All postpone synonyms

verb postpone

• adjourn — If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
• look the other way — look in the opposite direction
• hang up — the way in which a thing hangs.
• hold in — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• intermitted — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
• bogged — wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.
• beat around the bush — to talk around a subject without getting to the point
• lay over — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• end — Come or bring to a final point; finish.
• hold down — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• bitted — Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
• wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• mothball — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
• bogging — filthy; covered in dirt and grime
• mothballed — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
• hold over — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
• lose sight of — no longer see
• backwaters — Plural form of backwater.
• defer — If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
• waive — to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
• ease off — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
• intermitting — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• downing — a downward movement; descent.
• gloss over — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
• choke off — To choke off financial growth means to restrict or control the rate at which a country's economy can grow.
• let slide — to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
• give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• dissolve — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
• downed — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• amnestied — a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
• call off — If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it.
• lay aside — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
• let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• embog — (transitive) To bog down.
• bitting — Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
• downs — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
• ease up — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
• back water — to reverse the direction of a boat, esp to push the oars of a rowing boat to slow it down or stop it
• drag one's feet — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
• intermit — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
• extend — Cause to cover a larger area; make longer or wider.
• call it a day — If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
• inactivate — to make inactive: The bomb was inactivated.
• cut short — to stop abruptly before the end
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.