Delay and Help

Opposite meaning words

Delay verb - To move or act slowly.

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Help is an antonym for delay in topics: deferment, cause stop in action.

Nearby Words: delayed, delaying, delayer

Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Delay is an antonym for help in aid topic.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

better	better delay	better help
similar	similar delay	similar help
considerable	considerable delay	considerable help
actual	actual delay	actual help
Other adjectives: massive, huge, little, less, unexpected, minimal, further, extra, additional, significant.

life	delay life	help life
guy	delay guy	help guy
someone	delay someone	help someone
time	delay time	help time
Other words: bit, fight, escape, father, police, player, times, friends.

Was eventually overcome with the help of the Streamer increasing the delay between gusts.

Source: Lets Play / Twitch Plays Pokémon Black 2
The constant delay of the voting for Hong Kong to decide their independence doesn't help.

Source: Arch-Enemy
So he decides to delay killing him for a minute to mock his belief that god will save him, even giving him time to pray to god for help.

Source: Film / The Iceman

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