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delay

the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"

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"

act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"

Synonyms:

• abide,
• adjourn,
• afterthought,
• arrest,
• arrestation,
• arrestment,
• await,
• backpedal,
• backwater,
• be a sideliner,
• be still,
• bide,
• bide the issue,
• bind,
• block,
• blockage,
• blocking,
• bog down,
• bottle up,
• brake,
• bureaucratic delay,
• check,
• clip the wings,
• clogging,
• closing up,
• closure,
• coast,
• confine,
• constriction,
• continue,
• countercheck,
• cramp,
• curb,
• dally,
• dam up,
• damp,
• dampen,
• dawdle,
• dawdling,
• decelerate,
• deceleration,
• defer,
• deferment,
• deferral,
• delayage,
• delayed reaction,
• detain,
• detainment,
• detention,
• dilly,
• dillydally,
• do nothing,
• double take,
• drag,
• drag along,
• drag out,
• dragging,
• draw rein,
• drift,
• drone,
• ease off,
• ease up,
• ease-off,
• ease-up,
• extend,
• falter,
• fixation,
• flag,
• flagging,
• foot-dragging,
• gap,
• goof off,
• halt,
• hampering,
• hang about,
• hang around,
• hang back,
• hang fire,
• hang up,
• hang-up,
• hesitate,
• hiatus,
• hibernate,
• hinder,
• hindering,
• hindrance,
• hold back,
• hold everything,
• hold in check,
• hold off,
• hold on,
• hold over,
• hold up,
• hold your horses,
• hold-up,
• holdback,
• holdup,
• idle,
• impede,
• impediment,
• inhibit,
• inhibition,
• interference,
• interim,
• interlude,
• intermeddle,
• intermit,
• interrupt,
• interruption,
• interval,
• intervene,
• jam,
• keep,
• keep back,
• keep in check,
• lacuna,
• lag,
• lag behind,
• lagging,
• lay aside,
• lay away,
• lay by,
• lay over,
• let,
• let down,
• let up,
• letdown,
• letup,
• lie dormant,
• linger,
• logjam,
• loiter,
• loitering,
• lollygag,
• lose ground,
• lose momentum,
• lose speed,
• lull,
• make late,
• mark time,
• meddle,
• minus acceleration,
• mire,
• moderate,
• moratorium,
• mull,
• negativism,
• not budge,
• not stir,
• nuisance value,
• obstruct,
• obstruction,
• obstructionism,
• occlusion,
• oppose,
• opposition,
• paperasserie,
• pause,
• pigeonhole,
• poke,
• poke along,
• postpone,
• postponement,
• procrastinate,
• prolong,
• prorogate,
• prorogue,
• protract,
• push aside,
• put aside,
• put away,
• put in mothballs,
• put off,
• put on ice,
• recess,
• red tape,
• red-tapeism,
• red-tapery,
• reef,
• rein in,
• relax,
• repress,
• repression,
• reprieve,
• reserve,
• resist,
• resistance,
• respite,
• rest,
• restrain,
• restraint,
• restriction,
• retard,
• retardance,
• retardation,
• retardment,
• scotch,
• set aside,
• set back,
• set by,
• setback,
• shelve,
• shift off,
• shilly-shally,
• shilly-shallying,
• sideline,
• sit back,
• sit it out,
• sit tight,
• sit up,
• slack off,
• slack up,
• slack-up,
• slacken,
• slackening,
• sleep on,
• slow,
• slow down,
• slow up,
• slow-up,
• slowdown,
• slowing,
• slowing down,
• slowness,
• slowup,
• snub,
• squeeze,
• stagnate,
• stall,
• stand over,
• stave off,
• stay,
• stay of execution,
• stay up,
• stick around,
• stop,
• stoppage,
• store,
• stow,
• stranglehold,
• stretch out,
• stricture,
• suppress,
• suppression,
• suspend,
• suspension,
• table,
• table the motion,
• take a recess,
• take in sail,
• take time,
• tarry,
• tarrying,
• temporize,
• throttle down,
• tie-up,
• time lag,
• trail,
• vacillate,
• vegetate,
• wait,
• wait a minute,
• wait and see,
• waiting,
• waive,
• waste time,
• watch and wait,
• waver