Delay and Do

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Delay

Delay verb - To assign to a later time.
Usage example: our guests delayed their departure until after dinner
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Antonyms for Delay
Do is an antonym for delay in cause stop in action topic.
Nearby Words: delayed, delaying, delayer

Do

Do verb - To move forward along a course.
Usage example: how are you doing with the house restoration?
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Synonyms for Do
Antonyms for Do
Delay is an antonym for do.
Nearby Word: doing
Similar words of delay

Similar words of do

How words are described

short short delay short do
actual actual delay actual do
huge huge delay huge do
little little delay little do
Other adjectives: infamous, extra, visual, biggest.

Common collocations

work delay work do work
move delay move do move
part delay part do part
time delay time do time
Other words: bit, battle, damage, mission, quest, times, attacks.
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Antonyms for do

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