What is another word for postpone?
Pronunciation:
[ pə͡ʊstpˈə͡ʊn], [ pəʊstpˈəʊn], [ p_əʊ_s_t_p_ˈəʊ_n]
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Similar words for postpone:
- defer (noun)
- postpone (noun)
- adjourn (verb)
- call off (verb)
- cut short (verb)
- defer (verb)
- delay (verb)
- dissolve (verb)
- end (verb)
- hold back/hold off (verb)
- interrupt (verb)
- neglect (verb)
- pigeonhole (verb)
- procrastinate (verb)
- protract (verb)
- put off (verb)
- reprieve (verb)
- reserve (verb)
- retard (verb)
- slow (verb)
- stall (verb)
- surcease (verb)
- suspend (verb)
- waive (verb)
- other synonyms
- adjourn
- cut short
- end
- impede
- neglect
- other relevant words
- procrastinate
- put off
- slow
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Postpone:
n.
• defer (noun) • postpone (noun)v.
• adjourn (verb)- pro roguing,
- post-pone,
- pro-rogue,
- re cessing,
- pro-rogued,
- pro rogues,
- re cess,
- re strain,
- post pone,
- re strains,
- pro rogue,
- dis continue,
- dis continuing,
- post pones,
- re-strains,
- re-cess,
- re-straining,
- post-pones,
- re strained,
- re-cesses,
- re-cessing,
- pro rogued,
- re-cessed,
- re cesses,
- dis-continued,
- pro-roguing,
- re-strained,
- re straining,
- dis-continues,
- re-strain,
- dis continues,
- dis-continuing,
- dis-continue,
- holds over,
- dis continued,
- pro-rogues,
- re cessed.
- with draws,
- with drawn,
- with drawing,
- with-drawn,
- with-drew,
- with draw,
- with drew,
- with-draw,
- with-drawing.
- brought an end; leave unfinished,
- brings end; leave unfinished,
- brought end; leave unfinished,
- puts stop to,
- brought to an end; leave unfinished,
- broke short,
- stopt dead,
- putting a stop to,
- bringing to end; leave unfinished,
- stopped dead,
- brings to end; leave unfinished,
- brake short,
- bring an end; leave unfinished,
- brings an end; leave unfinished,
- stops short,
- stopped short,
- stops dead,
- brings to an end; leave unfinished,
- putting stop to,
- stopt short,
- stopping dead,
- stopt cold,
- stopping cold,
- puts a stop to,
- bring to end; leave unfinished,
- inter cept,
- stops cold,
- stopped cold,
- bringing an end; leave unfinished,
- stopping short,
- breaks short,
- bringing end; leave unfinished,
- bring end; leave unfinished,
- bringing to an end; leave unfinished,
- breaking short,
- brought to end; leave unfinished,
- inter-cept.
- pro-longs,
- puts on back burner,
- ex-tended,
- ex tends,
- laid over,
- hung fire,
- ex tending,
- pro-longing,
- intermits,
- de tains,
- puts hold,
- putting hold,
- puts on ice,
- puts back burner,
- de tain,
- pro-longed,
- ex tended,
- pro-long,
- put ice,
- hanged fire,
- puts on hold,
- put back burner,
- put hold,
- ex-tending,
- laying over,
- putting on back burner,
- putting on ice,
- ex-tends,
- de-tain,
- puts ice,
- ex-tend,
- giving rain check,
- pro longs,
- gives rain check,
- lays over,
- pro long,
- pro longing,
- de-tains,
- gave rain check,
- sets aside,
- ex tend,
- putting ice,
- putting back burner.
- de-lay,
- dis courages,
- inter feres,
- pre vents,
- dis courage,
- biding time,
- pre-vent,
- with-hold,
- bides time,
- dilly dally,
- inter-feres,
- pre vent,
- pre-venting,
- gaining time,
- inter-fere,
- de-lays,
- re press,
- with hold,
- de lay,
- pre venting,
- dis-courages,
- with-held,
- re presses,
- with holds,
- de laying,
- re pressing,
- with holding,
- de lays,
- re strict,
- dis-courage,
- re-presses,
- with-holds,
- re-strict,
- pre-vented,
- pre-vents,
- bided time,
- gained time,
- bode time,
- gains time,
- re pressed,
- with held,
- de-laying,
- re-pressing,
- inter fere.
