Thesaurus:deferment

Thesaurus

deferment

English

Noun

Sense: an act of delaying taking action

Synonyms

• adjournment
• deferral
• deferment
• demurral
• procrastination
• prolongation
• protraction

Antonyms

• precrastination

Hyponyms

• dithering

See also

• Thesaurus:delay
• Thesaurus:procrastinate
• Thesaurus:wait

Further reading

• “133. lateness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “deferment” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.