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Synonyms for postpone

Synonyms for postpone: table and defer. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb · a wrong tile in 5 puzzles

The 2 synonyms for postpone

Interchangeable with postpone in this sense

Audited under postpone's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one postpone carries in that sense.

  • tableverb, in the sense "hold back to a later time"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name postpone as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

  • deferdefer is a verb in the sense "to put off an action until a later time"

one of these comes from postpone's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineStates and conditions

hold back to a later time

Let's postpone the exam.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

table

Same sentence, swapped: Let's table the exam.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

  • pause
  • hesitate
  • dillydally

Where postpone turns up in the game

postpone is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

4 of the 5 puzzles where postpone is the trap

  • clinchverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is secure, in the sense "to secure something decisively, especially at the last moment", with postpone sitting one tile away.
  • conveneverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is assemble, in the sense "to come together, or bring people together, for a formal meeting", and postpone is one of the three tiles that lose.
  • offerverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is extend, in the sense "to present something for someone to accept or decline", and postpone is on the board beside it.
  • waiveverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is forgo, in the sense "to voluntarily give up a right, claim, or requirement", and postpone is on the board beside it.

Play postpone

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so postpone reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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The same bank, read from both sides

postpone is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 5. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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