Synonyms for Hold off:

• n.

  •
  • avert,
  • obstruct,
  • squash,
  • knock something on the head,
  • prohibit,
  • get in the way of something.
  •
  • play for time.
  •
  • come down,
  • rain,
  • the heavens opened,
  • lash down,
  • pour,
  • snow,
  • hail,
  • beat down,
  • pelt,
  • drizzle.
  •
  • stave off,
  • cover yourself,
  • fight your corner,
  • keep aloof.
  •
  • block,
  • come-on,
  • dive,
  • deny,
  • come off,
  • cover,
  • call,
  • blank,
  • chop down,
  • bobble.
  •fight off (noun)
  • fight.
  •hold off (noun)
  • wait.

• v.

  •adjourn (verb)
  • discontinue,
  • hold over,
  • recess,
  • hold off,
  • prorogue.
  •avoid (verb)
  • duck,
  • desist,
  • shake,
  • steer clear of,
  • fake out,
  • divert,
  • eschew,
  • skip town,
  • step aside,
  • recoil,
  • shake off,
  • turn aside,
  • shirk,
  • skip out on,
  • give the slip,
  • shy,
  • dodge,
  • ditch,
  • keep clear,
  • skirt,
  • sidestep,
  • withdraw,
  • escape,
  • elude,
  • shuffle off,
  • obviate,
  • shun,
  • circumlocute,
  • stay out,
  • circumvent,
  • stay away,
  • hide,
  • run for cover,
  • shrink from,
  • jump,
  • flee,
  • bypass,
  • shake and bake,
  • evade,
  • lay low,
  • weave.
  •deflect (verb)
  • disperse,
  • deviate,
  • ricochet,
  • swerve,
  • sheer,
  • glance off,
  • whip,
  • diverge,
  • veer,
  • bend,
  • slip,
  • volte-face,
  • keep off,
  • twist,
  • wheel,
  • fend,
  • hook,
  • cover up,
  • sidetrack,
  • whirl,
  • slew,
  • curve,
  • wind,
  • pivot.
  •discourage (verb)
  • warn,
  • turn off,
  • scare,
  • disfavor,
  • interfere,
  • deprecate,
  • repress,
  • chill,
  • frighten,
  • impede,
  • hinder,
  • quiet,
  • discountenance.
  •hang back (verb)
  • drops back,
  • lagged behind,
  • hangs off,
  • stayed back,
  • shrank back,
  • dropping back,
  • shrunk back,
  • hung off,
  • staid back,
  • lags behind,
  • shrinks back,
  • dropped back,
  • staying back,
  • dropt behind,
  • stays back,
  • dropt back,
  • shrinking back,
  • dropped behind,
  • hanged off,
  • hanging off.
  •hesitate (verb)
  • dillydally,
  • think about,
  • linger,
  • shrink,
  • balk,
  • sit on fence,
  • balance,
  • demur,
  • doubt,
  • oscillate,
  • be unwilling,
  • equivocate,
  • hem and haw,
  • waver,
  • seesaw,
  • shift,
  • fumble,
  • tergiversate,
  • dither,
  • weigh,
  • be reluctant,
  • straddle,
  • stumble,
  • be irresolute,
  • dally,
  • waffle,
  • shy away,
  • hover,
  • hedge,
  • think twice,
  • ponder,
  • vacillate,
  • fluctuate,
  • scruple,
  • debate,
  • blow hot and cold,
  • pause,
  • stutter,
  • pull back,
  • alternate,
  • flounder,
  • stammer.
  •hold back (verb)
  • Bitting,
  • holds down,
  • holds in,
  • holding down.
  •hold back/hold off (verb)
  • keep,
  • suppress,
  • restrain,
  • bridle,
  • inhibit,
  • stop,
  • forbear,
  • check,
  • curb,
  • control,
  • bit.
  •hold up (verb)
  • detain,
  • slow down,
  • set back,
  • interrupt,
  • retard.
  •pigeonhole (verb)
  • class,
  • peg,
  • tab,
  • sort,
  • label,
  • rank,
  • file,
  • assort,
  • group,
  • classify.
  •prevent (verb)
  • debar,
  • forestall,
  • arrest,
  • thwart,
  • limit,
  • interdict,
  • baffle,
  • shut out,
  • rule out,
  • cork,
  • head off,
  • counteract,
  • dam,
  • nip in the bud,
  • halt,
  • preclude,
  • foil,
  • hamper,
  • anticipate,
  • restrict,
  • intercept,
  • frustrate,
  • bar,
  • cool,
  • forbid.
