Synonyms for shelve
- freeze
- give up
- mothball
- prolong
- put off
- suspend
- waive
- delay
- dismiss
- drop
- hold
- pigeonhole
- prorogue
- scrub
- sideline
- stay
- table
- hang up
- hold off
- hold over
- hold up
- lay aside
- put aside
- put on back burner
- put on hold
- put on ice
- slow up
- tie up
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Antonyms for shelve
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defer
verb. hold off, put off
delay
verb. cause stop in action
- adjourn
- arrest
- bar
- bide time
- block
- check
- choke
- clog
- confine
- curb
- dawdle
- defer
- detain
- deter
- dilly-dally
- discourage
- drag
- encumber
- filibuster
- gain time
- hamper
- hold
- hold over
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- intermit
- keep
- keep back
- lag
- lay over
- linger
- loiter
- obstruct
- postpone
- prevent
- procrastinate
- prolong
- prorogue
- protract
- put off
- remand
- repress
- restrict
- retard
- shelve
- slacken
- stall
- stave off
- stay
- suspend
- table
- tarry
- temporize
- withhold
delays
verb. cause stop in action
- adjourn
- arrest
- bar
- bide time
- block
- check
- choke
- clog
- confine
- curb
- dawdle
- defer
- detain
- deter
- dilly-dally
- discourage
- drag
- encumber
- filibuster
- gain time
- hamper
- hold
- hold over
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- intermit
- keep
- keep back
- lag
- lay over
- linger
- loiter
- obstruct
- postpone
- prevent
- procrastinate
- prolong
- prorogue
- protract
- put off
- remand
- repress
- restrict
- retard
- shelve
- slacken
- stall
- stave off
- stay
- suspend
- table
- tarry
- temporize
- withhold
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.