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delay
Overview of noun delay
The noun delay has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) 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")
2. (2) delay, holdup -- (the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time)
Overview of verb delay
The verb delay has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (8) 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")
2. (6) delay -- (act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered")
3. (3) stay, detain, delay -- (stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!")
4. check, retard, delay -- (slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun delay
2 senses of delay
Sense 1
delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
=> pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
=> time interval, interval
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
delay, holdup
=> inactivity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun delay
2 senses of delay
Sense 1
delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
=> extension
=> moratorium
=> retardation
Sense 2
delay, holdup
=> break, interruption, disruption, gap
=> demurrage
=> forbearance
=> postponement, deferment, deferral
=> procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally
=> slowdown, lag, retardation
=> dalliance, dawdling, trifling
=> filibuster
=> tarriance, lingering
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun delay
2 senses of delay
Sense 1
delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
=> pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
Sense 2
delay, holdup
=> inactivity
Antonyms of noun delay
Member Holonyms of noun delay
Substance Holonyms of noun delay
Part Holonyms of noun delay
Member Meronyms of noun delay
Substance Meronyms of noun delay
Part Meronyms of noun delay
Meronyms of noun delay
Holonyms of noun delay
Attributes of noun delay
Derived Forms of noun delay
2 senses of delay
Sense 1
delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
RELATED TO>(verb) delay#4
=> check, retard, delay
RELATED TO>(verb) delay#2
=> delay
Sense 2
delay, holdup
RELATED TO>(verb) delay#4
=> check, retard, delay
RELATED TO>(verb) delay#3
=> stay, detain, delay
RELATED TO>(verb) delay#1
=> delay, detain, hold up
Domain of noun delay
Domain Terms of noun delay
Familiarity of noun delay
delay used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun delay
2 senses of delay
Sense 1
delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
> pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
=> lapse
=> blackout
=> caesura
=> dead air
=> delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
=> halftime
=> respite, rest, relief, rest period
=> time-out
=> letup, lull
Sense 2
delay, holdup
> inactivity
=> pause
=> wait, waiting
=> rest, ease, repose, relaxation
=> idleness, idling, loafing
=> delay, holdup
Meronyms of noun delay
2 senses of delay
Holonyms of noun delay
Grep of noun delay
acoustic delay line
delay
delay line
delayed action
delayed allergy
delayer
electromagnetic delay line
roundelay
sonic delay line
time-delay measuring instrument
time-delay measuring system
Antonyms of verb delay
1 of 4 senses of delay
Sense 1
delay, detain, hold up
Antonym of rush (Sense 3)
=>rush, hurry
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb delay
4 senses of delay
Sense 1
delay, detain, hold up
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 2
delay
=> wait, hold off, hold back
=> act, move
Sense 3
stay, detain, delay
=> check, retard, delay
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
check, retard, delay
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb delay
3 of 4 senses of delay
Sense 1
delay, detain, hold up
=> stonewall
=> catch
=> stall
=> buy time
Sense 2
delay
=> hesitate, pause
=> procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
=> procrastinate
=> postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
Sense 4
check, retard, delay
=> dampen
=> stay, detain, delay
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb delay
4 senses of delay
Sense 1
delay, detain, hold up
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
Sense 2
delay
=> wait, hold off, hold back
Sense 3
stay, detain, delay
=> check, retard, delay
Sense 4
check, retard, delay
=> change, alter, modify
'Cause To' of verb delay
Derived Forms of verb delay
4 senses of delay
Sense 1
delay, detain, hold up
RELATED TO>(noun) delay#2
=> delay, holdup
Sense 2
delay
RELATED TO>(noun) delay#1
=> delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
Sense 3
stay, detain, delay
RELATED TO>(noun) delay#2
=> delay, holdup
Sense 4
check, retard, delay
RELATED TO>(noun) delay#1
=> delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
RELATED TO>(noun) delay#2
=> delay, holdup
Domain of verb delay
Domain Terms of verb delay
Familiarity of verb delay
delay used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb delay
4 senses of delay
Sense 1
delay, detain, hold up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
delay
EX: They delay a long time
Sense 3
stay, detain, delay
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
check, retard, delay
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb delay
4 senses of delay
Sense 1
delay, detain, hold up
> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> slow, slow down, slow up
=> delay, detain, hold up
Sense 2
delay
> wait, hold off, hold back
=> hold out
=> delay
Sense 3
stay, detain, delay
> check, retard, delay
=> dampen
=> stay, detain, delay
Sense 4
check, retard, delay
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb delay
Sense 1
delay, detain, hold up
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
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Sense 2
delay
=> wait, hold off, hold back
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Sense 3
stay, detain, delay
=> check, retard, delay
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Sense 4
check, retard, delay
=> change, alter, modify
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Grep of verb delay
delay
Grep of adj delay
delayed
delayed-action
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