  •procrastinate (verb)
  • dragged one feet,
  • is dilatory,
  • drags one's feet,
  • played a waiting game,
  • playing waiting game,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • drags feet,
  • giving the run around,
  • drag one feet,
  • letting slide,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • gives the run around,
  • pro longing,
  • pro longs,
  • gave run around,
  • played for time,
  • pro-longed,
  • giving run around,
  • am dilatory,
  • drags ones feet,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • were dilatory,
  • was dilatory,
  • gave the run around,
  • gives run around,
  • drag ones feet,
  • dragging feet,
  • lets slide,
  • wast dilatory,
  • pro-longs,
  • play waiting game,
  • shilly shally,
  • played waiting game,
  • plays a waiting game,
  • pro long,
  • letted slide,
  • dragging ones feet,
  • pro-longing,
  • are dilatory,
  • dragged feet,
  • being dilatory,
  • wert dilatory,
  • drags one feet,
  • art dilatory,
  • dragging one feet,
  • plays waiting game,
  • pro-long,
  • playing a waiting game.
  •protract (verb)
  • keeps going,
  • span out,
  • stretching out,
  • spins out,
  • pro-tracts,
  • spinning out,
  • pro tracts,
  • keeping going,
  • pro-tract,
  • pro tract.
  •put off (verb)
  • re scheduled,
  • re schedule,
  • re-schedule,
  • re-scheduled,
  • re schedules,
  • re-scheduling,
  • re scheduling,
  • re-schedules.
  •rebuff (verb)
  • keeping at arm's length,
  • de-clines,
  • keep at distance,
  • keep at arms length,
  • re proves,
  • keeps a distance,
  • keeps arm length,
  • keep at arm length,
  • keeping at arm length,
  • dis-regard,
  • putting in one place,
  • de clines,
  • puts in place,
  • keeps distance,
  • re prove,
  • dis-regards,
  • put one place,
  • kept bay,
  • kept at arm's length,
  • keeps at a distance,
  • dis regards,
  • dis-allow,
  • kept arm's length,
  • kept distance,
  • putting in ones place,
  • keeping arms length,
  • dis allowed,
  • dis-allows,
  • dis allowing,
  • dis regard,
  • keeps bay,
  • re buffs,
  • keeping arm length,
  • put in one place,
  • keeps at arm length,
  • re proved,
  • beats off,
  • kept at arm length,
  • re-buffs,
  • lashed out at,
  • passing up,
  • re buff,
  • kept arms length,
  • keeps arms length,
  • puts one's place,
  • putting one place,
  • keeping bay,
  • put one's place,
  • puts in one place,
  • kept arm length,
  • put ones place,
  • keeping at bay,
  • de-cline,
  • dis regarding,
  • keeps at bay,
  • dis-regarded,
  • puts in ones place,
  • re-proves,
  • putting in one's place,
  • kept at a distance,
  • dis allows,
  • keeping arm's length,
  • de cline,
  • keeps arm's length,
  • keeps at arms length,
  • re buffing,
  • keep arm length,
  • keeps at distance,
  • kept a distance,
  • puts ones place,
  • dis allow,
  • dis-regarding,
  • putting one's place,
  • kept at distance,
  • put place,
  • kept at arms length,
  • puts place,
  • re-proving,
  • keep bay,
  • dis regarded,
  • putting ones place,
  • lashing out at,
  • re-proved,
  • puts one place,
  • beating off,
  • pushed back,
  • re-prove,
  • keeping at a distance,
  • pushes back,
  • re buffed,
  • dis-allowed,
  • keeping at distance,
  • re-buffing,
  • re-buffed,
  • dis-allowing,
  • keep a distance,
  • re-buff,
  • putting in place,
  • lashes out at,
  • keeping at arms length,
  • putting place,
  • put in ones place,
  • keep arms length,
  • pushing back,
