What are some opposite words for postponement?

Antonyms for postponementpost·pone·ment

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  1. delay, hold, time lag, postponement, waitnoun

    time during which some action is awaited

    "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"

    Synonyms:
    clutch, grip, storage area, delay, keep, holdup, detainment, deferral, handle, hold, appreciation, handgrip, wait, cargo area, detention, waiting, custody, clasp, cargo deck, clench, clutches, grasp, time lag, deferment, cargo hold

  2. postponement, deferment, deferralnoun

    act of putting off to a future time

    Synonyms:
    recess, time lag, deferral, wait, delay, deferment, hold

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. postponementnoun

    Synonyms:
    deferring, delay, procrastination

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  1. preponement

    Submitted by rinat on September 16, 2019  

How to use postponement in a sentence?

  1. Stavros Theodorakis:

    I called on the prime minister to consider that the Greek economy is desperately close to its limits, greek society is suffering from the constant postponement of a deal.

  2. Prince Abdulaziz:

    The potential impact of current cuts in expenditure on future oil supplies is both substantial and long-lasting, non-OPEC supply is expected to fall in 2016, only one year after the deep cuts in investment. Beyond 2016, the fall in non-OPEC supply is likely to accelerate, as the cancellation and postponement of projects will start feeding into future supplies, and the impact of previous record investments on oil output starts to fade away.

  3. Yuriko Koike:

    The fight against an invisible enemy, the coronavirus, is behind the one-year postponement( of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021), and it has been a major ordeal for humanity, i would like us to overcome the fight against the coronavirus and make the Games a memorable event.Some local organisers complain that information from Tokyo has come slowly, and that they learn about key developments from the media. Others, like Mie Watanabe, readying the road race course in Oyama, a city 90 kilometres( 56 miles) southwest of Tokyo, worry months of their work could go to waste.

  4. Olympics President Yoshiro Mori:

    I would like to clearly reiterate that cancellation or postponement of the Tokyo Games are not being considered.

  5. Haavard Nilsson:

    There is no incentive for shareholders to lock in their shares until the very last moment, so the postponement was expected.

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