Thesaurus / defer
FEEDBACKsynonyms for defer
synonyms for defer
- adjust
- admit
- agree
- bow
- submit
- accede
- accommodate
- acquiesce
- adapt
- assent
- buckle
- capitulate
- cave
- comply
- concede
- cringe
- fawn
- knuckle
- kowtow
- obey
- succumb
- truckle
- give in to
- knuckleunder
antonyms for defer
MOST RELEVANT
- dispute
- dissent
- fight
- refuse
- deny
- disagree
- disarrange
- disobey
- protest
- reject
- advance
- expedite
- force
- forge
- forward
- hasten
- hurry
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The only way such changes would occur is if Congress passes a law to forgive the collection of payroll taxes deferred under the order—a move supported by both the President and the signatories of Tuesday’s letter.
BUSINESS GROUPS DON’T EXPECT TO IMPLEMENT TRUMP’S ‘UNWORKABLE’ PAYROLL ORDERJEFFAUGUST 18, 2020FORTUNEAn HHS spokesperson in response to a Washington Blade inquiry on enforcement deferred the Justice Department, which didn’t respond to a request to comment.
JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ADMIN FROM ENFORCING ANTI-TRANS HEALTH CARE RULECHRIS JOHNSONAUGUST 17, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEIf the number of deferred applicants who queue up to join college in 2021 is significantly larger than usual, that cuts into the number of seats available for new high school graduates.
IS SCHOOL OUT FOREVER?DANIEL MALLOYAUGUST 9, 2020OZYThat dreamy Mediterranean breeze will have to remain a dream deferred.
THE (DEFERRED) CLASS OF 2020SANDYA KOLAAUGUST 9, 2020OZYWhen sports initially went off air in March, most advertisers deferred the money they had planned to spend on TV sporting events until major sports returned.
SHUT OUT OF FIRE TV AND ROKU, PEACOCK IS THE LATEST EXAMPLE OF THE ARRIVAL POWER MOVES TO STREAMINGTIM PETERSONJULY 15, 2020DIGIDAYWhen thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAMLady Engleton received the impression that Mrs. Temperley was too sure of her own judgment to defer even to the wisest.
THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUSMONA CAIRDThe war, which then existed between the Persians and the Turks, could not make him defer the execution of his pious enterprise.
SUPERSTITION IN ALL AGES (1732)JEAN MESLIERThe answer to my invitation was that much as she would love to see me we should have to defer our meeting to some other time.
WAYS OF WAR AND PEACEDELIA AUSTRIANBut as my marriage will lead me into far different scenes, I shall, if you please, defer them till some other evening.
THE ADOPTED DAUGHTERELIZABETH SANDHAMWORDS RELATED TO DEFER
- accords
- accustoms
- adapts
- adjusts
- agrees
- attunes
- bends over backwards
- complies
- composes
- conforms
- coordinates
- corresponds
- don't makes waves
- don't rocks the boat
- fits
- goes by the book
- goes with the flow
- harmonizes
- integrates
- makes consistent
- modifies
- plays the game
- proportions
- reconciles
- settles
- shapes up
- suits
- tailor-makes
- tailors
- tunes
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.