  • keeping distance,
  • passes up,
  • keeping a distance,
  • puts in one's place,
  • keeps at arm's length.
  •rebut (verb)
  • de-feats,
  • de feat,
  • comes back at,
  • dis confirming,
  • over turns,
  • disconfirms,
  • dis-proving,
  • de-feat,
  • dis-confirmed,
  • de feats,
  • dis proved,
  • dis-proved,
  • in-validated,
  • in validates,
  • dis proving,
  • dis-prove,
  • over-turn,
  • dis prove,
  • over-turning,
  • over turning,
  • dis confirmed,
  • dis-proves,
  • dis-confirm,
  • re-butting,
  • re butted,
  • dis confirm,
  • in-validate,
  • proves false,
  • proved false,
  • dis-confirming,
  • in-validating,
  • re butting,
  • proving false,
  • re-butted,
  • coming back at,
  • came back at,
  • in validating,
  • in validated,
  • in validate,
  • in-validates,
  • dis proves,
  • dis-confirms,
  • dis confirms.
  •refuse (verb)
  • dis sents,
  • dis-approving,
  • sends regrets,
  • dis-approves,
  • nixed,
  • turned deaf ear to,
  • dis accords,
  • re fused,
  • turns one's back on,
  • not bought,
  • refuses receive,
  • refusing to receive,
  • turn one back on,
  • sent regrets,
  • re probate,
  • sets aside,
  • not budges,
  • turned one's back on,
  • re fuse,
  • turning one back on,
  • refuse receive,
  • sends off,
  • begs off,
  • turn ones back on,
  • turned from,
  • pro tested,
  • dis-accorded,
  • turning deaf ear to,
  • dis-accord,
  • dis-sent,
  • not budged,
  • re probating,
  • pro-tested,
  • re-probates,
  • sent off,
  • turns ones back on,
  • dis approved,
  • re-fusing,
  • pro-testing,
  • dis accorded,
  • dis approve,
  • dis-accords,
  • giving thumbs down to,
  • dis-according,
  • dis according,
  • refused receive,
  • re-probated,
  • dis-approve,
  • turning back on,
  • re-fuses,
  • turns from,
  • refuses to receive,
  • gave thumbs down to,
  • gives thumbs down to,
  • turned ones back on,
  • dis-sents,
  • not budgeting,
  • makes excuses,
  • not budgeted,
  • refused to receive,
  • re fusing,
  • sending regrets,
  • not buys,
  • sending off,
  • not budging,
  • turned one back on,
  • re-fused,
  • re fuses,
  • begging off,
  • dis-approved,
  • dis sent,
  • re-fuse,
  • not buying,
  • refusing receive,
  • making excuses,
  • pro testing,
  • turning ones back on,
  • not budgets,
  • turns deaf ear to,
  • turning one's back on,
  • re-probate,
  • dis accord,
  • turns back on,
  • dis approves,
  • turning from,
  • begged off,
  • made excuses,
  • dis approving,
  • turns one back on.
  •remit (verb)
  • de-crease,
  • de-creased,
  • re lease,
  • de-creasing,
  • re-duce,
  • re spited,
  • re lax,
  • re duce,
  • re-leased,
  • de creases,
  • re spite,
  • re spiting,
  • re-peals,
  • de crease,
  • easing up,
  • fell away,
  • re-lease,
  • eases up,
  • de creased,
  • re-spited,
  • re-duces,
  • re-leases,
  • re-spites,
  • de creasing,
  • re duces,
  • re pealed,
  • re-lax,
  • re peals,
  • re-pealed,
  • re spites,
  • re leases,
  • intermits,
  • de-creases,
  • re peal,
  • re pealing,
  • re-spiting.
  •repel (verb)
  • dis owned,
  • beats back,
  • driving away,
  • gives cold shoulder to,
  • put flight,
  • chases away,
  • dis-owning,
  • forced off,
  • puts flight,
  • drives off,
  • driving off,
  • giving cold shoulder to,
  • drove away,
  • stood up against,
  • stands against,
  • duelled,
  • chasing away,
  • casts aside,
  • putting flight,
  • forces back,
  • forced back,
  • forcing off,
