Synonyms of delays

delays 1 of 2

noun

plural of delay

as in waits

an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business

there was a delay for our boarding while the airplane unloaded incoming passengers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• waits
• holdups
• postponements
• setbacks
• pauses
• detentions
• deferrals
• hesitations
• lags
• slowdowns
• detainments
• holdbacks
• holding patterns
• deferments
• respites
• reprieves
• foot-draggings

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dispatches
• rushes
• hastes
• promptitudes

• dispatches
• rushes
• hastes
• promptitudes

delays

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verb

present tense third-person singular of delay

1

as in lingers

to move or act slowly

she ordered the kids to stop delaying and to get to bed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lingers
• crawls
• lags
• drags
• pokes
• dawdles
• marks time
• strolls
• creeps
• hangs fire
• falls behind
• shuffles
• plays
• drops behind
• stalls
• loiters
• tarries
• lollygags
• diddles
• mopes
• lallygags
• dillydallies
• lounges
• drags one's heels
• dallies
• staggers
• takes one's time
• fools around
• shilly-shallies
• idles
• drags one's feet
• messes around
• trifles
• eases
• inches
• procrastinates
• loafs
• decelerates
• temporizes
• ambles
• saunters
• fiddles (around)
• potters (around)
• plods
• filibusters
• putters (around)
• slows (down or up)
• hangs (around or out)
• lolls
• lumbers
• monkeys (around)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• speeds
• tears
• hastens
• courses
• races
• hurries
• rushes
• barrels
• careers
• hurtles
• rips
• runs
• flies
• whizzes
• zips
• dashes
• whirls
• rockets
• scurries
• humps
• stampedes
• scrambles
• hustles
• bolts
• hotfoots (it)
• breezes
• scuds
• whisks
• scoots
• accelerates
• darts
• runs
• bowls
• sprints
• jogs
• speeds (up)
• gallops
• overtakes
• quickens
• trots
• outstrips
• outpaces
• outruns
• catches up
• fast-forwards

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• speeds
• tears
• hastens
• courses
• races
• hurries
• rushes
• barrels
• careers
• hurtles
• rips
• runs
• flies
• whizzes
• zips
• dashes
• whirls
• rockets
• scurries
• humps
• stampedes
• scrambles
• hustles
• bolts
• hotfoots (it)
• breezes
• scuds
• whisks
• scoots
• accelerates
• darts
• runs
• bowls
• sprints
• jogs
• speeds (up)
• gallops
• overtakes
• quickens
• trots
• outstrips
• outpaces
• outruns
• catches up
• fast-forwards

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2

as in postpones

to assign to a later time

our guests delayed their departure until after dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• postpones
• defers
• waits
• lays over
• shelves
• pauses
• holds over
• slows
• remits
• puts over
• suspends
• hesitates
• retards
• puts off
• holds off (on)
• protracts
• prolongs
• lengthens
• holds up
• stays
• detains
• stretches (out)
• extends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• acts
• does
• works (on)
• deals (with)
• decides (upon)

• acts
• does
• works (on)
• deals (with)
• decides (upon)