- dis-solving,
- in-validate,
- puts end to,
- re-pealed,
- de-stroy,
- rendering void,
- over-throw,
- over-throws,
- re peal,
- putting end to,
- re peals,
- dis-unites,
- over throw,
- dis-charge,
- dis uniting,
- dis solves,
- dis-charging,
- in validated,
- un-making,
- dis-missing,
- dis-organizes,
- re-pealing,
- dis-uniting,
- un make,
- dis missing,
- dis-missed,
- in-validates,
- dis solved,
- dis-unite,
- dis organized,
- resolved into,
- dis organizes,
- in validate,
- putting an end to,
- dis-solves,
- dis-charged,
- de-stroyed,
- over throwing,
- dis-charges,
- over-throwing,
- in-validating,
- dis solving,
- de stroy,
- in-validated,
- de stroys,
- dis charged,
- dis charges,
- un making,
- de stroyed,
- dis united,
- de-stroys,
- in validating,
- resolve in to,
- re pealing,
- de-stroying,
- over throws,
- resolves in to,
- dis charging,
- dis-united,
- dis organize,
- de stroying,
- resolved in to,
- puts an end to,
- resolves into,
- in validates,
- un makes,
- over-thrown,
- dis charge,
- renders void,
- rendered void,
- un-make,
- dis unite,
- dis-organize,
- dis-organizing,
- resolving in to,
- un-makes,
- re pealed,
- re-peals,
- dis-organized,
- dis-solved,
- un-made,
- dis-solve,
- dis unites,
- resolving into,
- over thrown,
- dis solve,
- un made,
- dis organizing,
- dis missed.
- got done,
- topping off,
- pulls plug,
- re-solving,
- called it day,
- calling a day,
- ex pire,
- packs it in,
- call it day,
- calls it day,
- re solve,
- gat done,
- calls it a day,
- calling it day,
- called day,
- tops off,
- putting lid on,
- ex-pire,
- re-solve,
- call day,
- calls day,
- packing it in,
- gets done,
- putting the lid on,
- calling it a day,
- pull plug,
- called a day,
- calling day,
- packed it in,
- re-solved,
- pulled the plug,
- switches off,
- getting done,
- calls a day,
- puts the lid on,
- pulled plug,
- packing in,
- sews up,
- called it a day,
- re solves,
- gotten done,
- re-solves,
- puts lid on,
- pulls the plug,
- pulling plug,
- sewing up.
- holds off,
- re fusing,
- re-fuse,
- holds in,
- re fuse,
- re-fused,
- holding down,
- holds down,
- re fused,
- Bitting,
- re fuses.
- is negligent,
- thinking little of,
- over-leaps,
- dis regarding,
- dis card,
- dis regarded,
- wert careless,
- art remiss,
- over leaps,
- being irresponsible,
- over passes,
- dis-regarding,
- lets slide,
- over-look,
- was derelict,
- wast remiss,
- art irresponsible,
- are derelict,
- looks the other way,
- dis-card,
- dis cards,
- wast negligent,
- being careless,
- glossing over,
- looks other way,
- am irresponsible,
- thought little of,
- dis-carded,
- letted slide,
- art negligent,
- by passing,
- are careless,
- lets pass,
- dis regard,
- over look,
- by passed,
- look other way,
- Overpassing,
- over-passing,
- over-looking,
- loses sight of,
- wert irresponsible,
- am remiss,
- am derelict,
- over-leapt,
- over looked,
- is remiss,
- were remiss,
- over passed,
- dis carding,
- dis-carding,
- being remiss,
- over passing,
- was negligent,
- overleaping,
- letted pass,
- being derelict,
- over leaping,
- dis-cards,
- dis-regarded,
- am negligent,
- looked the other way,
- looking other way,
- are remiss,
- over-leaping,
- letting pass,
- letting slide,
- over-passes,
- wert negligent,
- wast irresponsible,
- glosses over,
- am careless,
- was careless,
- over-passed,
- was remiss,
- dis-regards,
- over-pass,
- art careless,
- were derelict,
- is careless,
- dis-regard,
- over looks,
- looking the other way,
- wast careless,
- wert remiss,
- dis regards,
- over leapt,
- by passes,
- thinks little of,
- was irresponsible,
- losing sight of,
- lost sight of,
- over-leaped,
- were negligent,
- were careless,
- over leaped,
- wert derelict,
- is derelict,
- were irresponsible,
- being negligent,
- dis carded,
- is irresponsible,
- over-looks,
- over leap,
- over-leap,
- by pass,
- art derelict,
- are irresponsible,
- looked other way,
- wast derelict.
- putting on bank burner,
- puts on bank burner,
- puts down as,
- putting down as,
- type casts,
- putting on the bank burner,
- laying aside,
- sidelining,
- put bank burner,
- puts the bank burner,
- put the bank burner,
- putting bank burner,
- puts on the bank burner,
- putting the bank burner,
- put on bank burner,
- puts bank burner.
