Synonyms for postpone
poʊstˈpoʊn, poʊs-post·pone

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1. postponeverb

   Synonyms:
   suspend, delay, adjourn, defer, put on ice, put off

   Antonyms:
   advance, prepone, hasten

2. postponeverb

   To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.

   Synonyms:
   defer, suspend, delay, adjourn, put off, put on ice

   Antonyms:
   advance, hasten, prepone

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1. postpone

   To protract is to cause to occupy a longer time than is usual, expected, or desirable. We defer a negotiation which we are slow to enter upon; we protract a negotiation which we are slow to conclude; delay may be used of any stage in the proceedings; we may delay a person as well as an action, but defer and protract are not used of persons. Elongate is not used of actions or abstractions, but only of material objects or extension in space; protract is very rarely used of concrete objects or extension in space; we elongate a line, protract a discussion. Protract has usually an unfavorable sense, implying that the matter referred to is already unduly long, or would be so if longer continued; continue is neutral, applying equally to the desirable or the undesirable. Postpone implies a definite intention to resume, as defer also does, though less decidedly; both are often used with some definite limitation of time; as, to postpone till, until, or to a certain day or hour. One may defer, delay, or postpone a matter intelligently and for good reason; he procrastinates through indolence and irresolution. Compare HINDER.

   Synonyms:
   continue, defer, delay, draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, procrastinate, prolong, protract

   Antonyms:
   abbreviate, abridge, conclude, contract, curtail, hasten, hurry, limit, reduce, shorten

   Preposition:
   To protract a speech by verbosity, through an unreasonable time, to, till, or until a late hour.

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1. postpone

   Synonyms:
   defer, delay, prorogue, procrastinate

   Antonyms:
   expedite, despatch, accelerate

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1. postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put offverb

   hold back to a later time

   "let's postpone the exam"

   Synonyms:
   put back, put over, elude, circumvent, set back, turn off, confuse, sidestep, dishearten, remand, give in, remit, parry, dodge, bow, send back, tabulate, accede, flurry, prorogue, hedge, put off, evade, defer, tabularise, table, tabularize, carry over, duck, slacken, shelve, hold over, disconcert, knock back, get across, fudge, submit, skirt

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1. called off

   called of is a phrasal verb!

   today meeting is being called off by the borad of directors.

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

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1. postponeverb

   Synonyms:
   defer, delay, adjourn, procrastinate, put off, stave off, let lie over

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1. postponeverb

   Synonyms:
   defer, delay, put off, procrastinate, adjourn, prorogue

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1. List of paraphrases for "postpone":

   defer, delay, reporter, adjourn, postponed, postponement, postpones, postponing, suspend, differ, delayed, delaying, repel

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How to use postpone in a sentence?

1. Elzbieta Witek:

   Tomorrow morning I am submitting a motion to the Constitutional Tribunal in which I want to ask whether it will be contrary to or consistent with the constitution if I postpone the election date.

2. Heng Swee Keat:

   We have received feedback that Covid-19 has caused some aspiring parents to postpone their parenthood plans, this is fully understandable, especially when they face uncertainty with their income.

3. Damon Whiteside:

   While we were disappointed to postpone our April show in Las Vegas, we couldn't be more thrilled to host the rescheduled 55th ACM Awards in the home of Country Music for the first time in the Academy's history, first and foremost, we want to ensure the safety of our artists and industry, and to ease the burdens of traveling large teams ; therefore, we decided to bring the ACM Awards to them this September in Nashville.

4. Glen Walter:

   Some of the innovation flavors that we have in the pipeline... we've chosen to either postpone or cancel to allow us to make sure that, from a production standpoint and an execution standpoint, we can continue to deliver to consumers what they know and love.

5. Mustafa Amin:

   There was an important reason why we decided to go through with our wedding which is that we had equipped and furnished our apartment completely, and perhaps it could have been inauspicious to postpone the celebration since we don't know when the crisis will end.