Antonyms for delay
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : dih-ley |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈleɪ |
- abandon
- advance
- aid
- allow
- assist
- assistance
- beginning
- carry out
- complete
- continuation
- continue
- dispatch
- do
- encourage
- expedite
- expedition
- finish
- forward
- free
- further
- furtherance
- go
- hasten
- hastening
- help
- hurry
- leave
- let go
- liberate
- liberation
- open
- permit
- promote
- promotion
- push
- release
- rush
- speed
- support
- unblock
Definition of delay
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French delaiier, from de- "away, from" (see de-) + laier "leave, let," probably a variant of Old French laissier, from Latin laxare "slacken, undo" (see lax). Related: Delayed; delaying.
- noun deferment, interruption
- verb cause stop in action
- Some horrible accident might happen to delay us here thirty minutes.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Wilson, chafing under the delay, was obliged to admit to himself that it was best.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- In the making of fancies and jests he sees a chance of delay.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- Yates did not like to ask the cause of the delay; so the three sat there silently.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- The idea never occurred to her that there should be the slightest hindrance or the least delay.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- "I shall not delay you many minutes, Mr. Vivian," said her ladyship.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- The schooner down boat, and took us on board without any delay.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Could she ever pardon herself for this delay, when Mordecai is suspended?
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- I have demanded a year's delay, to allow mutual trial and reflection.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Let us not delay a moment, without some good and obvious cause.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
Synonyms for delay
- adjourn
- adjournment
- arrest
- bar
- bide time
- bind
- block
- check
- choke
- clog
- confine
- cooling-off period
- cunctation
- curb
- dawdle
- dawdling
- defer
- demurral
- detain
- detention
- deter
- dilly-dally
- discontinuation
- discourage
- downtime
- drag
- encumber
- filibuster
- gain time
- hamper
- hangup
- hindrance
- hold
- hold over
- hold-up
- holding
- holding pattern
- impede
- impediment
- inhibit
- interfere
- intermit
- interval
- jam
- keep
- keep back
- lag
- lay over
- linger
- lingering
- logjam
- loiter
- loitering
- moratorium
- obstruct
- obstruction
- postpone
- postponement
- prevent
- problem
- procrastinate
- procrastination
- prolong
- prorogation
- prorogue
- protract
- put off
- putting off
- remand
- remission
- repress
- reprieve
- restrict
- retard
- retardation
- retardment
- setback
- shelve
- showstopper
- slacken
- stall
- stave off
- stay
- stop
- stoppage
- surcease
- suspend
- suspension
- table
- tarry
- tarrying
- temporize
- tie-up
- wait
- withhold
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