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What is another word for
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Verb
Present participle for to delay or be delayed in taking action or progressing
Present participle for to delay action until a particular time or event
Present participle for to delay a situation until one is prepared
Present participle for to avoid proceeding through reluctance
Present participle for to postpone or assign to a later time or date
Present participle for to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck
Adjective
Suspended for future consideration or action
Noun
A state of being inactive or suspended
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to delay or be delayed in taking action or progressing
vacillating
halting
pausing
procrastinating
delaying
ceasing
discontinuing
stalling
stopping
holding back
hanging back
holding on
hanging about
hanging around
sitting tight
adopting Fabian tactics
“We'll keep on looking but may have to
hang fire
until next week.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to delay action until a particular time or event
holding off
pausing
waiting
deferring
delaying
holding back
postponing
hanging back
refraining from
putting something off
sitting tight
taking no action
avoiding doing something
playing a waiting game
keeping from doing something
biding your time
holding your horses
stalling
being patient
lying in wait
putting on hold
keeping your shirt on
filling time
awaiting
resting
hanging
holding on
marking time
abiding
saving it
holding your fire
sweating it out
twiddling thumbs
standing by
hanging onto your hat
wasting time
waiting on
passing the time
waiting patiently
killing time
lying low
kicking your heels
sitting up for
waiting in the wings
hanging on
holding everything
holding the phone
holding one's breath
cooling your heels
countdowning
staying up for
looking forward
cooling it
sweating it
waiting a minute
holding the line
holding your water
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to delay a situation until one is prepared
playing for time
delaying
procrastinating
stalling
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
hesitating
dithering
stonewalling
hedging
prevaricating
filibustering
equivocating
holding back
hanging back
using delaying tactics
putting off
gaining time
beating about the bush
dallying
tarrying
dragging your feet
lingering
dragging
lagging
poking
dawdling
shilly-shallying
dillydallying
diddling
creeping
moping
lollygagging
crawling
loitering
waiting
dilly-dallying
marking time
taking one's time
lallygagging
idling
deferring
staying
taking your time
pottering round
pottering about
killing time
humming and hawing
putting off doing something
postponing
hanging about
falling behind
buying time
wasting time
hanging around
vacillating
pausing
kicking the can down the road
pottering around
playing a waiting game
slacking
shirking
dropping behind
using dilatory tactics
putting on the back burner
pottering
trifling
loafing
getting no place fast
fooling around
sitting on one's butt
frittering away
diddle-daddling
scrounging around
shlepping along
bumming around
frittering time away
hanging out
sitting around
warming a chair
beating around the bush
holding over
distracting
diverting
avoiding the issue
straggling
tottering
waiting around
hanging on
staying put
staggering
goofing off
whiling away time
lagging behind
plodding
horsing around
retarding
cooling
swithering
havering
taking a raincheck
dragging your heels
suspending action
postponing action
goldbricking
protracting
prolonging
wavering
adjourning
deferring action
letting something slide
holding off
lolling
slouching
faltering
puttering
biding
trailing
inching
limping
hanging round
losing time
goofing around
tergiversating
sauntering
shuffling
tailing
trudging
slowing up
dragging behind
inching along
bringing up the rear
dropping
falling back
trailing behind
slowing down
moving slowly
falling off
paltering
lounging
lazing
lazying
bumming
chillin
chilling
avoiding making a decision
using Fabian tactics
stalling for time
avoiding committing oneself
footling
droning
boondoggling
fooling with
vegging out
kicking around
whiling away
hacking around
trifling with
kicking back
playing games
fooling about
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to avoid proceeding through reluctance
hanging back
hesitating
dithering
vacillating
wavering
demurring
teetering
wabbling
faltering
halting
scrupling
staggering
wobbling
hovering
lagging
lingering
pausing
procrastinating
straggling
holding back
shilly-shallying
holding off
shrinking back
shying away
staying back
dragging your feet
dragging your heels
staying in the background
Verb
▲
Present participle for to postpone or assign to a later time or date
procrastinating
deferring
delaying
postponing
shelving
suspending
adjourning
remitting
rescheduling
staying
tabling
mothballing
pigeonholing
proroguing
protracting
respiting
retarding
detaining
extending
prolonging
slowing
stalling
putting off
carrying over
holding over
putting back
holding off
holding up
putting over
holding in abeyance
holding off on
laying over
setting aside
laying on the table
putting on hold
putting on ice
giving rain check
