Crossword clues like “Postpone” have been solved before, and the answers below were used in those completions. They reflect patterns seen in well-constructed, editor-approved puzzles.
Likely Answers:
- SHELVE
- DEFER
- DELAY
- PUTOFF
- ADJOURN
- SUSPEND
- RESERVE
- HOLDOVER
- STALL
- CARRYOVER
- HOLDOFF
- STAY
- TABLE
- PROCRASTINATE
- DEBAR
- PUTONICE
Synonyms and Definitions
SHELVE
- Synonyms: defer, hold over, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, table
DEFER
- Synonyms: accede, bow, give in, shelve, submit
DELAY
- Synonyms: check, detain, hold, hold up, holdup, postponement, retard, stay, time lag, wait
ADJOURN
- Synonyms: break up, recess, retire, withdraw
SUSPEND
- Synonyms: debar, freeze, set aside
RESERVE
- Synonyms: allow, appropriate, backlog, book, earmark, military reserve, modesty, reservation, reticence, second-stringer, stockpile, substitute, taciturnity
HOLDOVER
- Synonyms: hangover
STALL
- Synonyms: booth, carrel, carrell, conk, cubicle, dilly-dally, drag ones feet, drag ones heels, kiosk, procrastinate, sales booth, shillyshally, stalling, stand
- Definition: A section within a barn where one animal is kept and nourished
STAY
- Synonyms: abide, appease, arrest, bide, continue, delay, halt, hitch, last out, outride, persist, quell, remain, rest, ride out, stay on, stay put, stick, stick around, stop, stoppage
TABLE
- Synonyms: board, mesa, tabular array, tabularise, tabularize, tabulate
PROCRASTINATE
- Synonyms: stall
DEBAR
- Synonyms: avert, avoid, bar, deflect, exclude, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, suspend, ward off