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Definitions

on hold

ADJECTIVE

deferred

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delayed negotiated postponed

STRONG

adjourned assessed charged pigeonholed prolonged protracted remanded renegotiated scrubbed stalled temporized

WEAK

held up in waiting indebted on the shelf staved off

Antonyms

WEAK

advanced forwarded furthered hastened hurried

ADJECTIVE

inactive

Synonyms

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dormant dull idle immobile inoperative jobless passive sedentary sluggish static unemployed unused

WEAK

abeyant asleep blah dead disengaged do-nothing down draggy in holding pattern indolent latent lax lethargic limp low-key mothballed motionless ossified out of action out of commission out of service out of work quiescent quiet slack sleepy slothful slow somnolent stable still torpid unoccupied

Antonyms

STRONGEST

active employed energetic lively mobile moving used

WEAK

busy involved working

ADJECTIVE

postponed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delayed suspended

STRONG

adjourned intermitted prorogued scrubbed shelved tabled withheld

WEAK

put off

NOUN

wait

Synonyms

STRONGEST

interval

STRONG

down downtime halt hold interim rest stay

WEAK

holdup time wasted

Antonyms

STRONG

continuation go

WEAK

act doing

Example Sentences

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Interest rates are widely expected to remain on hold for the rest of this year, with some analysts predicting cuts next year.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

For the day ahead, the Bank of England is widely expected to follow the Fed’s lead in keeping rates on hold when it announces its latest policy rate later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

The ruling was put on hold as an appeals court considers the case.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Now rate cuts are on hold, and as the rise in wholesale prices show, there’s still plenty of inflation in the guts of the economy that’s likely to show up later in the year.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

By the twelfth, he imagined Mami walking in—while he remained on hold.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

on hold

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