  • dis-owned,
  • dis owning,
  • putting to flight,
  • drives back,
  • drove off,
  • standing up against,
  • puts to flight,
  • beating back,
  • forces off,
  • drave off,
  • stands up against,
  • drove back,
  • drives away,
  • drave back,
  • casting aside,
  • stood against,
  • drave away,
  • gave cold shoulder to,
  • forcing back.
  •repulse (verb)
  • heave-hoing,
  • heavehoes,
  • re-pulsing,
  • re pulsed,
  • threw back,
  • over throwing,
  • kicked in the teeth,
  • kicks in teeth,
  • heave-hoes,
  • kicks teeth,
  • heave hoes,
  • heavehoed,
  • kicking in the teeth,
  • kicked teeth,
  • re pulses,
  • kick the teeth,
  • heave hoing,
  • over-throwing,
  • over-throws,
  • re-pulse,
  • kicks the teeth,
  • kicking teeth,
  • heave-hoed,
  • kicking in teeth,
  • over throws,
  • over thrown,
  • heave hoed,
  • re-pulsed,
  • kicks in the teeth,
  • re pulse,
  • over throw,
  • re pulsing,
  • kicked in teeth,
  • throws back,
  • kicking the teeth,
  • heave ho,
  • kicked the teeth,
  • kick teeth,
  • over-thrown,
  • heavehoing,
  • throwing back,
  • over-throw,
  • re-pulses,
  • heaveho.
  •resist (verb)
  • counter-vailed,
  • re mained,
  • counter vailed,
  • counter vails,
  • counter-vails,
  • remained firm,
  • putting up a fight,
  • leaves alone,
  • counter-vail,
  • kept from,
  • struggles against,
  • puts up fight,
  • puts fight,
  • stood to,
  • puts up a fight,
  • puts a fight,
  • abstained from,
  • putting fight,
  • standing up to,
  • keeps from,
  • holding out against,
  • abstaining from,
  • re-main,
  • stands up to,
  • re mains,
  • put fight,
  • leaved alone,
  • dieing hard,
  • re maining,
  • struggled against,
  • counter vailing,
  • put a fight,
  • counter vail,
  • keeping from,
  • stands to,
  • dying hard,
  • re main,
  • remains firm,
  • struggling against,
  • putting up fight,
  • dies hard,
  • remaining firm,
  • counter-vailing,
  • putting a fight,
  • re-mains,
  • leaving alone,
  • died hard.
  •shelve (verb)
  • hanged up,
  • slows up,
  • slowing up,
  • hanging up.
  •stall (verb)
  • stood off,
  • took time,
  • beats around bush,
  • taking time,
  • took one time,
  • taking ones time,
  • take ones time,
  • takes one time,
  • not moves,
  • beats around the bush,
  • takes ones time,
  • stood still,
  • take one time,
  • takes time,
  • stands off,
  • standing off,
  • took ones time,
  • taking one time,
  • stands still,
  • took one's time,
  • beating around bush,
  • takes one's time.
  •stymie (verb)
  • dead ended,
  • cramps ones style,
  • chokes off,
  • threw monkey wrench into,
  • throw a monkey wrench in to,
  • throwing a monkey wrench in to,
  • throw monkey wrench in to,
  • deadended,
  • cramped one style,
  • snookering,
  • snookers,
  • cramps one style,
  • cramping one style,
  • throwing monkey wrench into,
  • throws a monkey wrench in to,
  • cramped one's style,
  • deadend,
  • cramping one's style,
  • cramping style,
  • threw monkey wrench in to,
  • cramps style,
  • dead-ending,
  • cramp one style,
  • throws monkey wrench into,
  • throwing monkey wrench in to,
  • throws a monkey wrench into,
  • deadends,
  • dead ending,
  • cramping ones style,
  • cramped style,
  • dead-ended,
  • threw a monkey wrench in to,
  • throwing a monkey wrench into,
  • throws monkey wrench in to,
  • threw a monkey wrench into,
  • cramp ones style,
  • cramped ones style,
  • cramps one's style,
