DEFER as VERB

1. Meaning
   • submit or yield to another’’s wish or opinion
   Synonym(s)
   • accede (what does accede mean?)
   • bow (what does bow mean?)
   • give in (what does give in mean?)
   • submit (what does submit mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The government bowed to the military pressure
   Hypernyms(s) defer is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • yield (what does yield mean?)
   • give in (what does give in mean?)
   • succumb (what does succumb mean?)
   • knuckle under (what does knuckle under mean?)
   • buckle under (what does buckle under mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • deference (what does deference mean?)
   • respect (what does respect mean?)
   • respectfulness (what does respectfulness mean?)
   • submission (what does submission mean?)
   • submission (what does submission mean?)
   • compliance (what does compliance mean?)
   • submitter (what does submitter mean?)
2. Meaning
   • hold back to a later time
   Synonym(s)
   • hold over (what does hold over mean?)
   • postpone (what does postpone mean?)
   • prorogue (what does prorogue mean?)
   • put off (what does put off mean?)
   • put over (what does put over mean?)
   • remit (what does remit mean?)
   • set back (what does set back mean?)
   • shelve (what does shelve mean?)
   • table (what does table mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • let’’s postpone the exam
   Hypernyms(s) defer is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • delay (what does delay mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • call (what does call mean?)
   • hold (what does hold mean?)
   • suspend (what does suspend mean?)
   • probate (what does probate mean?)
   • reprieve (what does reprieve mean?)
   • respite (what does respite mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • putoff (what does putoff mean?)
   • postponement (what does postponement mean?)
   • deferment (what does deferment mean?)
   • deferral (what does deferral mean?)
   • postponement (what does postponement mean?)
   • deferment (what does deferment mean?)
   • deferral (what does deferral mean?)
   • shelver (what does shelver mean?)
   • prorogation (what does prorogation mean?)
   • postponement (what does postponement mean?)
   • deferment (what does deferment mean?)
   • deferral (what does deferral mean?)
   • procrastinator (what does procrastinator mean?)
   • postponer (what does postponer mean?)
   • cunctator (what does cunctator mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • cancel (what does cancel mean?)
   • call off (what does call off mean?)
   • reschedule (what does reschedule mean?)