Synonyms for "deferment" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(2 words)

deferraladjournment

continuation

Strong matches (5)

deferral

Noun(4 words)

delaydemurraldilationhold-up

Related words (7)

postponementstaysuspension

Noun(4 words)

postponementprocrastinationprolongationprotraction

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

delayholdup

More specific

1 entries

dithering

Synonyms

2 entries

deferralpostponement

Related terms

3 entries

delayprocrastinatewait

derived from

1 entries

defer

related to

6 entries

compulsorydefermilitarypostponementput offservice

Translations

24 translations across 11 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries

• ἀναβολή noun (act or instance of deferring)

Bulgarian

2 entries

• отлагане noun (act or instance of deferring)
• отсрочка noun (act or instance of deferring)

Dutch

3 entries

• opschorting noun (act or instance of deferring)
• uitstel noun (act or instance of deferring)
• uitstel van militaire dienst noun (postponement of military service)

Finnish

2 entries

• lykkäys noun (act or instance of deferring)
• lykkäys noun (postponement of military service)

German

3 entries

• Aufschub noun (act or instance of deferring)
• Aufschub noun (postponement of military service)
• Verzögerung noun (act or instance of deferring)

Indonesian

1 entries

• penundaan noun (act or instance of deferring)

Italian

3 entries

• deferimento noun (act or instance of deferring)
• dilazione noun (act or instance of deferring)
• posponimento noun (act or instance of deferring)

Middle English

1 entries

• differryng noun (act or instance of deferring)

Slovene

3 entries

• moratorij noun (act or instance of deferring)
• odlog noun (act or instance of deferring)
• preložitev noun (act or instance of deferring)

Spanish

1 entries

• diferimiento noun (act or instance of deferring)

Turkish

4 entries

• erteleme noun (act or instance of deferring)
• tecil noun (postponement of military service)
• tehir noun (act or instance of deferring)
• tehir etme noun (act or instance of deferring)

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