Definition for Delay:

• de-l[= a]', v.t. ( Spens.) to temper, dilute, weaken. [ Fr. délayer, dilute-- L. deliqu[= a]re, clarify.]

Synonyms for Delay:

• adj.

  •slack (adjective)
  • lag.

• n.

  •
  • evasion,
  • table,
  • shelve,
  • waive,
  • hold off,
  • remit,
  • avoidance,
  • defer,
  • stagnation,
  • adjourn,
  • failure,
  • standstill.
  •
  • play for time,
  • temporize,
  • lag,
  • stall,
  • time.
  •
  • distance,
  • tarry,
  • countdown,
  • trail,
  • era,
  • dally,
  • procrastinate,
  • dilly-dally.
  •
  • cooling-off period,
  • intermission.
  •
  • potter.
  •act (noun)
  • holdup.
  •avoidance (noun)
  • run-around,
  • evasion.
  •deadlock (noun)
  • stalemate.
  •deferment, interruption (noun)
  • cooling-off period,
  • jam,
  • showstopper,
  • holding pattern,
  • filibuster,
  • discontinuation,
  • Loitering,
  • holding,
  • remission,
  • prorogation,
  • hindrance,
  • moratorium,
  • obstruction,
  • downtime,
  • interval,
  • procrastination,
  • problem,
  • suspension,
  • lag,
  • logjam,
  • setback,
  • Retardment,
  • lingering,
  • retardation,
  • stoppage,
  • demurral,
  • stay,
  • check,
  • wait,
  • cunctation,
  • stall,
  • impediment,
  • surcease,
  • postponement,
  • reprieve,
  • stop,
  • Tarrying,
  • adjournment,
  • detention,
  • bind,
  • hangup,
  • dawdling.
  •delay (noun)
  • check,
  • wait,
  • hold,
  • postponement,
  • time lag,
  • holdup,
  • hold up.
  •disappointment (noun)
  • setback.
  •hindrance (noun)
  • hurdle,
  • bafflement,
  • complication,
  • inhibition,
  • resistance,
  • deterrent,
  • entrapment,
  • encumbrance,
  • damper,
  • impedance,
  • restriction,
  • interruption,
  • constraint,
  • constipation,
  • opposition,
  • restraint,
  • blockade,
  • disadvantage,
  • stoppage,
  • obstacle,
  • impediment,
  • frustration,
  • drawback,
  • congestion,
  • hindrance,
  • barrier,
  • obstruction,
  • impasse,
  • blockage,
  • setback,
  • entanglement.
  •interruption (noun)
  • hiatus,
  • suspension,
  • hitch,
  • postponement,
  • relief,
  • interval,
  • interlude.
  •lateness (noun)
  • tardiness.
  •layover (noun)
  • stopover.
  •neglect (noun)
  • neglect.
  •postponement (noun)
  • remission,
  • discontinuation,
  • lag,
  • respite,
  • setback,
  • moratorium,
  • adjournment,
  • surcease,
  • retardation.
  •slowdown (noun)
  • slowup,
  • slackening,
  • deceleration.
  •stop (noun)
  • standstill.
  •time (noun)
  • time lag,
  • hold,
  • postponement,
  • wait.

• v.

