Synonyms for delay
dɪˈleɪ

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1. delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait(noun)

   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, 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 hold

   Antonyms:
   hurry, rush

2. delay, holdup(verb)

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

   Synonyms:
   stickup, time lag, holdup, wait, armed robbery, postponement, heist, hold

   Antonyms:
   rush, hurry

3. delay, detain, hold up(verb)

   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"

   Synonyms:
   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, survive

   Antonyms:
   hurry, rush

4. delay(verb)

   act later than planned, scheduled, or required

   "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"

   Synonyms:
   retard, hold up, check, detain, stay

   Antonyms:
   hurry, rush

5. stay, detain, delay(verb)

   stop or halt

   "Please stay the bloodshed!"

   Synonyms:
   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, detain

   Antonyms:
   hurry, rush

6. check, retard, delay(verb)

   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

   Antonyms:
   rush, hurry

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1. delay(noun)

   previously unexpected period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying.

   Synonyms:
   adjourn, put off, suspend, postpone, defer, forslow, put on ice

2. delay(verb)

   To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.

   Synonyms:
   adjourn, postpone, defer, put off, put on ice, suspend, forslow

3. delay(verb)

   Synonyms:
   forslow, suspend, put off, postpone, adjourn, put on ice, defer

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. 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.

   See synonyms for QUICKEN.

   Synonyms:
   baffle, balk, bar, block, check, clog, counteract, embarrass, encumber, foil, frustrate, hamper, hinder, impede, interrupt, obstruct, oppose, prevent, resist, retard, stay, stop, thwart

   Preposition:
   Hinder one in his progress; from acting promptly; by opposition.

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. delay(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   defer, postpone, procrastinate, put off, stave off, let lie over

2. delay(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   detain, hinder, retard, step, impede

3. delay(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   linger, tarry, stop, procrastinate

4. delay(n.)

   Synonyms:
   procrastination, postponement, deferring, the fabian policy, masterly inactivity

5. delay(n.)

   Synonyms:
   detention, stay, stop, hinderance

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   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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