Delay
Delay verb - To move or act slowly.
Usage example: she ordered the kids to stop delaying and to get to bed
How words are described
| high | high delay | high speed |
| low | low delay | low speed |
| better | better delay | better speed |
| normal | normal delay | normal speed |
| Other adjectives: usual, light, half, small, actual, constant, massive, lower, mediocre, temporary, extra, ludicrous, minimum, overall. | ||
Common collocations
| process | delay process | speed process |
| death | delay death | speed death |
| destruction | delay destruction | speed destruction |
| development | delay development | speed development |
| Other words: time, bit, transformation, production, advancement, victory. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- There's also the speed-of-light delay, and the much larger speed-of-sound delay.
Source: Just One Second Out of Sync - In Terraria, when anything that consumes mana is used, there's a small delay before the mana regeneration reaches full speed.
Source: Regenerating Mana -
A physicist wonders if this was instantaneous or if there was a light speed transmission delay.
Source: It Runs on Nonsensoleum
Cite this Source
Speed and Delay. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/delay/speed
Delay & Speed. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/delay/speed>.
Speed or Delay. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/delay/speed.
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