Related Words for time lag

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delay
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Noun, Verb
hold
/
Verb, Verb, Noun, Adjective
postponement
x/x
Adjective, Noun
wait
/
Noun, Verb, Noun
lapse
/
Noun
latency
/xx
Noun
meanwhile
/x
Adverb
meantime
/x
Noun
interval
/xx
Noun
time frame
//
Phrase, Noun
period
/xx
Noun
duration
//x
Noun
interim
/xx
Noun
timing
/x
Noun
timeframe
/x
Noun
timeline
/x
Noun
term
/
Noun
interruption
xx/x
Noun
time of year
///
Phrase, Noun
borrowed time
/x/
Phrase, Noun
moment
/x
Noun
late
/
Adjective
timescale
/x
Noun
when
/
Adverb, Noun
while
/
Noun
passage
/x
Noun
window
/x
Noun
time warp
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
pause
/
Noun
calendar year
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
subjective time
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
time limit
//x
Phrase, Noun
time of day
///
Phrase, Noun
slot
/
Noun
mean time
//
Phrase, Noun
time line
//
Phrase, Noun
hiatus
x/x
Noun
memory
/xx
Noun
just a second
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
stint
/
Noun
space
/
Noun
cycle
/x
Noun
tail
/
Noun
intermediary
xx/xxx
Noun
lifetime
/x
Noun
tempo
/x
Noun
chronology
x/xx
Noun
distance
/x
Noun
overtime
/xx
Noun
layoff
/x
Noun
idling
/xx
Verb
limit
/x
Noun
time immemorial
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
suspension
x/x
Noun
real time
//
Phrase, Noun
phase
/
Noun
occasion
x/x
Noun
second
/x
Noun
anniversary
xx/xx
Noun
standby
//
Noun
timer
/x
Noun
date
/
Noun
short term
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
timestamp
//
Noun
scheduling
/xx
Noun
instant
/x
Noun
interregnum
xx/x
Noun
millennium
x/xx
Noun
future
/x
Noun
minute
/x
Noun
life
/
Noun
long run
//
Phrase, Noun
convenience
x/x
Noun
deadline
/x
Noun
progress
/x
Noun
stand
/
Noun
timetable
/xx
Noun
arrival
x/x
Noun
chronicle
/xx
Noun
layover
/xx
Noun
window of opportunity
/x/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
clocking
/x
Noun
stage
/
Noun
grace period
//xx
Phrase, Noun
sequence
/x
Noun
backlog
/x
Noun
countdown
/x
Noun
point
/
Noun
intercalation
xxx/x
Noun
disruption
x/x
Noun
dwell
/
Verb
article
/xx
Noun
tide
/
Noun
tardy
/x
Adjective
short time
//
Phrase, Noun
just a minute
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
stanza
/x
Noun
span
/
Noun
wartime
/x
Noun
frame
/
Noun
spell
/
Noun
mealtime
/x
Noun
separation
xx/x
Noun
accuse
x/
Verb, Noun
activation
xx/x
Noun
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
again
x/
Adverb
age
/
Noun, Verb
aggregate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
airtime
/x
Noun
altitude
/xx
Noun
always
/x
Adverb
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
anytime
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
appearance
x/x
Noun
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
are
/
Noun
attenuation
x/x/x
Noun
autocorrelation
/xxx/x
Noun
backward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
badly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
basis
/x
Noun
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
between
x/
Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bitter
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
break
/
Verb, Noun
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
broadening
/xx
Noun
calendar
/xx
Noun, Verb
caravan
/xx
Noun, Verb
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
chance
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
change
/
Noun, Verb
cheer
/
Noun, Verb
chronological
xx/xx
Adjective
clerical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
clip
/
Noun, Verb
combination
xx/x
Noun
come
/
Verb, Noun
conjunction
x/x
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
continuance
x/xx
Noun
continuum
x/xx
Noun
correct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
correctional
x/xx
Adjective
coup
/
Noun, Verb
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
data
/x
Noun
day
/
Noun, Verb
daylight saving
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
daylight savings
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
decade
x/
Noun
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
decrement
xxx
Noun, Verb
defer
x/
Verb
deviation
xx/x
Noun
difference
/xx
Noun, Verb
differential
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
disconnect
xx/
Noun, Verb
discount
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
discrepancy
x/xx
Noun
disjunction
x/x
Noun
disparity
x/xx
Noun
distortion
x/x
Noun
divergence
x/x
Noun
divide
x/
Verb, Noun
dormancy
/xx
Noun
drag
/
Verb, Noun
during
/x
Noun
earlier
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
embargo
x/x
Noun, Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
ephemera
x/xx
Noun
episode
/xx
Noun
epoch
/x
Noun, Verb
era
/x
Noun
eternity
x/xx
Noun
evening
/x
Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
evil
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
extended
x/x
Adjective
fact
/
Noun
fall back
//
Phrase, Verb
fall behind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
finite
/x
Adjective, Noun
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
fluctuation
xx/x
Noun
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fold
/
Noun, Verb
following
/xx
Adjective, Noun
forever
x/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
fourth dimension
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
fun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fur
/
Noun, Verb
futurity
/xxx
Noun
gal
/
Noun
gaol
x/
Noun, Verb
gap
/
Noun, Verb
get behind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
grading
/x
Noun
greenwich mean time
/x//
Phrase, Noun
greenwich time
/x/
Name, Name
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hang back
//
Phrase, Verb
hard time
//
Phrase, Noun
harm
/
Noun, Verb
height
/
Noun
hereafter
x/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
history
/xx
Noun, Verb
hora
/x
Noun
hour
/x
Noun
hourly
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
hurry
/x
Noun, Verb
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
if
/
Noun
imprison
x/x
Verb
incongruity
xx/xx
Noun
infinity
x/xx
Noun
innings
/x
Noun
installment
x/x
Noun
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
instar
xx
Noun, Verb
intelligence
x/xx
Noun
interferon
xx/x
Noun
inverse
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
jail
/
Noun, Verb
jet
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
journey
/x
Noun, Verb
jug
/
Noun, Verb
juncture
/x
Noun
junior
/x
Adjective, Noun
lagging
/x
Adjective, Noun
lang
/
Noun, Adjective
lange
/
Name
latent
/x
Adjective, Noun
law
/
Noun, Verb
leave
/
Verb, Noun
length
/
Noun, Verb
level
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
lie
/
Verb, Noun
lieu
/
Noun
likely
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
linear
/xx
Adjective, Noun
linger
/x
Verb, Noun
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
local time
/x/
Phrase, Noun
loiter
/x
Verb, Noun