Deferred Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-fûrd
Hold back to a later time
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tabled
  2. yielded
  3. waived
  4. shelved
  5. waited
  6. remitted
  7. suspended
  8. postponed
  9. complied
  10. stayed
  11. conceded
  12. obeyed
  13. temporized
  14. bowed
  15. delayed
  16. surrendered
  17. stalled
  18. slowed
  19. prolonged
  20. submitted
  21. procrastinated
  22. acquiesced
  23. intermitted
  24. held
  25. acceded
  26. continued
  27. adjourned
  28. adapted
Antonyms:
  1. forged
  2. forced
  3. advanced
To be paid in installments
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. partial
  2. indebted
  3. assessed
  4. funded
  5. negotiated
  6. renegotiated
Yield to another's wish or opinion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. submitted
  2. yielded
  3. delayed
  4. acceded
  5. bowed
  6. shelved
Antonyms:
  1. advanced
  2. hurried
  3. hastened
  4. forwarded
  5. forged
  6. expedited
To submit to the wish or decision of another, as in recognition of authority.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. yielded

Words Related to Deferred

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Deferred Sentence Examples

  • The construction of railways was long deferred and slowly accomplished.

  • But the question was only deferred and not settled.

  • If the crop failed, payment was deferred and no interest could be charged for that year.

  • It will no doubt aid the understanding of the functions of the latter if some explanation is offered of the needs met by the former, which are sometimes known technically as " deferred deliveries."

  • But the French wars, the Wars of the Roses and the persecution of the Lollards deferred the coming of the new age; and the year 1536, when Henry VIII.

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