Synonyms for postponement
post·pone·ment

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1. delay, hold, time lag, postponement, waitnoun

   time during which some action is awaited

   "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"

   Synonyms:
   clutch, grip, storage area, delay, keep, holdup, detainment, deferral, handle, hold, appreciation, handgrip, wait, cargo area, detention, waiting, custody, clasp, cargo deck, clench, clutches, grasp, time lag, deferment, cargo hold

2. postponement, deferment, deferralnoun

   act of putting off to a future time

   Synonyms:
   recess, time lag, deferral, wait, delay, deferment, hold

Matched Categories

1. • Delay
   • Pause

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1. postponementnoun

   Synonyms:
   deferring, delay, procrastination

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1. List of paraphrases for "postponement":

   adjournment, deferral, deferment, delay, postpone, postponed, adjourn, carry-in, defer, postponing, report, reprieve, delaying, carry-over, delayed, carry-forward, carryover, procrastination, deferred, extension, suspension

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1. Prince Abdulaziz:

   Non-OPEC supply is expected to fall in 2016, only one year after the deep cuts in investment, beyond 2016, the fall in non-OPEC supply is likely to accelerate, as the cancellation and postponement of projects will start feeding into future supplies, and the impact of previous record investments on oil output starts to fade away.

2. Philip Hynes:

   This is the next significant miscalculation. The next will be barring certain candidates from running in District Council elections. Both will nicely inflame tensions and increase protests and actions, as that happens, the prospects for the third pending calamity will rise exponentially, postponement of District Council elections. Then it will descend into sustained chaos.

3. Chris Williamson:

   July saw a dramatic deterioration in the economy, the downturn, whether manifesting itself in order book cancellations, a lack of new orders or the postponement or halting of projects, was most commonly attributed in one way or another to Brexit.

4. Jose Ortega y Gasset:

   We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its coerciveness it is always urgent, 'here and now,' without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank.

5. Idayat Hassan:

   Logistics weren't properly managed despite the postponement of the polls.