  • deadending,
  • throw monkey wrench into.
  •table (verb)
  • pro posing,
  • pro pose,
  • pro-posing,
  • put the shelf,
  • put shelf,
  • pro posed,
  • putting shelf,
  • putting forward,
  • pro-pose,
  • puts on shelf,
  • puts the shelf,
  • puts shelf,
  • putting on the shelf,
  • puts on the shelf,
  • put on shelf,
  • putting the shelf,
  • putting on shelf.
  •waive (verb)
  • dis claimed,
  • all owing,
  • re serve,
  • re-signed,
  • refrained from,
  • all-owing,
  • dis-claim,
  • re-moves,
  • refraining from,
  • re moving,
  • re served,
  • re-signs,
  • re serving,
  • sur-renders,
  • sur-render,
  • re signs,
  • dis claim,
  • all-owed,
  • sur rendered,
  • re-moving,
  • re-move,
  • re-serves,
  • dis claims,
  • dis claiming,
  • sur rendering,
  • re moved,
  • re signing,
  • sur renders,
  • refrains from,
  • all owed,
  • re-serve,
  • dis-claims,
  • sur-rendered,
  • re signed,
  • re move,
  • dis-claiming,
  • Re sign,
  • sur-rendering,
  • dis-claimed,
  • re-serving,
  • re-served.
  •withstand (verb)
  • stood one's ground,
  • puts up struggle,
  • flies the face of,
  • stands ones ground,
  • putting up struggle,
  • sate take it,
  • flew in face of,
  • with stood,
  • grapples with,
  • with-stand,
  • sticks fast,
  • prevailed against,
  • with-stood,
  • rid out,
  • sticked fast,
  • winning out,
  • flies in the face of,
  • stood ones ground,
  • riding out,
  • fly face of,
  • sitting take it,
  • stand one ground,
  • wins out,
  • sat take it,
  • sit take it,
  • prevailing against,
  • sate and take it,
  • stand ground,
  • prevails against,
  • hold ones ground,
  • flew the face of,
  • sat and take it,
  • stand ones ground,
  • fly the face of,
  • putting with,
  • stood one ground,
  • sitting and take it,
  • stood ground,
  • with stands,
  • puts struggle,
  • flying face of,
  • stands ground,
  • put struggle,
  • standing ones ground,
  • flew face of,
  • with stand,
  • sits take it,
  • with-standing,
  • flying in the face of,
  • grappling with,
  • with standing,
  • flies face of,
  • standing ground,
  • flying in face of,
  • rides out,
  • with-stands,
  • flying the face of,
  • grappled with,
  • rode out,
  • hold one ground,
  • winned out,
  • standing one ground,
  • putting struggle,
  • sits and take it,
  • won out,
  • stands one ground,
  • flew in the face of,
  • stands one's ground.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fend off,
  • lurk,
  • fight off,
  • temporize,
  • avoid,
  • loiter,
  • prevaricate,
  • count down,
  • falter,
  • skulk,
  • sit on,
  • pussyfoot,
  • hang around,
  • hang on,
  • parry,
  • stand up to,
  • wait around,
  • Shilly-shally.
  •
  • cling,
  • delay,
  • hold on,
  • suspend,
  • abstain,
  • refrain,
  • lie down,
  • wait on,
  • withhold.
  •
  • hang up,
  • defer.
  •
  • shelter,
  • park.
  •
  • stay.
  •adjourn
  • Prorogued,
  • prorogues,
  • held over,
  • Proroguing.
  •avoid
  • Shied,
  • turned aside,
  • Shying,
  • shakes off,
  • laid low,
  • shies,
  • by-passing,
  • By-pass,
  • Escaping,
  • fending off,
  • steering clear of,
  • faked out,
  • Withdrew,
  • by-passes,
  • by-passed,
  • stepped aside,
  • turning aside,
  • skipped town.
  •deflect
  • volte-faces,
  • slewing,
  • sheers,
  • Sheered,
  • covered up,
  • wheeled,
  • covers up,
  • slipping,
  • Sheering,
  • Slipped,
  • Slewed,
  • covering up,
  • Parried.
  •hang back
  • drop behind,