  •cause stop in action (verb)
  • gain time,
  • deter,
  • choke,
  • encumber,
  • suspend,
  • obstruct,
  • tarry,
  • prorogue,
  • detain,
  • drag,
  • retard,
  • keep,
  • prolong,
  • hamper,
  • dilly-dally,
  • hold,
  • postpone,
  • impede,
  • interfere,
  • confine,
  • discourage,
  • withhold,
  • intermit,
  • block,
  • table,
  • keep back,
  • protract,
  • hold over,
  • dawdle,
  • procrastinate,
  • bar,
  • stave off,
  • prevent,
  • arrest,
  • adjourn,
  • bide time,
  • temporize,
  • lay over,
  • repress,
  • slacken,
  • loiter,
  • clog,
  • restrict,
  • defer,
  • shelve,
  • remand,
  • curb,
  • linger,
  • inhibit.
  •change (verb)
  • hold up,
  • detain.
  •hesitate (verb)
  • hesitate,
  • shrink,
  • balk,
  • wait,
  • pause,
  • falter,
  • recoil,
  • halt.
  •hinder (verb)
  • tangle,
  • handicap,
  • constrain,
  • inhibit,
  • bung,
  • frustrate,
  • dam,
  • check,
  • block,
  • encumber,
  • entrap,
  • oppose,
  • complicate,
  • snag,
  • brake,
  • thwart,
  • foul,
  • congest,
  • hamstring,
  • stay,
  • bottleneck,
  • snarl,
  • burden,
  • curb,
  • detain,
  • crimp,
  • obstruct,
  • choke,
  • hamper,
  • mire,
  • catch,
  • clog,
  • paralyze,
  • constipate,
  • drag,
  • deter,
  • impair,
  • restrain,
  • entangle,
  • resist,
  • fetter,
  • impede,
  • cripple,
  • stop,
  • jam,
  • cramp,
  • restrict,
  • plug,
  • bar,
  • hinder,
  • baffle,
  • interrupt,
  • counter.
  •interrupt (verb)
  • suspend,
  • break,
  • postpone,
  • relieve,
  • recess,
  • reprieve.
  •slow (verb)
  • loiter,
  • creep,
  • dawdle,
  • plod,
  • slow,
  • linger,
  • crawl,
  • trudge,
  • poke.
  •stop (verb)
  • standstill.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • discontinuity,
  • await,
  • lacuna,
  • hang around,
  • stint,
  • filibuster,
  • prevaricate,
  • stopping,
  • forbear,
  • retardation,
  • evasion,
  • intermission,
  • hang on,
  • stasis,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • Detainment,
  • lateness,
  • dilly-dally,
  • potter.
  •
  • cooling-off period,
  • anticipate,
  • neglect,
  • adjourn,
  • stagnation,
  • tarry,
  • trail,
  • remission,
  • holding pattern,
  • shelve,
  • hold on,
  • countdown,
  • keep back,
  • hold off,
  • quiescent,
  • tie up,
  • stall.
  •
  • waiver,
  • era,
  • extension,
  • lapse,
  • failure,
  • waive.
  •
  • while,
  • park,
  • dally,
  • hour,
  • trouble.
  •
  • year,
  • gap,
  • distance.
  •
  • window,
  • remit.
  •
  • spell.
  •
  • stretch.
  •
  • time,
  • space.
  •
  • way.
  •
  • run.
  •adjourn
  • prorogue,
  • hold over.
  •bog down
  • set back,
  • slow up,
  • slow down.
  •break
  • layover.
  •dawdle
  • dillydally.
  •deadlock
  • stalemate.
  •deferment
  • surcease.
  •delay
  • hesitation,
  • hesitancy,
  • adjournment.
  •detention
  • tardiness.
  •evasion
  • avoidance.
  •hedge
  • temporize.
  •hesitate
  • think twice,
  • scruple.
  •hold back
  • withhold.
  •interrupt
  • lay aside.
  •lay over
  • stopover.
  •put off
  • mark time.
  •remain
  • stay behind,
  • stick around,
  • stay put.
  •reprieve
  • respite.
  •surcease
  • surcease.
  •table
  • table.
  •temporize
  • stall for time.
  •tie
  • immobilize.
  •Other relevant words:
  • hum and haw,
  • set by,
  • keep back,
  • time,
  • amnesty,
  • baulk,
  • abeyance,
  • aborting,
  • Hinderance,
  • scotch,
  • year,
  • rein in,
  • sneakily,
  • forbid,
  • park,
  • forestalling,
  • balking,
  • fluctuate,
  • quiescent,
  • space,
  • overthrow,
  • store,
  • backward,
  • hesitance,
  • put over,
  • torpor,
  • keep waiting,
  • See-saw,
  • drag out,
  • holdup,
  • glitch,
  • suppression,
  • repression,
  • remit,
  • diminish,
  • stonewall,
  • stalling,
  • lose ground,
  • injunction,
  • dilatory,
  • foolish,
  • condition,
  • flagging,
  • Loitering,
  • delayed,
  • mark,
  • conserve,
  • detention,
  • repress,
  • abide,
  • defeat,
  • curtail,
  • Obtrusion,
