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Synonyms for delaying
de·lay·ing
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
delaying
Slow signifies moving through a relatively short distance, or with a relatively small number of motions in a given time; slow also applies to that which is a relatively long while in beginning or accomplishing something; a watch or a clock is said to be slow when its indications are behind those of the standard time. Tardy is applied to that which is behind the proper or desired time, especially in doing a work or arriving at a place. Deliberate and dilatory are used of persons, tho the latter may be used also of things, as of a stream; a person is deliberate who takes a noticeably long time to consider and decide before acting or who acts or speaks as if he were deliberating at every point; a person is dilatory who lays aside, or puts off as long as possible, necessary or required action; both words may be applied either to undertaking or to doing. Gradual (Latin gradus, a step) signifies advancing by steps, and refers to slow but regular and sure progression. Slack refers to action that seems to indicate a lack of tension, as of muscle or of will, sluggish to action that seems as if reluctant to advance.
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Synonyms:
dawdling, deliberate, dilatory, drowsy, dull, gradual, inactive, inert, lingering, moderate, procrastinating, slack, slow, sluggish, tardy
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List of paraphrases for "delaying":
delay, retarding, postponing, dilatory, postponement, postponed, postpone, procrastination, deferring, delayed
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2901 | slow | |
#3446 | delay | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#6366 | delayed | |
#10506 | inactive | |
#13293 | dull | |
#15634 | deliberate | |
#16742 | gradual | |
#17718 | postponed | |
#17781 | slack | |
#27159 | delaying | |
#27270 | lingering | |
#27289 | inert | |
#28220 | postpone | |
#29806 | sluggish | |
#37135 | procrastination | |
#42034 | postponement | |
#47010 | drowsy | |
#52817 | tardy | |
#59744 | postponing | |
#62916 | deferring | |
#73918 | procrastinating | |
#92833 | retarding | |
#162791 | dilatory | |
#229944 | dawdling |
How to use delaying in a sentence?
Acting Police Commissioner Stuart Cameron:
She was delaying transport of a critically injured person, but I do believe she was well-intentioned.
Reports of multi-month delays in the delivery of windows, heating units, refrigerators and other items have popped up across the country, delaying delivery of homes and forcing builders to cap activity, and many builders continue to point to a shortage of available workers as a separate challenge.
Make no mistake, this deal, while falling short of permanently eliminating Iran’s pathways to a nuclear weapon, succeeds in either delaying it or giving us the credible ability to detect significant cheating on their part and respond accordingly.
Somehow we've weathered and witnessed a nation that isn't broken, but simply unfinished, we've seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it. Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy. And this effort very nearly succeeded. But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated.
The fact that you've got these millennials delaying life and not getting married and not having kids is not a function of the fact that they are completely different from every other generation, it's a reflection that they went to college and ran up debt and couldn't find a job. Now that the economy is starting to improve for these folks, household formations have literally gone vertical.
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