Postpone Synonyms and Antonyms

pōst-pōn, pōs-pōn
To cause or arrange for (an event) to take place at a time later than the time at which it was originally supposed to happen.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. defer
Put off
(Verb)
Antonyms:
  1. bring-forward
  2. do now

Words Related to Postpone

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Postpone Sentence Examples

  • She released her breath, satisfied on more than one level, to postpone her return to the human world.

  • The country was at war, and it seemed best to postpone the new constitution until peace should be concluded.

  • Especially let the unmarried postpone it.

  • President Lincoln executed the draft with all possible justice and forbearance, but refused every importunity to postpone it.

  • On the day before that fixed for the execution Lord Elgin, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, intervened and directed the governor to postpone the execution of the sentence.

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