Synonyms of shelve

shelve

verb

ˈshelv 

as in to postpone

to assign to a later time

let's shelve the project for now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• postpone
• delay
• defer
• wait
• suspend
• put over
• remit
• put off
• lay over
• hold over
• hold off (on)
• hesitate
• hold up
• pause
• prolong
• slow
• stay
• lengthen
• extend
• stretch (out)
• retard
• detain
• protract

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• do
• work (on)
• act
• deal (with)
• decide (upon)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shelve

Drawing on her experience at General Motors, Buckberg said companies are likely reassessing their earlier plans to scale back EV operations, including whether to keep certain models running longer or revive programs that had been shelved. —Allie Canal, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026

Bad Robot was to have produced some DC features, too, but those were shelved once DC Studios, under James Gunn and Peter Safran, was created. —Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026

Things are going to change, and the big-ticket items are going to be shelved or moved behind the counter or just not accessible to anybody but staff. —Ashley Paul, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026

At that point, Paul had already completed production on an entire season of ABC's The Bachelorette, but the season was ultimately shelved last month after a video of a previous 2023 fight between the ex-couple was published by TMZ. —Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026