Synonyms for Play for time:

• v.

  •check (verb)
  • checkmate,
  • interrupt,
  • stay,
  • rebuff,
  • repress,
  • halt,
  • hold back,
  • bit,
  • reduce,
  • cut short,
  • tame,
  • bar,
  • frustrate,
  • preclude,
  • circumvent,
  • suppress,
  • snub,
  • curb,
  • constrain,
  • inhibit,
  • repulse,
  • thwart,
  • hold,
  • obstruct,
  • control,
  • bridle,
  • nip in the bud,
  • pause,
  • stop,
  • arrest,
  • squelch,
  • impede,
  • moderate,
  • counteract,
  • obviate,
  • baffle,
  • foil,
  • prevent,
  • choke,
  • terminate,
  • bottleneck,
  • harness,
  • limit,
  • retard,
  • discourage.
  •procrastinate (verb)
  • play a waiting game,
  • adjourn,
  • goldbrick,
  • protract,
  • prolong,
  • give the run around,
  • tarry,
  • let slide,
  • suspend,
  • drag,
  • be dilatory.
  •stall (verb)
  • avoid the issue,
  • brake,
  • fence,
  • hinder,
  • hamper,
  • stand,
  • shut down,
  • still,
  • quibble,
  • die,
  • slow.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • falter,
  • forbear,
  • hang around,
  • prevaricate,
  • wait around,
  • sit on,
  • loiter,
  • count down,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • hesitate,
  • pussyfoot,
  • lurk,
  • skulk,
  • hang on,
  • await,
  • temporize.
  •
  • hold off,
  • wait on,
  • hold on,
  • expect,
  • wait.
  •
  • hang up,
  • delay.
  •
  • put off,
  • park.
  •procrastinate
  • drag feet,
  • hanging fire,
  • shillyshally,
  • hangs fire,
  • give run around,
  • Hesitated.
  •Other relevant words:
  • defer,
  • hedge,
  • hang back,
  • put aside,
  • dawdle,
  • hang,
  • linger,
  • shelve,
  • equivocate,
  • dally,
  • vacillate,
  • filibuster,
  • dither,
  • stonewall,
  • Haver,
  • be obstructive,
  • act evasively,
  • postpone,
  • waste time,
  • drag one's feet,
  • table,
  • gain time,
  • give the run-around,
  • dilly-dally,
  • hang fire,
  • make time.

Antonyms for Play for time:

• v.

  • check
    assist, expedite, permit, help, indulge, aid, liberate, allow.
  • procrastinate
    accelerate, go ahead, complete, advance, DO, finish, quicken.
  • stall
    further.