'Postpone' definitions:
Definition of 'postpone'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Postpone'
From: GCIDE
- Postpone \Post*pone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postponed; p. pr. & vb. n. Postponing.] [L. postponere, postpositum; post after + ponere to place, put. See Post-, and Position.]
- 1. To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely. [1913 Webster]
- His praise postponed, and never to be paid. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance. [1913 Webster]
- All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'postpone'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjourn,
- continue,
- dally,
- defer,
- delay,
- drag out,
- extend,
- hang fire,
- hang up,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- lay aside,
- lay away,
- lay by,
- lay over,
- pigeonhole,
- prolong,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- protract,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- put away,
- put in mothballs,
- put off,
- put on ice,
- recess,
- reserve,
- set aside,
- set by,
- shelve,
- shift off,
- sideline,
- sleep on,
- stand over,
- stave off,
- stay,
- store,
- stow,
- stretch out,
- suspend,
- table,
- table the motion,
- take a recess,
- temporize,
- waive