postponing

Definitions

The act of putting off to a later time; deferring.

Delaying or rescheduling an event or task to a future date.

Examples

He kept postponing the inevitable conversation with his boss.

Postponing the meeting until next week will give the team more time to prepare.

Synonyms

delaying deferring procrastinating shelving adjourning putting off stalling

Antonyms

advancing expediting hastening accelerating starting beginning executing