Thesaurus:delay

Thesaurus:delay

THESAURUS

delay

English

Synonyms

• cunctation (obsolete)

• deferment    [WS]

• delay

• dilation (obsolete)

• hesitation

• hold-up

• holdoff

• postponement

• prorogation (now rare)

Hyponyms

• lag (computing)

• latency (electronics, medicine)

Hypernyms

• period    [WS]

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.