Delayed

/dəˈleɪd/

Synonyms for "delayed" (96 found)

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Closest matches (20)

Verb(4 words)

adjourned bogged deferred dithered

arrested back backward behind behindhand belated blocked checked delayed-action detained

Adjective(5 words)

backlogged belated deferdeferred problemdisrupted record

Noun(1 words)

buffering

Strong matches (28)

Adjective(5 words)

evolutionary pauselatelate arrival policylong haltmissing document

Verb(7 words)

filibustered hampered hesitated inconvenienced lagged laggingmissed deadlines

held uphung upimpededin a bindin abeyancejammed late latish leisurely moratorynever on timeobstructed overdue

Noun(3 words)

hitching laggardon hold

Related words (48)

Adjective(18 words)

overduepaused projectpokier poky postpone postponed prolonged reconsider remiss shelve sluggishsluggish movementstall straggliest tardier tardiest tardive tardy

Verb(17 words)

postdated procrastinated punted reprieved roadblocked shelved sidetracked slowed stalled stonewalled straggled suspended tabled tarriest temporized trickled waylaid

posthumous retardedset backslowslowed downstopped tardy unpunctual unready untimely

Noun(2 words)

postponed motionputoff

Adjective(1 words)

suspended

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

7 entries

alter timingalter timing of actiondevelopment lateness progressself-control concepttime

More specific

13 entries

delayed busdelayed flightdelayed growthdelayed language developmentdelayed reinforcementdelayed rewarddelayed trainhold upprocrastinate reassess reconsider reschedule stall

Collocations

8 entries

cause a delaydelayed arrivaldelayed flightdelayed gratificationdelayed reactiondelayed startscheduling delaystime delay

Inflections

4 entries

delaying delaysmore delayedmost delayed

Derivations

3 entries

delay delayer delaying

similar

1 entries

retarded

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You will be delayed for only thirty minutes at worst.

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The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall.

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The train was delayed, so I could not arrive there on time.

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We should take into account that the train was delayed.

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