Delay synonyms | phrases

Phrases with similar meaning for Delay

• dilly-dally

  fast, linger
• time lag

  backwardness, latency
• hold-up

  deferment
• putting off

  postponement, deferment
• shilly-shally

  procrastinate
• tie-up

  deferment
• waste time

  linger
• put on ice
• hang fire

  procrastinate
• mark time

  procrastinate
• dilly-dallying

  dawdling
• play for time

  procrastinate
• put on the back burner

  put off, put on ice
• gain time

  cause stop in action
• shilly-shallying

  procrastination
• cut short
• holding pattern

  deferment
• set-back
• be slow

  linger
• stumbling block
• put on hold
• bide time

  cause stop in action
• holding up
• lay on the table

  put over
• think twice
• make late

  detain
• put in cold storage

  put on ice
• hog-tie
• traffic jam
• play a waiting game
• be dilatory
• sit tight
• stay put
• cooling-off period

  deferment
• breathing space
• hang-up
• slow-up
• drag one's feet

  linger
• holding back
• foot-dragging
• be uncertain
• be indecisive
• hem and haw
• hold in abeyance

  postpone
• use delaying tactics
• fly in the ointment
• be irresolute
• hemming and hawing
• hold everything
• nip in the bud