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Synonyms for postpone
poʊstˈpoʊn, poʊs-post·pone

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Wiktionary3.0 / 2 votes

  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

English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 2 votes

  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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. postpone

    Synonyms:
    defer, delay, prorogue, procrastinate

    Antonyms:
    expedite, despatch, accelerate

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  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

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  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  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. postponeverb

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. postponeverb

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

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How to use postpone in a sentence?

  1. John Coates:

    I think that Prime Minister Abe is a very smart man and I have no doubt that when he put it to the IOC that we postpone the Games... he had in mind a positive economic stimulus for Tokyo and Japan in what would otherwise be a downturn, i think there will be a lot of countries and cities around the world wishing for a similar opportunity.

  2. Lakshman Achuthan:

    If your job is in an industry or occupation where the revenue depends on buyers with the discretion to postpone their purchases, start job hunting immediately for positions where that's not the case.

  3. Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari:

    There is an understanding, next week there will be some hectic diplomatic activity between Baghdad, Kuwait, Geneva and New York in order to present a joint request to postpone the payment.

  4. Communications Minister Nikolai Nikiforov:

    To simply postpone, delay the coming into force of these norms of the anti-terrorist package to 2023 we think is counter-productive.

  5. Lori Lightfoot:

    Here in Chicago, the word' Lollapalooza' has always been synonymous with summer, great music and four days of unforgettable fun -- which made last year's decision to postpone it all the more difficult, now, less than a year later and armed with a vaccine that is safe, effective and widely available, we are able to bring back one of our city's most iconic summer music festivals.


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