Thesaurus / defer to
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synonyms for defer to
- adhere to
- appreciate
- comply with
- heed
- honor
- recognize
- regard
- revere
- uphold
- value
- adore
- attend
- esteem
- follow
- note
- notice
- reverence
- spare
- venerate
- abide by
- be awed by
- be kind to
- have good opinion of
- have high opinion
- look up to
- observe of
- pay attention
- set store by
- show consideration
- show courtesy
- take into account
- think highly of
- admire
- adore
- appreciate
- cherish
- deify
- enjoy
- esteem
- exalt
- honor
- love
- magnify
- prize
- regard
- respect
- treasure
- value
- venerate
- worship
- apotheosize
- be in awe of
- hold in awe
- look up to
- pay homage
- put on pedestal
- think highly of
- acknowledge
- recognize
- tolerate
- take
- respect
- agree
- stomach
- acquiesce
- assent
- bear
- bow
- endure
- swallow
- suffer
- capitulate
- stand
- bear with
- stand for
- fit in
- go along with
- live with
- play the game
- sit still for
- submit to
- yield to
- don't make waves
- don't rock the boat
- enjoy
- regard
- appreciate
- honor
- admire
- exalt
- venerate
- adore
- cherish
- respect
- worship
- love
- prize
- magnify
- apotheosize
- treasure
- deify
- value
- esteem
- reverence
- pay homage
- recognize
- defend
- accept
- agree
- endorse
- support
- accede
- grant
- acquiesce
- ratify
- certify
- yield
- own
- allow
- uphold
- approve
- attest to
- subscribe to
- take an oath
- go down
- drop
- slump
- die
- submit
- perish
- resign
- yield
- bend
- succumb
- capitulate
- obey
- back down
- give in
- go under
- give up
- be casualty
- be destroyed
- be killed
- be lost
- be taken
- eat dirt
- fall to pieces
- give way
- lie down
- pass into enemy hands
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antonyms for defer to
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- decline
- fight
- defend
- disagree
- stop
- demur
- repudiate
- renounce
- dispute
- blackball
- discard
- deny
- dissent
- reject
- disallow
- misunderstand
- disapprove
- contradict
- refuse
- oppose
- disagree
- decline
- disregard
- abjure
- repudiate
- ignore
- forswear
- disallow
- invalidate
- disavow
- veto
- condemn
- protest
- contradict
- dispute
- reject
- refuse
- renounce
- deny
- disapprove
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How to use defer to in a sentence
Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONAll the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT"Buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSSomething remote and ancient stirred in her, something that was not of herself To-day, something half primitive, half barbaric.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODTo-day I'm more dead than alive, as we had a lesson from him yesterday that lasted four hours.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYThey held the compound against repeated assaults, and lost several men in hand-to-hand fighting.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYI wouldn't go on if I were you, sir; the luck's dead against you to-night; I wouldn't go on, indeed I wouldn't.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSNow many people think that we are moving in the direction of world socialism to-day.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSLet your orders for preparation go round tonight, so that your knaves may be ready to set out betimes to-morrow.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIWhen I went out he accompanied me to the door, took my hand in both of his and said, "To-day you've covered yourself with glory!"
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYWORDS RELATED TO DEFER TO
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