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Synonyms for delay
dɪˈleɪde·lay
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Wiktionary
delayverb
Synonyms:
put off, suspend, postpone, defer, forslow, put on ice, adjourndelayverb
previously unexpected period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying.
Synonyms:
put off, forslow, suspend, put on ice, defer, postpone, adjourndelayverb
To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.
Synonyms:
forslow, suspend, put off, postpone, adjourn, put on ice, defer
English Synonyms and Antonyms
delay
To hinder is to keep from action, progress, motion, or growth, or to make such action, progress, motion, or growth later in beginning or completion than it would otherwise have been. An action is prevented by anything that comes in before it to make it impossible; it is hindered by anything that keeps it from either beginning or ending so soon as it otherwise would, or as expected or intended. It is more common, however, to say that the start is delayed, the progress hindered. An action that is hindered does not take place at the appointed or appropriate time; that which is prevented does not take place at all; to hinder a thing long enough may amount to preventing it. A railroad-train may be hindered by a snow-storm from arriving on time; it may by special order be prevented from starting. To retard is simply to make slow by any means whatever. To obstruct is to hinder, or possibly to prevent advance or passage by putting something in the way; to oppose or resist is to hinder, or possibly to prevent by directly contrary or hostile action, resist being the stronger term and having more suggestion of physical force; obstructed roads hinder the march of an enemy, tho there may be no force strong enough to oppose it; one opposes a measure, a motion, an amendment, or the like; it is a criminal offense to resist an officer in the discharge of his duty; the physical system may resist the attack of disease or the action of a remedy. Compare CONQUER; IMPEDIMENT; OBSTRUCT.
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Synonyms:
baffle, balk, bar, block, check, clog, counteract, embarrass, encumber, foil, frustrate, hamper, hinder, impede, interrupt, obstruct, oppose, prevent, resist, retard, stay, stop, thwartPreposition:
Hinder one in his progress; from acting promptly; by opposition.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
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clutch, grip, storage area, keep, holdup, detainment, deferral, handle, hold, appreciation, handgrip, wait, cargo area, detention, postponement, waiting, custody, clasp, cargo deck, clench, clutches, grasp, time lag, deferment, cargo holddelay, holdupverb
the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
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stickup, time lag, holdup, wait, armed robbery, postponement, heist, holddelay, detain, hold upverb
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"
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go, live, detain, stick up, stay, last, confine, hold up, hold out, hold, sustain, hold water, live on, support, check, retard, endure, stand up, withstand, defy, survivedelayverb
act later than planned, scheduled, or required
"Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
stay, detain, delayverb
stop or halt
"Please stay the bloodshed!"
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quell, bide, stick, stay, last out, confine, hold up, ride out, persist, check, rest, appease, remain, stick around, abide, retard, stay on, stay put, outride, continue, detaincheck, retard, delayverb
slow the growth or development of
"The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
Synonyms:
checker, check, slow up, slow down, moderate, mark, slow, watch, look into, crack, check up on, arrest, go over, tick off, match, tick, fit, hold back, stop, ascertain, determine, assure, find out, agree, turn back, stay, check into, train, break, control, check off, check out, learn, curb, hold up, hold, see to it, see, chequer, discipline, mark off, tally, ensure, decelerate, hold in, suss out, detain, contain, check over, jibe, condition, retard, correspond, insure, gibe
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
delayverb
Synonyms:
defer, postpone, procrastinate, put off, stave off, let lie overdelayverb
delayverb
Synonyms:
linger, tarry, stop, procrastinatedelaynoun
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procrastination, postponement, deferring, the fabian policy, masterly inactivitydelaynoun
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detention, stay, stop, hinderance
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
delaynoun
Synonyms:
deferring, deferment, procrastination, postponement, respite, reprieve, retardation, retention, obstruction, dawdling, lingering, dallianceAntonyms:
dispatch, promptness, expedition, hastedelayverb
Synonyms:
postpone, defer, procrastinate, suspend, reprieve, retard, impede, hinder, obstruct, linger, tarry, dawdle, dallyAntonyms:
dispatch, hasten, expedite, facilitate
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "delay":
delays, postpone, delaying, retardation, postponement, delayed, backlog, late, backwardness, deadline, defer, lag, lateness, procrastination, tardiness, demora, retard, ado, postponed, time-limit, period, slippage, postpones, overdue, behind, timeframe, deferral, time, wait
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How to use delay in a sentence?
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We do know that a percentage of LGBT people avoid and delay screening and care because of fear about or experience of stigma, discrimination or simply lack of knowledge about LGBT people and their health amongst providers, if you avoid or delay screening and care and you have an issue that may be precancerous, by the time you get into screening and care you’re there because it has become acute and you already have a progressed disease.
But that's best-case scenario. It could take several more days just to get through the difficult section where they currently are. If any weather moves in, that could also delay things, but the forecast is looking good for now.
It’s quite likely that many of those who reported drinking regularly during their late teens went on to continue or escalate that habit throughout their adult life, in an ideal world, parents would both try to delay alcohol initiation until the late teens or early twenties and also try teach their kids to drink moderately and responsibly.
It does throw a little bit of wrench into things, to the extent that individuals are relying on the refund any delay is going to be a negative.
Translations for delay
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- تأخر, سوف, تأخيرArabic
- закъснение, забавяне, забавям, отлагам, отлаганеBulgarian
- zpožděníCzech
- etwas [[verschieben]], sich [[verspäten]], VerzögerungGerman
- αναβάλλωGreek
- retrasar, retraso, demora, demorarSpanish
- درنگ, دیرکردPersian
- siirtää, viivästys, viivyttää, viivästyttääFinnish
- délai, retard, retarderFrench
- faillíIrish
- dàilScottish Gaelic
- איחור, לעכבHebrew
- विलंब, देरHindi
- menundaIndonesian
- tardigarIdo
- töfIcelandic
- ritardoItalian
- 遅れ, 遅延, 遅らせるJapanese
- دواخستن, پاشخستن, دوای ئهخاتKurdish
- moraLatin
- akutōtanga, whakaakutōMāori
- tangguhkanMalay
- vertraging, uitstellenDutch
- opóźnieniePolish
- atrasar, mora, demorar, atraso, demoraPortuguese
- apatatayQuechua
- întârziere, amâna, întârziaRomanian
- задержка, опоздание, промедление, заде́рживать, отложи́ть, задержа́ть, откла́дыватьRussian
- sklzSlovak
- försening, skjuta uppSwedish
- ఆలస్యముTelugu
- gecikme, ertelemek, rötarTurkish
- затримкаUkrainian
- دیرUrdu
- trì hoãn, hoãnVietnamese
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