Noun

• S: (n) delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait (time during which some action is awaited) "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
• S: (n) delay, holdup (the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) delay, detain, hold up (cause to be slowed down or delayed) "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• antonym
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) delay (act later than planned, scheduled, or required) "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
• S: (v) stay, detain, delay (stop or halt) "Please stay the bloodshed!"
• S: (v) check, retard, delay (slow the growth or development of) "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"