- temporize
- v1. procrastinate, delay, pause, hang back; wait, play a waiting game, hesitate, Inf. drag one's feet, Inf. footdrag, put off, gain time, play for time, sleep on it; hold off, hold [s.t.] up, lay [s.t.] over, refrain from further action, let the matter stand; vacillate, waver, hover, debate, deliberate, think twice about; equivocate, evade, hedge, fence, quibble; Inf. stall, stave off, U.S. filibuster; detain, retard, hold back, set back.2. tarry, linger, lag, drag, loiter, idle, trifle, dally, dillydally, dawdle, poke along; waste time, twiddle one's thumbs, sleep on the job; shirk, dodge, hedge, quit, Sl. welsh, malinger.3. accommodate, agree, give in, back off, Inf. back down, trim, yield, Rare. stoop; politick, politicize, act the timeserver, bide one's time, look after one's own interests, feather one's nest, Inf. take care of number one, know which side one's bread is buttered on.4. compromise, effect a compromise, come to terms with; yield to circumstances, comply with occasions, fall in with current opinion, fall in step, come into line.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.