putting in cold storage
putting on back burner
putting on the back burner
taking a rain check on
intermitting
continuing
waiving
keeping in abeyance
impeding
hindering
obstructing
lengthening
blocking
forestaying
giving a rain check
standing over
cooling it
interrupting
holding
recessing
prorogating
checking
withholding
disbanding
filing
inactivating
barring
staving off
putting on the shelf
hanging up
counting out
laying aside
calling a halt to
ruling out
putting in abeyance
putting aside
breaking off
sidelining
pausing
suspending proceedings
holding back
taking five
taking a break
taking a breather
putting to one side
breaking up
dismissing
knocking off
slowing up
taking a recess
putting off the evil day
putting off the evil hour
setting back
doing later
parking
reserving
retaining
suppressing
hanging
cooling
containing
taking offline
reprieving
temporizing
US
temporising
UK
ending
discontinuing
rising
putting on one side
freezing
leaving to another time
decommissioning
taking a raincheck
slowing down
taking a breather from
putting on a back burner
stopping
slowing pedal
breaking
tying up
calling it a day
taking a rain check
putting into storage
packing away
reorganizing
US
rearranging
reorganising
UK
taking time out
calling time
taking ten
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck
stymieing
hindering
impeding
obstructing
hampering
thwarting
inhibiting
checking
blocking
frustrating
foiling
trammelling
trammeling
cramping
encumbering
fettering
handicapping
preventing
stopping
hobbling
shackling
baffling
clogging
scotching
scuppering
handcuffing
defeating
manacling
embarrassing
baulking
UK
balking
US
crippling
confounding
spoiling
crimping
snookering
stalling
puzzling
stonewalling
nonplussing
upsetting
mystifying
stumping
flummoxing
crabbing
shelving
cornering
pigeonholing
interfering with
holding back
holding up
hog-tying
short-circuiting
tying up
putting paid to
putting the kibosh on
hanging up
cutting off
throwing a spanner in the works
choking off
cramping one's style
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
dead-ending
giving the run around
holding off
putting on hold
putting on back burner
throwing a monkey wrench into
Adjective
▲
Suspended for future consideration or action
on ice
suspended
deferred
pending
open
outstanding
postponed
unconcluded
undecided
undetermined
unfinished
unresolved
unsettled
uncertain
incomplete
ongoing
awaiting action
awaiting attention
awaiting decision
put off
up in the air
in abeyance
in a state of suspension
in a state of uncertainty
in limbo
in suspension
in the air
in the balance
put to one side
still open
unattended to
betwixt and between
on the back burner
in cold storage
in no man's land
abandoned
on hold
neglected
indeterminate
left
pendant
in reserve
not done
to be done
in the works
remaining
pendent
hanging
undone
unsure
debatable
unknown
doubtful
in doubt
unconfirmed
ambiguous
vague
moot
open to question
indefinite
iffy
equivocal
unclear
unanswered
questionable
yet to be decided
inconclusive
speculative
dubious
irresolute
open to debate
incalculable
unpredictable
dodgy
unestablished
unascertained
problematic
undependable
to be decided
up for grabs
arguable
tentative
unsolved
unforeseeable
indecisive
chancy
hairy
undefined
confused
dubitable
wavering
disputed
hesitant
disputable
controversial
omitted
vexed
vacillating
dicey
borderline
untrustworthy
unreliable
ignored
unfulfilled
unperformed
sketchy
conjectural
unfixed
unspecified
clouded
passed over
in a state of limbo
touch-and-go
not completed
in question
awaiting settlement
in hand
uncommitted
unfinalized
inexact
suspect
waffling
doubtable
of two minds
inoperative
awaiting
hazy
contingent
open for discussion
not yet settled
not fixed
not settled
open-ended
risky
not definite
yet to be settled
up for discussion
unchallenged
not decided
precarious
indistinct
uncompleted
hesitating
hanging by a thread
on thin ice
under a cloud
unaccomplished
unexecuted
out of action
secret
abeyant
unproven
unrevealed
to be won or lost
disregarded
dark
undisclosed
hidden
concealed
sitting on the fence
untold
half-done
not started
half-finished
undivulged
mysterious
obscure
unapprehended
unexplained
unrecognized
US
unnoted
unrecognised
UK
unperceived
noteless
confusing
paradoxical
conflicting
contradictory
open to doubt
two-edged
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Noun
▲
A state of being inactive or suspended
abeyance
suspension
moratorium
dormancy
suspense
quiescence
doldrums
latency
postponement
remission
intermission
recess
discontinuation
inactivity
waiting
reserve
deferment
holding pattern
deep freeze
cold storage
suspended animation
a state of dormancy
a state of suspension
on ice
a state of latency
a state of uncertainty
in cold storage
temporarily deferred
on the back burner
abeyancy
deferral
pause
stay
respite
adjournment
delay
hiatus
letup
interruption
break
downtime
cessation
freeze
limbo
interlude
rest
unconsciousness
inexpression
shelving
rescheduling
motionlessness
tabling
prorogation
lull
armistice
holdup
let-up
check
quiescency
deathlike state
back burner
stoppage
halt
breather
standstill
reprieve
five
breathing spell
grace period
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