HOLDS OVER Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

holds over

verb

present tense third-person singular of hold over

as in postpones

to assign to a later time the golf tournament had to be held over until the line of thunderstorms had passed through

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Recent Examples of holds over Pacific time, It will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which holds over 100,000 spectators. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026 The Pitt Rivers Museum, one of the world's leading institutions for anthropology, ethnology and archaeology, holds over 6,000 Naga artifacts. — CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026 In Port-au-Prince, CERMICOL, a juvenile detention facility built for 90 boys, now holds over 700 men, women, girls and boys. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 Egypt’s Theban necropolis holds over 400 tombs, a rich resource for archaeologists eager to learn more about that region’s ancient history. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026 Mexico holds over 140 Tcf (trillion cubic feet) of unconventional gas resources, mostly in northern shale or tight sand basins. — Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026 The museum, opened in 2011, holds over 650 pieces of Art Nouveau jewelry, Art Deco glassware and contemporary crystal. — News Desk, Artforum, 7 July 2026 And the scent, which was created by Olivier Cresp and features notes of vanilla, praline, and red fruits, was the first modern gourmand, setting off a trend that still holds over three decades later. — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 27 June 2026 The leverage China holds over Taiwan is not merely military. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for holds over

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The injury postpones any plans to send the 20-year-old out on loan.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Or someone managing diabetes who postpones a preventive visit because grocery shopping, prescription pickups, and coordinating multiple specialists compete for limited time and energy.

— Aimée K. Dailey, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of postpones

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Fat actually delays gastric emptying and digestion even more, keeping blood sugar much steadier.

— Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026
Tennis has always been highly dependent on the weather; unlike in soccer or football, rain cancels or delays a match until the court is dry enough to be playable.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026