(de-fer-ring) 3 syllables

Definition

verb. to assign to a later time

Example Sentence

The bank is deferring the payment until next month.

Synonyms

postpone; delay; hold off

Antonyms

deal with; do

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Rhymes

  • blurring
  • during
  • hering
  • heuring
  • purring
  • schering
  • scheuring
  • schuring
  • slurring
  • spurring
  • stirring
  • whirring

  • abjuring
  • concurring
  • conferring
  • deferring
  • demurring
  • deterring
  • incurring
  • inferring
  • occuring
  • occurring
  • preferring
  • recurring
  • refering
  • referring
  • transfering
  • transferring

  • nonrecurring