Thesaurus / defer to
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synonyms for defer to
- accept
- agree
- defend
- endorse
- recognize
- support
- accede
- acquiesce
- allow
- approve
- certify
- grant
- own
- ratify
- uphold
- yield
- attest to
- subscribe to
- take an oath
- die
- drop
- give up
- go down
- slump
- bend
- capitulate
- obey
- perish
- resign
- submit
- succumb
- yield
- back down
- be casualty
- be destroyed
- be killed
- be lost
- be taken
- eat dirt
- fall to pieces
- give in
- give way
- go under
- lie down
- pass into enemy hands
- 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
- enjoy
- exalt
- honor
- regard
- respect
- venerate
- worship
- apotheosize
- deify
- esteem
- hero-worship
- love
- magnify
- prize
- reverence
- treasure
- value
- pay homage
- admire
- adore
- apotheosize
- appreciate
- be in awe of
- cherish
- deify
- enjoy
- esteem
- exalt
- hold in awe
- honor
- look up to
- love
- magnify
- pay homage
- prize
- put on pedestal
- regard
- respect
- think highly of
- treasure
- value
- venerate
- worship
antonyms for defer to
MOST RELEVANT
- contradict
- decline
- deny
- disagree
- disapprove
- dispute
- oppose
- protest
- refuse
- reject
- renounce
- condemn
- disallow
- disavow
- invalidate
- veto
- abjure
- disregard
- forswear
- ignore
- repudiate
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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
- abide by
- adhere to
- adore
- appreciate
- attend
- be awed by
- be kind to
- comply with
- defer to
- esteem
- follow
- have good opinion of
- have high opinion
- heed
- honor
- look up to
- note
- notice
- observe of
- pay attention
- recognize
- regard
- revere
- reverence
- set store by
- show consideration
- show courtesy
- spare
- take into account
- think highly of
- uphold
- value
- venerate
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.