defer

defer is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.
2. intransitive verb. To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
3. transitive verb. To render or offer.
4. transitive verb. To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.
5. intransitive verb. To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to.
6. verb. yield to another's wish or opinion

   "The government bowed to the military pressure"

   Synonyms: accede, bow, submit

7. verb. hold back to a later time

   "let's postpone the exam"

   Synonyms: postpone, prorogue, remit, shelve, table

Synonyms

accede, bow, submit, postpone, prorogue, remit, shelve, table

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in defer:

freed, refed

Common word forms

defers, deferred, deferrer, deferable, deferment, deferring

Words from these letters

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