Synonyms for Delay:

• adj.

  •slack (adjective)
  • lag.

• n.

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

• v.

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

• Other synonyms:

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

Antonyms for Delay:

• n.

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

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    abandon, accelerate, acceleration, act, advance, aid, allow, assist, assistance, barrel, beginning, bolt, bowl, breeze, bring forward, career, carry out, catch up, complete, continuation, continue, course, dart, dash, deal, decide, dispatch, encourage, expedite, expedition, facilitate, finish, fly, forward, free, further, furtherance, gallop, go, haste, hasten, hastening, help, hotfoot, hump, hurry, hurtle, hustle, leave, let go, liberate, liberation, open, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake, permit, precipitate, press, promote, promotion, promptitude, promptness, push, quicken, race, release, rip, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scramble, scud, scurry, send, speed, speed up, sprint, stampede, support, tear, trot, unblock, urge, whirl, whisk, whiz, work, work on, deal with, DO, hotfoot it, decide upon, hurry up, fast-forward, fast-track, speed (up).

• v.

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