Delay

Noun

 * 1) previously unexpected period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying.

Verb

 * 1) To put off until a later time; to distract.
 * 2) To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.

Adjectives for Delay
considerable; majestic; lingering; enforced; useless; injurious; unaccountable; inexplicable; petty; incomprehensible; anterior; proverbial; infamous; extended; dull; dangerous; corresponding; avoidable; needless; tedious; prolonged; slight; long; hazardous; endless; disappointing; fatal; strange; enforced; irksome; heartbreaking; exasperating ; unconscionable; grievous; amorous; vexatious; sweet; parliamentary; characteristic; innumerable (pi).

Verbs for Delay
advise—; brook—; counsel—; effect—; eliminate—; entail—; importune—; necessitate—; obtain—; occasion—; produce—; promise—; rebel against—; subject to—; trace—; work—; —endangers; —hinders.

Adverbs for Delay
immeasurably; unaccountably; injuriously; temporarily; unfortunately; unreasonably; painfully; enforcedly; uselessly; incomprehensibly; infamously; tediously; fatally; disappointingly; irksomely; heartbreakingly; exasperatingly; unconscionably; grievously; vexatiously; characteristically; amorously.

Synonyms for Delay
hinder, adjourn, defer, postpone, put off, put on ice, suspend protract, prolong, procrastinate, linger, loiter, dally, retard, hesitate, halt.

Antonyms for Delay
forward, advance, speed, accelerate, hasten, expedite, dispatch.

Thesaurus
abide, adjourn, afterthought, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, await, backpedal, backwater, be a sideliner, be still, bide, bide the issue, bind, block, blockage, blocking, bog down, bottle up, brake, bureaucratic delay, check, clip the wings, clogging, closing up, closure, coast, confine, constriction, continue, countercheck, cramp, curb, dally, dam up, damp, dampen, dawdle, dawdling, decelerate, deceleration, defer, deferment, deferral, delayage, delayed reaction, detain, detainment, detention, dilly, dillydally, do nothing, double take, drag, drag along, drag out, dragging, draw rein, drift, drone, ease off, ease up, ease-off, ease-up, extend, falter, fixation, flag, flagging, foot-dragging, gap, goof off, halt, hampering, hang about, hang around, hang back, hang fire, hang up, hang-up, hesitate, hiatus, hibernate, hinder, hindering, hindrance, hold back, hold everything, hold in check, hold off, hold on, hold over, hold up, hold your horses, hold-up, holdback, holdup, idle, impede, impediment, inhibit, inhibition, interference, interim, interlude, intermeddle, intermit, interrupt, interruption, interval, intervene, jam, keep, keep back, keep in check, lacuna, lag, lag behind, lagging, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay over, let, let down, let up, letdown, letup, lie dormant, linger, logjam, loiter, loitering, lollygag, lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed, lull, make late, mark time, meddle, minus acceleration, mire, moderate, moratorium, mull, negativism, not budge, not stir, nuisance value, obstruct, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, oppose, opposition, paperasserie, pause, pigeonhole, poke, poke along, postpone, postponement, procrastinate, prolong, prorogate, prorogue, protract, push aside, put aside, put away, put in mothballs, put off, put on ice, recess, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, reef, rein in, relax, repress, repression, reprieve, reserve, resist, resistance, respite, rest, restrain, restraint, restriction, retard, retardance, retardation, retardment, scotch, set aside, set back, set by, setback, shelve, shift off, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, sideline, sit back, sit it out, sit tight, sit up, slack off, slack up, slack-up, slacken, slackening, sleep on, slow, slow down, slow up, slow-up, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowness, slowup, snub, squeeze, stagnate, stall, stand over, stave off, stay, stay of execution, stay up, stick around, stop, stoppage, store, stow, stranglehold, stretch out, stricture, suppress, suppression, suspend, suspension, table, table the motion, take a recess, take in sail, take time, tarry, tarrying, temporize, throttle down, tie-up, time lag, trail, vacillate, vegetate, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, waiting, waive, waste time, watch and wait, waver

Etymology
delaien from delaier from  deslaier from des- + laier "to leave", of  origin--a conflation of  *undefined: "to delay, hinder" (from  from ) and  *undefined: (from  from ). Akin to latian "to delay, hesitate" (from  latu "a delay, a hindrance"),  læfan:. More at let, leave.

Pronunciation




Noun

 * Arabic: تأخير, تأخر
 * Bulgarian: отлагане, забавяне,  закъснение
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 遲延, 迟延,  延遲,  延迟
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: viivästys
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hindi: देर, विलंब
 * Icelandic:


 * Japanese: 遅れ, 遅延
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: întârziere
 * Russian:, промедление, опоздание
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: försening
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: دیر

Verb

 * Arabic: سوف
 * Bulgarian: отлагам, забавям
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 遲延, 迟延, 延遲, 延迟, 耽誤,  耽误
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, viivästyttää,
 * French:
 * German: (sich) verspäten, (etwas) verschieben
 * Hebrew: לעכב


 * Japanese: 遅らせる, 遅延
 * Kurdish:
 * Persian: درنگ, دیرکرد
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: întârzia
 * Russian: откладывать, отложить , задерживать  задержать
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: skjuta upp
 * Turkish:, rötar

Anagrams

 * dealy
 * ladye