  • tick off,
  • hedge,
  • frivolous,
  • slow up,
  • interim,
  • gibe,
  • clench,
  • scruple,
  • draw out,
  • botch,
  • afterthought,
  • irresolution,
  • cargo hold,
  • rest,
  • immoral,
  • hold on,
  • deceleration,
  • drone,
  • Prorogate,
  • Intercepting,
  • Arrestment,
  • correspond,
  • throttle,
  • elongate,
  • clasp,
  • wile,
  • lounge,
  • cleft,
  • discontinuity,
  • fall behind,
  • tardy,
  • dally,
  • yo-yo,
  • deferred,
  • ruse,
  • heedless,
  • hang,
  • intervene,
  • cavity,
  • stasis,
  • prevention,
  • thwarting,
  • way,
  • lethargy,
  • relapse,
  • sit back,
  • intermit,
  • lie about,
  • Retarding,
  • Clogging,
  • inhibiting,
  • wait and see,
  • hesitancy,
  • meddle,
  • insure,
  • window,
  • Obstructing,
  • hindering,
  • lateness,
  • sit tight,
  • stretch out,
  • trammel,
  • setback,
  • layover,
  • drag one's feet,
  • prorogation,
  • grip,
  • persist,
  • confine,
  • spike,
  • train,
  • rein,
  • lapse,
  • clutches,
  • mark off,
  • waiting,
  • hold horses,
  • set back,
  • drift,
  • stay up,
  • careless,
  • forbear,
  • snub,
  • slowing,
  • hour,
  • opening,
  • forestall,
  • be delayed,
  • baulking,
  • go over,
  • hiccup,
  • cumber,
  • put away,
  • prevent,
  • see to it,
  • temper,
  • laze,
  • era,
  • table,
  • negligent,
  • rent,
  • holding,
  • Interdicting,
  • pretext,
  • sustain,
  • deliberateness,
  • put back,
  • letdown,
  • staving off,
  • live,
  • enjoin,
  • controlling,
  • fit,
  • keep,
  • depraved,
  • hesitant,
  • moderate,
  • Proscribing,
  • pigeonhole,
  • protract,
  • retain,
  • fending off,
  • learn,
  • outride,
  • hole,
  • dwell,
  • reduce,
  • let down,
  • lull,
  • hang fire,
  • let-up,
  • string,
  • interdict,
  • interfere with,
  • check over,
  • respite,
  • avoidance,
  • debarment,
  • live on,
  • adjournment,
  • reserve,
  • spell,
  • logjam,
  • hang back,
  • doubtful,
  • move,
  • neglect,
  • alternate,
  • proscription,
  • lallygag,
  • discourage,
  • trail,
  • put on hold,
  • find out,
  • think twice,
  • dampen,
  • torpidity,
  • to and fro,
  • countdown,
  • Delaying,
  • dam up,
  • defy,
  • ease up,
  • procrastination,
  • aperture,
  • cargo deck,
  • intermission,
  • stint,
  • discontinue,
  • endure,
  • withstand,
  • dissolute,
  • hold in,
  • anticipation,
  • bide time,
  • upset,
  • downtime,
  • empty,
  • obviation,
  • prohibit,
  • defer,
  • rebuff,
  • ward off,
  • overdue,
  • taboo,
  • kill,
  • mood,
  • Procrastinating,
  • suppress,
  • squeeze,
  • slowness,
  • stumbling block,
  • surreptitiously,
  • closure,
  • subsequently,
  • disaster,
  • obviate,
  • barring,
  • remain,
  • crack,
  • breach,
  • profound,
  • rip,
  • stall,
  • imprudent,
  • period,
  • discontinuation,
  • caesura,
  • lingering,
  • take time,
  • be suspended,
  • stay on,
  • Intermeddle,
  • playing for time,
  • play,
  • bide one's time,
  • moratorium,
  • hesitation,
  • curbing,
  • showstopper,
  • demurral,
  • licentious,
  • stagnation,
  • decline,
  • shackle,
  • tarry,
  • Tarrying,
  • secretly,
  • slack,
  • mitigation,
  • Mitigating,
  • stealthily,
  • shilly-shallying,
  • petty,
  • ban,
  • see,
  • anticipate,
  • stopover,
  • abortion,
  • blocking,
  • hold out,
  • relax,
  • while,
  • interfere,
  • gulf,
  • bog down,
  • push aside,
  • check up on,
  • hold up,
  • crash,
  • mark time,
  • then,
  • turn back,
  • teeter-totter,
  • enjoining,
  • assure,
  • take one's own sweet time,
  • Postponing,
  • leeway,
  • by accident,
  • lag behind,
  • Dilly,
  • vacillation,
  • indulge in,
  • spin out,
  • retardation,
  • checker,
  • federal case,
  • waste time,
  • trouble,
  • intercept,
  • reversal,
  • gain time,
  • foot-dragging,
  • hang on,
  • quell,
  • await,
  • shelve,
  • split,
  • arresting,
  • appreciation,
  • fixation,
  • pigeon-hole,
  • weaken,
  • closing up,
  • stalemate,
  • stunt,
  • flag,
  • hang around,
