Synonyms for stalling
- halt
- hamper
- hinder
- interrupt
- postpone
- put off
- slow
- stay
- stop
- suspend
- arrest
- brake
- check
- die
- equivocate
- fence
- filibuster
- hedge
- prevaricate
- quibble
- stand
- still
- stonewall
- tarry
- temporize
- avoid the issue
- beat around the bush
- drag one's feet
- hold off
- not move
- play for time
- shut down
- slow down
- stand off
- stand still
- take one's time
Antonyms for stalling
- advance
- aid
- allow
- assist
- carry out
- continue
- do
- encourage
- expedite
- forward
- go
- help
- permit
- promote
- push
- face
- meet
- release
- further
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR STALLING
They're stalling for time down there, that's all those fireballs are for.
It had almost seemed as though the man had been stalling for a while.
Then she jumped up and looked in at the cow-house, where the hind was just stalling the cattle.
Do you think he really has a new theory, or is he just stalling for time?
I was stalling in front, Lonzo was behind and Charlie was the pick.
I got an idea you were just stalling for a rest, that's all.
He'd been stalling her along until the aircar could be found.
The stalling of a single horse in the advance delayed the whole army.
“Stalling for time will get you nowhere,” snapped Gepper, losing patience.
I was stalling for time, waiting until he made the right opening.
WORD ORIGIN
"place in a stable for animals," Old English steall "place where cattle are kept, place, position," from Proto-Germanic *stallaz (cf. Old Norse stallr "pedestal for idols, altar," Old Frisian stal, Old High German stall "stand, place, stable, stall," German Stall "stable," Stelle "place"), earlier *stalnaz- or *stathlo-, from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand," with derivatives referring to a standing object or place (cf. Greek stele "standing block, slab," Latin stolidus "insensible, dull, brutish," properly "unmovable").
The word passed into Romanic languages (cf. Italian stallo "place," stalla "stable;" Old French estal "place, position, stand, stall," French étal "butcher's stall"). Several meanings, including that of "a stand for selling" (mid-13c., implied in stallage "tax levied for the privilege of erecting a stall at a market or fair"), are from (or influenced by) Old French estal. Meaning "partially enclosed seat in a choir" is attested from c.1400; that of "urinal in a men's room" is from 1967.