postponement

postponement is a 12-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 23 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.
2. noun. act of putting off to a future time

   Synonyms: deferment, deferral

3. noun. time during which some action is awaited

   "instant replay caused too long a delay"

   "he ordered a hold in the action"

   Synonyms: delay, hold, wait

Synonyms

deferment, deferral, delay, hold, wait

Common word forms

postponements

Words from these letters

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