  • damp,
  • hangup,
  • Holdback,
  • vacillate,
  • lag,
  • dilatoriness,
  • survive,
  • tire,
  • stonewalling,
  • keep in check,
  • Retardment,
  • slack up,
  • pass inspection,
  • vegetate,
  • prorogue,
  • standstill,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • lose speed,
  • surcease,
  • stratagem,
  • constriction,
  • bottle up,
  • by mistake,
  • afterward,
  • uncertain,
  • Deferring,
  • covertly,
  • set,
  • play for time,
  • backpedal,
  • chink,
  • rift,
  • tergiversate,
  • evasion,
  • slow down,
  • waiver,
  • warding off,
  • extend,
  • grasp,
  • waver,
  • decelerate,
  • occlusion,
  • stranglehold,
  • Arrestation,
  • ascertain,
  • equivocate,
  • clutch,
  • Hampering,
  • last out,
  • run,
  • Debarring,
  • bind,
  • preserve,
  • stick up,
  • armed robbery,
  • let,
  • furtively,
  • deferral,
  • interception,
  • jib,
  • demurrage,
  • stay put,
  • stricture,
  • remain unfinished,
  • slowup,
  • watch,
  • prolong,
  • Delation,
  • draw rein,
  • obstructionism,
  • freeze,
  • lagging,
  • forbiddance,
  • interdiction,
  • tardiness,
  • custody,
  • stopping,
  • letup,
  • agree,
  • put aside,
  • void,
  • negativism,
  • slacken,
  • handle,
  • debauched,
  • stronghold,
  • arrest,
  • linger over,
  • protraction,
  • end,
  • appease,
  • preclude,
  • lay aside,
  • banning,
  • ride out,
  • foolhardy,
  • Checking,
  • hold off,
  • hibernate,
  • dragging,
  • breather,
  • holdover,
  • lessen,
  • be still,
  • subterfuge,
  • later,
  • be patient,
  • temporize,
  • hang-up,
  • forbidding,
  • disruption,
  • confound,
  • drag along,
  • withhold,
  • not budge,
  • Discontinuing,
  • contain,
  • Restraining,
  • slackening,
  • dwell on,
  • decrease,
  • tear,
  • Prohibiting,
  • slack off,
  • swither,
  • abate,
  • stymie,
  • hold back,
  • difficulty,
  • stave off,
  • division,
  • breathing space,
  • check out,
  • dither,
  • heavy,
  • heist,
  • problem,
  • dilly-dally,
  • stay of execution,
  • determine,
  • expand,
  • stretch,
  • potter,
  • traffic jam,
  • look into,
  • frustrating,
  • limit,
  • wait for,
  • intense,
  • lacuna,
  • erudite,
  • remain unsettled,
  • nuisance value,
  • cooling-off period,
  • Tabooing,
  • reduce speed,
  • hedging,
  • prohibition,
  • check off,
  • dead time,
  • immobilize,
  • hold water,
  • mull,
  • storage area,
  • tie up,
  • dilly-dallying,
  • remission,
  • gap,
  • cunctation,
  • reverse,
  • impeding,
  • halting,
  • fend off,
  • hold over,
  • reckless,
  • run-around,
  • ensure,
  • avoid,
  • claudication,
  • foiling,
  • stay behind,
  • prolongation,
  • filibuster,
  • stagnate,
  • belated,
  • sluggishness,
  • sleep on it,
  • dawdling,
  • distance,
  • bide,
  • manoeuvre,
  • put on ice,
  • time lag,
  • hem and haw,
  • unhurried,
  • dillydally,
  • deal with,
  • remand,
  • foil,
  • avert,
  • stick around,
  • failure,
  • Preventing,
  • sit,
  • backwater,
  • dizzy,
  • lay away,
  • straggle,
  • sit up,
  • prevaricate,
  • hold everything,
  • lengthen,
  • mitigate,
  • procrastinate,
  • parry,
  • save,
  • holding pattern,
  • fire,
  • hold,
  • debar,
  • stow,
  • dalliance,
  • Haver,
  • ease off,
  • lollygag,
  • lie dormant,
  • reef,
  • deferment,
  • entr'acte,
  • be late,
  • adjourn,
  • extent,
  • preclusion,
  • stall for time,
  • crevice,
  • check into,
  • demur,
  • barricade,
  • abort,
  • inch along,
  • waive,
  • sideline,
  • Avoiding,
  • Suss Out,
  • hang about,
  • proscribe,
  • coast,
  • take one's time,
  • hold your horses,
  • lay over,
  • sit it out,
  • discontinuance,
  • give the run-around,
  • control,
  • idle,
  • slowdown,
  • shrink from,
  • sleep on,
  • countercheck,
  • handgrip,
  • high time,
  • extension,
  • clandestinely,
  • Detainment,
  • poke along,
  • languor,
  • interference,
  • cargo area,
  • cease,
  • put,
  • dander,
  • artifice,
  • stand over,
  • tide over,
  • trick.