  • shrink back,
  • stay back,
  • drops behind,
  • drop back,
  • dropping behind,
  • hang off,
  • lag behind,
  • lagging behind.
  •hesitate
  • Hesitated,
  • pulls back,
  • thinks about,
  • thinking twice,
  • Floundered,
  • dithering,
  • pulled back,
  • thought about,
  • Stammered,
  • pulling back,
  • thinking about,
  • dithered.
  •hold back
  • holding in,
  • keeps out,
  • holds back,
  • keep out,
  • hold down,
  • keeping out,
  • kept out,
  • Bitted,
  • held in,
  • held down,
  • hold in.
  •hold up
  • slowed down,
  • held up.
  •procrastinate
  • shillyshally,
  • drag feet,
  • give run around,
  • play a waiting game,
  • drag one's feet,
  • let slide,
  • give the run around,
  • playing for time,
  • plays for time.
  •refuse
  • Refusing,
  • turning away,
  • give thumbs down to,
  • not care to,
  • make excuses,
  • turns away,
  • turn from,
  • Regretted,
  • send regrets,
  • beg off,
  • not budget,
  • turn back on,
  • not buy,
  • refuse to receive,
  • turn deaf ear to,
  • Reprobated,
  • Reprobating,
  • turned back on,
  • nixing,
  • turn one's back on,
  • not budge,
  • turn away,
  • turned away,
  • setting aside.
  •repulse
  • throw back,
  • heave-ho,
  • kick in the teeth,
  • Repulsing,
  • kick in teeth.
  •resist
  • Hards,
  • abstains from,
  • stood up to,
  • stand to,
  • die hard,
  • standing to,
  • keep from,
  • remain firm,
  • put up fight,
  • holds out against,
  • held out against,
  • put up a fight,
  • hold out against,
  • harded,
  • abstain from,
  • left alone,
  • struggle against,
  • harding,
  • leave alone.
  •shelve
  • mothball,
  • give up,
  • mothballed,
  • mothballs,
  • slow up,
  • slowed up,
  • Shelving,
  • mothballing.
  •stymie
  • snooker,
  • cramp one's style,
  • throw a monkey wrench into,
  • dead-ends,
  • choking off,
  • cramp style,
  • snookered,
  • choke off,
  • choked off,
  • dead-end.
  •table
  • put forward,
  • put on the shelf,
  • puts forward.
  •Other relevant words:
  • drag out,
  • cease temporarily,
  • snub,
  • filibuster,
  • reserve,
  • save,
  • push aside,
  • cut,
  • dismiss,
  • chase,
  • shy at,
  • forgo,
  • not touch,
  • make bones about,
  • check temporarily,
  • stall for time,
  • quail,
  • table,
  • counter,
  • stand over,
  • put over,
  • stick at,
  • put,
  • Prorogate,
  • slacken,
  • send packing,
  • hold at bay,
  • reject,
  • spare,
  • pack off,
  • pigeon-hole,
  • sleep on,
  • brush off,
  • thrust back,
  • stickle,
  • gain time,
  • have qualms,
  • make time,
  • set by,
  • spurn,
  • strain,
  • fight shy of,
  • prolong,
  • flinch,
  • be dilatory,
  • extend,
  • turn back,
  • deter,
  • blench,
  • not use,
  • boggle,
  • stave,
  • conceal,
  • do without,
  • dispense with,
  • hang,
  • wince,
  • send off.

Antonyms for Hold off:

• v.

  • adjourn
    convene, open, urge, stimulate, keep on, rally, encourage, begin, further, convoke.
  • avoid
    face, seek, want, meet.
  • discourage
    spur on, inspire.
  • hesitate
    carry on, go ahead, continue, resolve, persevere, attack, go.
  • hold back/hold off
    reveal, let go.
  • hold up
    allow, permit, promote, forward.
  • postpone
    carry out, maintain, DO, expedite.
  • prevent
    aid, cause, help, assist.

Hypernym for Hold off:

• v.

  • stative
    hold out, delay.

Hyponym for Hold off:

• v.

  • competition
    hold out, stand firm, withstand, resist.
  • stative
    move, act.