- drags one's feet,
- dragged one feet,
- playing waiting game,
- dragging one's feet,
- dragging feet,
- was dilatory,
- drags ones feet,
- drag ones feet,
- played a waiting game,
- dragged feet,
- giving the run around,
- dragged ones feet,
- gave run around,
- gave the run around,
- drag one feet,
- is dilatory,
- being dilatory,
- were dilatory,
- gives run around,
- wast dilatory,
- gives the run around,
- played waiting game,
- drags one feet,
- playing a waiting game,
- played for time,
- drags feet,
- dragging one feet,
- dragged one's feet,
- wert dilatory,
- are dilatory,
- plays a waiting game,
- giving run around,
- am dilatory,
- play waiting game,
- dragging ones feet,
- plays waiting game,
- art dilatory,
- shilly shally.
- pro-tract,
- keeping going,
- spinning out,
- span out,
- pro tract,
- spins out,
- stretching out,
- pro-tracts,
- keeps going,
- pro tracts.
- re schedules,
- puts back,
- re-scheduled,
- re-schedule,
- re schedule,
- re-schedules,
- re-scheduling,
- re scheduling,
- putting back,
- re scheduled.
- lets up on,
- letting off time,
- re-spited,
- grants stay,
- letted off time,
- let off time,
- letting time,
- letting the hook,
- granted a stay,
- letted upon,
- lets time,
- let time,
- let upon,
- lets off this time,
- letted time,
- letted go,
- re spite,
- re-spiting,
- letting off this time,
- granting stay,
- let the hook,
- granted stay,
- letted this time,
- let this time,
- lets upon,
- lets off time,
- letting off the hook,
- letting this time,
- letting upon,
- lets this time,
- grants a stay,
- re spites,
- letted hook,
- letting hook,
- letted off the hook,
- granting a stay,
- grant stay,
- letted off hook,
- letting off hook,
- lets off hook,
- lets the hook,
- re spited,
- letted off this time,
- lets off the hook,
- letting up on,
- re spiting,
- let hook,
- lets hook,
- re-spites,
- letted up on,
- letted the hook.
- re-serve,
- pre-serves,
- stows away,
- re served,
- re tain,
- re serving,
- pre-served,
- pre serving,
- stowing away,
- pre serves,
- pre-serving,
- pre served,
- stowed away,
- re serves,
- re tains,
- stored up,
- pre serve,
- re-serves,
- re-tain,
- storing up,
- re-serving,
- stores up,
- re-served,
- re serve,
- re-tains.
- de creases,
- closes off,
- brings to screeching halt,
- de creased,
- re-duce,
- de crease,
- slows down,
- slowing down,
- re duces,
- retardated,
- brings screeching halt,
- brought to screeching halt,
- re duce,
- de-crease,
- slowing up,
- bring screeching halt,
- slows up,
- bringing screeching halt,
- re-duces,
- chokes off,
- de creasing,
- brought screeching halt,
- de-creasing,
- retardating,
- bringing to screeching halt,
- de-creased,
- de-creases,
- hanged up,
- hanging up.
- kept waiting,
- easing up,
- keeps waiting,
- back watering,
- winds down,
- keeping waiting,
- losing steam,
- lost steam,
- winded down,
- anchoring it,
- back-waters,
- embogs,
- reining in,
- lets down flaps,
- embogging,
- back-watered,
- letted down flaps,
- loses speed,
- eased off,
- backwatering,
- anchors it,
- letting down flaps,
- loses steam,
- wound down,
- back waters,
- eases off,
- hit brakes,
- hits the brakes,
- lost speed,
- losing speed,
- hitting the brakes,
- anchored it,
- reduced speed,
- re lax,
- re-lax,
- reducing speed,
- back-watering,
- eases up,
- hitting brakes,
- back watered,
- backwatered,
- back water,
- embogged,
- hits brakes,
- reduces speed.
- taking one time,
- stands off,
- took ones time,
- takes ones time,
- stood still,
- takes one time,
- beats around the bush,
- takes one's time,
- beats around bush,
- take ones time,
- stood off,
- took time,
- takes time,
- taking time,
- not moves,
- taking ones time,
- take one time,
- standing off,
- beating around bush,
- stands still,
- took one's time,
- took one time.
- sur ceases,
- re sting,
- sur-ceases,
- sur-ceased,
- sur cease,
- sur-ceasing,
- sur ceasing,
- sur-cease,
- re-sting,
- sur ceased.
