Defer synonyms and antonyms
dĭ-fûr'
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Part of speech:
To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:
To put off until later; defer; delay
To enter in a list or table; tabulate.
Procrastinate is defined as to put something off to do at a later time.
To discontinue a session of (a parliament, for example).
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advance (antonym)
To go forward; move ahead
To put off until later; postpone; defer
To serve food at a meal
To incline the body or head or bend the knee in greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration.
Or (intransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
To produce a return for effort or investment:
put on ice
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give ground
do (related)
To behave or conduct oneself; act:
precede (related)
To be before in time, order, or position.
resist (related)
Resist is defined as to fend off, oppose or work against.
To cause to stop for a period; interrupt:
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The definition of acquiesce means to give in or go along with something without protesting, even if you don't really want to.
The definition of concede means to acknowledge or admit.
(Archaic) To fulfill; to accomplish.
admit (related)
To afford opportunity for; permit:
agree to (related)
To yield; usually used with to
The adjournment or postponement to another date of a trial or other proceeding. See also adjourn.
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The action of proroging an assembly.
To cause to be able to survive and reproduce under certain conditions. Used in the passive:
To give up (to an enemy) on prearranged conditions; surrender conditionally
To keep oneself in a particular state.
To suspend an activity; cease.
To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.
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To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.
So as to fall behind the correct time or rate:
To stall is to delay or put off doing something, when an engine stops running or when a project or progress is stopped.
To hold the attention of.
To suit one's actions to the time, occasion, or circumstances, without reference to principle
expedite (antonym)
To do quickly
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forge (antonym)
To advance gradually but steadily:
forward (antonym)
Forward is defined as toward the front, or toward something in advance.
hasten (antonym)
To cause to be or come faster; speed up; accelerate
force (antonym)
To gain by the use of force or coercion:
To suspend until a later stated time.
(Idiomatic) To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).
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backdate (related)
rescind (related)
proceed-with (related)
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withdraw (related)
back-dated (related)
deferral (related)
reconsider (related)
To carry out or fulfill the command, order, or instruction of.
Find another word for defer. In this page you can discover 62 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for defer, like: delay, put off, postpone, table, shelve, procrastinate, prorogue, advance, waive, wait and bow.
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