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postponement
Overview of noun postponement
The noun postponement has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait -- (time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action")
2. postponement, deferment, deferral -- (act of putting off to a future time)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun postponement
2 senses of postponement
Sense 1
delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
=> pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
=> time interval, interval
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
postponement, deferment, deferral
=> delay, holdup
=> inactivity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun postponement
2 senses of postponement
Sense 1
delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
=> extension
=> moratorium
=> retardation
Sense 2
postponement, deferment, deferral
=> adjournment
=> prorogation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun postponement
2 senses of postponement
Sense 1
delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
=> pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
Sense 2
postponement, deferment, deferral
=> delay, holdup
Antonyms of noun postponement
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Substance Holonyms of noun postponement
Part Holonyms of noun postponement
Member Meronyms of noun postponement
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Attributes of noun postponement
Derived Forms of noun postponement
1 of 2 senses of postponement
Sense 2
postponement, deferment, deferral
RELATED TO>(verb) postpone#1
=> postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
Domain of noun postponement
Domain Terms of noun postponement
Familiarity of noun postponement
postponement used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun postponement
2 senses of postponement
Sense 1
delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
> pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
=> lapse
=> blackout
=> caesura
=> dead air
=> delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
=> halftime
=> respite, rest, relief, rest period
=> time-out
=> letup, lull
Sense 2
postponement, deferment, deferral
> delay, holdup
=> break, interruption, disruption, gap
=> demurrage
=> forbearance
=> postponement, deferment, deferral
=> procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally
=> slowdown, lag, retardation
=> dalliance, dawdling, trifling
=> filibuster
=> tarriance, lingering
Meronyms of noun postponement
2 senses of postponement
Holonyms of noun postponement
Grep of noun postponement
postponement
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