- lays on table,
- put the shelf,
- in activates,
- in activate,
- laid table,
- laid on the table,
- de-bars,
- laying the table,
- de bar,
- de barring,
- put on shelf,
- puts the shelf,
- puts on the shelf,
- pinkslip,
- de barred,
- laying table,
- de-barring,
- laying on the table,
- lays the table,
- laid on table,
- puts on shelf,
- lays on the table,
- lays table,
- in activating,
- laid the table,
- putting on the shelf,
- putting shelf,
- in-activate,
- de bars,
- put shelf,
- in activated,
- in-activating,
- laying on table,
- in-activates,
- lay on table,
- lay table,
- lay the table,
- de-bar,
- in-activated,
- putting the shelf,
- de-barred,
- putting on shelf,
- puts shelf.
- dis-owning,
- dis claiming,
- refrains from,
- dis-claimed,
- dis owning,
- sur-render,
- re move,
- dis claim,
- re-signed,
- dis claimed,
- re-move,
- dis owned,
- re moved,
- re moving,
- all-owing,
- re-moves,
- all-owed,
- sur-rendering,
- re signed,
- sur-rendered,
- re signing,
- refrained from,
- dis-owned,
- refraining from,
- re-signs,
- dis-claims,
- dis-claim,
- dis claims,
- sur-renders,
- all owed,
- sur rendered,
- re signs,
- Re sign,
- re-moving,
- dis-claiming,
- sur rendering,
- all owing,
- sur renders.
Other synonyms:
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- push back.
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- nominate,
- slot in,
- movable feast.
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- put forward,
- stagger,
- compress.
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- assign.
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- spread.
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- have.
- bring to an end; leave unfinished,
- stop cold,
- stop short,
- put stop to,
- stop dead,
- put a stop to,
- break short.
- packs in,
- Ultimating,
- topped off,
- call a day,
- pack in,
- put the lid on,
- switch off,
- get done,
- pull the plug,
- sewed up,
- sew up,
- ultimates,
- packed in,
- put lid on,
- top off,
- pulling the plug,
- pack it in,
- Ultimated,
- give up,
- call it a day,
- switching off,
- switched off.
- elide,
- Overpassed,
- over pass,
- be careless,
- be irresponsible,
- by-passes,
- look the other way,
- not trouble oneself,
- overleaps,
- neglected,
- by-passing,
- gloss over,
- By-pass,
- by-passed,
- overleapt,
- lose sight of,
- overleap,
- think little of,
- neglect,
- be negligent,
- be derelict,
- overpast,
- overleaped,
- let slide,
- glossed over,
- be remiss,
- let pass.
- put off,
- type casting,
- let up on,
- slow down,
- kept back,
- Remanded,
- letting go,
- laid aside,
- give rain check,
- rescheduled,
- stretch out,
- choking off,
- slowed up,
- hanging fire,
- Remitted,
- put aside,
- Amnestying,
- Respited,
- closed off,
- put on the bank burner,
- protract,
- resolve into,
- Downs,
- put on the shelf,
- lay on the table,
- inactivated,
- lets go,
- type cast,
- retardate,
- put back,
- setting aside,
- unmake,
- slowed down,
- let off the hook,
- keeping out,
- Bitted,
- store up,
- take one's time,
- reserve,
- tabbed,
- held down,
- withholds,
- encumbered,
- reschedule,
- hold back,
- inactivates,
- Filibustering,
- reschedules,
- waive,
- slow up,
- retardates,
- Bogged,
- reprieve,
- procrastinate,
- remands,
- bide time,
- set aside,
- encumber,
- spin out,
- stand off,
- hangs fire,
- taking one's time,
- stretched out,
- hold in,
- put on ice,
- put an end to,
- hang fire,
- holding in,
- sideline,
- put on back burner,
- not move,
- slackens,
- refrain from,
- dissolve,
- withhold,
- stall,
- gain time,
- keeps out,
- inactivate,
- unmaking,
- spun out,
- unmakes,
- stand still,
- Remanding,
- pigeonhole,
- held in,
- Bogging,
- stay,
- kept going,
- put on hold,
- keeping back,
- close off,
- downing,
- not moved,
- beat around bush,
- sidelined,
- rescheduling,
- render void,
- stow away,
- bring to screeching halt,
- let off hook,
- suspend,
- closing off,
- standing still,
- holds back,
- hold down,
- put end to,
- tabbing,
- delay,
- hold off,
- kept out,
- slow,
- stretches out,
- beating around the bush,
- beat around the bush,
- retard,
- downed,
- Prolonging,
- lay aside,
- let off this time,
- inactivating,
- call off,
- ward off,
- Respiting,
- Intermitting,
- keeps back,
- lays aside,
- grant a stay,
- put down as,
- not moving,
- pigeonholed,
- cut short,
- intermit,
- remand,
- choked off,
- Forbore,
- end,
- keep back,
- Amnestied,
- Loitered,
- keep out,
- defer,
- filibustered,
- hang up,
- keep going,
- take time,
- lay over,
- adjourn,
- Intermitted,
- choke off,
- put by,
- suspended,
- putting on hold.
