temporize

temporize is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 24 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties.
2. transitive verb. To delay; to procrastinate.
3. transitive verb. To comply; to agree.
4. verb. draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time

   "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"

   Synonyms: temporise

Synonyms

temporise

Common word forms

temporized, temporizer, temporizes, temporizing

Words from these letters

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