Synonyms for defer
verb
To postpone
put off, delay, shelve; see delay 1, suspend 2.
To yield; usually used with to
submit, obey, accede, acquiesce, concede, comply, give in, bow; see also admit 3, agree to, yield 1, 3. See syn. study at yield.
See defer in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
defer 1postpone shelve stay 1suspend
These verbs mean to put off until a later time: deferred paying the bills; postponing our trip; shelved the issue; stay an execution; suspending train service.
See defer in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To put off until a later time:
adjourn, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay1, suspend, table, waive. (Informal) wait. Idiom: put on ice. See do
verb
To conform to the will or judgment of another, especially out of respect or courtesy:
bow1, submit, yield. Idioms: give ground, give way. See precede, resist
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