- drag feet,
- drag one's feet,
- play a waiting game,
- give the run around,
- Hesitated,
- playing for time,
- plays for time,
- give run around,
- shillyshally,
- be dilatory.
- keep waiting,
- Reefed,
- reins in,
- embog,
- Back-water,
- eased up,
- ease up,
- easing off,
- ease off,
- backwaters,
- wind down,
- winding down,
- hit the brakes,
- lose speed,
- rein in,
- let down flaps,
- reined in,
- stunting,
- backwater,
- Reefing,
- reduce speed,
- lose steam.
- get across,
- augmentation,
- custody,
- foil,
- balk,
- save,
- discontinue,
- cancel,
- arrest,
- proud,
- hamper,
- handicap,
- chase away,
- throw back,
- store,
- tediously,
- string,
- bar,
- dormancy,
- check,
- lengthen,
- acquiesce,
- distant,
- send back,
- forestall,
- inaction,
- bow,
- luxurious,
- sleep on,
- curb,
- bold,
- draw out,
- slowly,
- gently,
- buy on credit,
- condone,
- elongate,
- hold,
- lingeringly,
- moderately,
- push for,
- tardily,
- duck,
- gradually,
- prevent,
- slacken,
- deferment,
- call,
- extend,
- negligent,
- turn off,
- knock back,
- retain,
- impolite,
- thwart,
- confuse,
- carry-over,
- disdainful,
- disconcert,
- tabulate,
- increase,
- extension,
- put away,
- hold up,
- restrain,
- drive away,
- cease temporarily,
- wasteful,
- frustrate,
- unhurriedly,
- forgive,
- indelicate,
- postpones,
- evade,
- cool it,
- shelve,
- indolent,
- ignore,
- play for time,
- accede,
- impede,
- put-off,
- get back,
- arrogant,
- mothball,
- surcease,
- deliberately,
- consternate,
- latency,
- give a rain check,
- sleepily,
- obstruct,
- sluggishly,
- tardy,
- suspension,
- block,
- stow,
- potentiality,
- fudge,
- dodge,
- flurry,
- stretch,
- impertinent,
- extravagant,
- stand over,
- deferred,
- circumvent,
- rude,
- confound,
- await,
- bewilder,
- submit,
- discourteous,
- crude,
- inert,
- potency,
- abandon,
- put over,
- addition,
- replacement,
- slackly,
- belatedly,
- Prorogate,
- renovation,
- continuation,
- deferral,
- set by,
- sidestep,
- hedge,
- supercilious,
- discourage,
- remit,
- detention,
- stave off,
- haughty,
- inactive,
- torpidly,
- renewal,
- delayed,
- drag out,
- give in,
- stymie,
- enlargement,
- sleep on it,
- lofty,
- quietly,
- table,
- tide over,
- push aside,
- prolong,
- dishearten,
- slippage,
- check temporarily,
- avoid,
- escape,
- comply with,
- extent,
- except,
- overlook,
- parry,
- stupidly,
- pigeon-hole,
- sluggish,
- careless,
- holdover,
- confinement,
- detain,
- expansion,
- interfere with,
- blunt,
- gross,
- elude,
- dully,
- act evasively,
- brutal,
- lethargically,
- unhurried,
- disregard,
- baulk,
- halt,
- conserve,
- adjournment,
- absolve,
- temporize,
- set back,
- excessive,
- keep,
- disturb,
- put,
- hesitate,
- disrespectful,
- dally,
- idle,
- preserve,
- lay away,
- deter.
How to use "Postpone" in context?
Though "postpone" may conjure up feelings of unease or regret, it is actually a verb meaning to put off or put off for a later time. For example, you might postpone your trip to the beach until later in the summer so that the weather is nicer. Postponement can also be used to refer to an event or action that has been put off for some reason.
In a sense, postponing can be seen as a form of restraint. By postponing an action or event, you are able to better control your circumstances and make better decisions for the future.
Paraphrases for Postpone:
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Proper noun, singular
postponed, Postponing, postpones.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
postponement.
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Verb, base form
postponement.
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Proper noun, singular
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