Thesaurus:delay

Thesaurus

delay

English

Noun

Sense: a period of time before an event occurs

Synonyms

• cunctation (obsolete)
• deferment    [⇒ thesaurus]
• delay
• dilation (obsolete)
• hesitance
• hesitancy
• hesitation
• hold-up
• holdoff
• postponement
• prorogation (now rare)

Hyponyms

• lag (computing)
• latency (electronics, medicine)

Hypernyms

• period    [⇒ thesaurus]

Related terms

• Thesaurus:delayed

See also

• Thesaurus:deferment
• Thesaurus:pause
• Thesaurus:wait

Further reading

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