Synonyms of shelved

shelved

verb

past tense of shelve

as in postponed

to assign to a later time

let's shelve the project for now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• postponed
• delayed
• deferred
• suspended
• remitted
• put off
• paused
• laid over
• held over
• put over
• hesitated
• held off (on)
• slowed
• waited
• held up
• prolonged
• stayed
• lengthened
• extended
• stretched (out)
• detained
• retarded
• protracted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• did
• worked (on)
• decided (upon)
• acted
• dealt (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shelved

Others, including Flutterwave, have quietly shelved Nasdaq ambitions. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026

But federal government attorneys informed the court late Monday that the board has shelved the proposal from its September meeting agenda. — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

Course designer Leopoldo Palacios’s influential track featured a rollback to the water tray — a bit of trickery that Palacios had famously used at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and had shelved since. — Tilly Berendt, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

And some projects like hydro dams may be permanently shelved, hindering Nepal’s ambitions to diversify its economy by exporting energy to neighbors like India and Bangladesh. — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026

Nearly six months later, Taylor Frankie Paul is recalling her almost happy ever after her season of The Bachelorette was shelved. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026

The project has been shelved, said Enrico Caterino, the government's extraordinary commissioner for the blue crab emergency. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

It was shelved amid the politics and economics that surround nuclear power in this country, for reasons that had nothing to do with the engineering. — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2026

But Sony ultimately shelved plans for a third Amazing Spider-Man installment after the second film underperformed compared to expectations. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026