Antonyms for Delay:

• n.

  • deferment, interruption
    support, aid, expedition, advance, help, liberation, promotion, go, rush, hastening, continuation, assistance, dispatch, beginning, furtherance, speed, hurry.
  • Other antonyms:
    promptitude, dispatch, haste, promptness.

• v.

  • cause stop in action
    DO, allow, expedite, complete, liberate, let go, release, unblock, assist, promote, abandon, push, encourage, permit, further, free, open, continue, hasten, carry out, leave, forward, finish.
  • change
    rush.

Homophones for Delay:

• dhole, deal, dalo, dali, Daedal, duel, dual, daylily, dottily, dahl, doyly, doily, dahlia, day lily, diddle, deli, do well, dalea, dole, diol, dill, dowdily, doodle, deathly, dal, dale, daily, dally, dail, dhal, doddle, death toll, dwell, dolly, deadly, dawdle, dowel, dottle, doyley, delhi, duly, dell, dl, dle, dial, doll, delilah, detail, dol, douala, dull.

Hypernym for Delay:

• n.

  • act
    trifling, lingering, dawdling, deferment, shillyshally, slowdown, dalliance, forbearance, lag, deferral, gap, procrastination, tarriance, demurrage, retardation, filibuster, interruption, disruption, postponement, break, cunctation.
  • time
    retardation, moratorium, extension.

• v.

  • change
    stall, buy time, catch, stonewall.
  • stative
    dillydally, defer, prorogue, pause, table, hesitate, shelve, put off, hold over, shillyshally, drag one's feet, procrastinate, postpone, stall, set back, drag one's heels, put over, dilly-dally, remit.

Hyponym for Delay:

• n.

  • act
    inactivity.
  • time
    suspension, interruption, break, intermission, pause.

• v.

  • change
    retard, slow down, decelerate, slow, slow up.
  • stative
    wait, hold off, hold back.