Defer and Spearhead

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Defer verb - To assign to a later time.

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Spearhead is an antonym for defer.

Spearhead verb - To serve as leader of.

Usage example: unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement

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Defer is an antonym for spearhead.

Nearby Words: spear, spearheaded, spearheading

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