POSTPONED Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in delayed

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adverb

as in deferred

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verb

past tense of postpone

as in suspended

to assign to a later time we'll have to postpone a decision until we have all the information

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Game 4 of the American League Championship Series was postponed because of rain Friday night. — Joe Reedy, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 General elections were supposed to be held in December; they have been postponed indefinitely. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026 The organizer, Waleed Owda, said the event had been scheduled for 2021 but was postponed, and then delayed again in 2023 when war erupted. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Her young daughter waits at home in Romania, growing more upset with each video call and each postponed promise of a return. — Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 The opening of a store in Abu Dhabi planned for last month has been postponed until next year. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 The Vegas residency was originally scheduled to begin last February but was repeatedly postponed as the singer battled the cancer and previous bouts of bronchitis. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026 University officials had met multiple times in the days and hours leading up to this weekend to discuss contingency plans in case the game needed to either be postponed a few hours, or moved. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 Outer bands of rain from former Hurricane Isaias postponed the Blue Cross NC 300 NASCAR race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026

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In a later video clip posted to his TikTok, Ash could be seen FaceTiming his social media manager, explaining that the group’s paperwork caused the delayed entry.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2026
The delayed flight was one of two crises that Haitian officials faced on Thursday with deportees being returned from the United States.

— Gérard Maxineau, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of delayed

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Highlands has proposed repaying the state through deductions from future state funding, but the bankruptcy court deferred a decision on that proposal until the final hearing in November.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The superstar who deferred most of his record 10-year, $700-million salary so as to enable — to obligate — the Dodgers to build a championship roster around him reached base in three of his four plate appearances Wednesday.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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