34 English Synonyms for DELAY

Definition: 1. Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

There are 13 definitions of the word slow

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Definition: 1. (intransitive) To delay taking action; to wait until later.

There are 2 definitions of the word procrastinate

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Definition: 1. (transitive) To postpone.

There are 4 definitions of the word adjourn

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Definition: 1. To render, to offer.

There are 5 definitions of the word defer

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Definition: 1. (transitive) To be dilatory about; put off; postpone; neglect; omit.

There are 3 definitions of the word forslow

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Definition: 1. (very, rare) To create a delay by undoing what has previously been done, sometimes possibly with the intention of redoing it and repeating this cycle.

There are 2 definitions of the word penelopize

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Definition: 1. To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.

There are 2 definitions of the word postpone

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Definition: 1. offended, repulsed

There are 8 definitions of the word put off

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Definition: 1. To halt something temporarily.

There are 9 definitions of the word suspend

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Definition: 1. (intransitive, informal) To wait or delay.

There are 4 definitions of the word hold up

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Definition: 1. (transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.

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Definition: 1. A period of time without wind.

There are 10 definitions of the word calm

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Definition: 1. Not excessive; acting in moderation

There are 13 definitions of the word moderate

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Definition: 1. To die.

There are 8 definitions of the word quell

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Definition: 1. A stage in Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of the psychosexual development of children where children become asexual until their sexual desires come back at puberty.

There are 5 definitions of the word latency

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Definition: 1. A delay used to separate the occurrence of two events, especially in a mechanical or electronic device.

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Definition: 1. Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.

There are 6 definitions of the word hinder

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Definition: 1. Retardation; delay.

There are 9 definitions of the word retard

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Definition: 1. (transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.

There are 2 definitions of the word pacify

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Definition: 1. (obsolete) Delay, hesitation, procrastination.

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Definition: 1. An act or instance of deferring or putting off.

There are 2 definitions of the word deferment

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Definition: 1. The act of dilating.

There are 4 definitions of the word dilation

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Definition: 1. An act of hesitating

There are 3 definitions of the word hesitation

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Definition: 1. (colloquial) A delay or wait.

There are 6 definitions of the word hold-up

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