back, slow down, slow up, withhold |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, liberate, release |
| Main Entry: | lag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move slowly; delay |
Synonyms: |
be behind, dally, dawdle, decrease, dillydally, diminish, drag, drag one's feet, ebb, fail, fall off, falter, flag, get no place fast, hang back, hobble, idle, inch, inch along, jelly, limp, linger, loiter, lose strength, lounge, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, retard, saunter, shuffle, slacken, slouch, slow, slow up, stagger, stay, straggle, tail, tarry, tool, trail, trudge, wane |
Antonyms: |
run, rush |
| Main Entry: | mire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, catch up in |
Synonyms: |
bog down, cling, decelerate, detain, dirty, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, flounder, hang up, implicate, involve, retard, set back, sink, slow down, slow up, snare, soil, stick, tangle, trap |
| Main Entry: | retard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder, obstruct |
Synonyms: |
arrest, back off, baffle, balk, bog, bog down, brake, bring to screeching halt, check, choke, choke off, clog, close off, crimp, dawdle, decelerate, decrease, defer, delay, detain, down, encumber, falter, fetter, flag, hamper, handicap, hang up, hesitate, hold back, hold up, impede, lessen, let up, loaf, loiter, mire, poke, postpone, reduce, retardate, set back, shut down, shut off, slacken, slow down, slow up, stall, take down |
Antonyms: |
advance, help, push |
| Main Entry: | set back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, hinder |
Synonyms: |
bog down, decelerate, defeat, detain, embog, hang up, hold up, impede, mire, retard, reverse, slow, slow down, slow up |
Antonyms: |
advance, forward |
| 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 |