The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DEFER which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2021.
Postpone crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEFER | 38 % | 5 |
| TABLE | 31 % | 5 |
| DELAY | 8 % | 5 |
| REMIT | 8 % | 5 |
| SHELVE | 4 % | 6 |
| STAY | 2 % | 4 |
| WAIVE | 2 % | 5 |
| HOLDOVER | 2 % | 8 |
| PUTONICE | 2 % | 8 |
| PUTOFF | 2 % | 6 |
| PUTOVER | 1 % | 7 |
| ADJOURN | 1 % | 7 |
| LAYOVER | 1 % | 7 |
| STANDOVER | 1 % | 9 |
| SETBACK | 1 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Postpone
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- defer
- put off
- set back
- remit
- put over
- hold over
- shelve
- table
- deferred
- deferral
- delayed
- delaying
Crossword Answer definitions
DEFER verb- To delay or postpone
- After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
- To delay, to wait.
- To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority.
- To render, to offer.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DEFER
- Put off
- Hold off
- Yield to another's wishes
- Postpone, as an action
- Put off till later
- Bow, in a way
- Postpone
- Table
- Wait for a better time
- Submit to authority
More clues leading to the result TABLE
- Defer
- Postpone
- Put aside for later
- Take up later
- Put aside
- "___ for two?" (maître d's question)
- Changing ___
- Chart with columns
- Arrangement of stats
- List with columns
More clues leading to the result DELAY
- Put off
- Foot-dragging
- Interruption
- Airport bummer
- 117-Across downer
- Hold up
- Put on hold
- Postponement
- Airport aggravation
- Digital transmission problem
More clues leading to the result REMIT
More clues leading to the result SHELVE
- Postpone
- Put aside
- Put away for a while
- Put away, in a way
- Put aside, for a while
- Help the librarian
- Do a librarian's chore
- Put on hold
- Put on the back burner
- Do a librarian's task
More clues leading to the result STAY
- Canine command
- Corset support
- Command to Fido
- Hang in
- Remain
- Corset feature
- Don't budge
- Order to Fido
- Stick around
- "Wait, I don't want to be alone here!"
More clues leading to the result WAIVE
- Give up a claim
- Relinquish
- Forgo
- Forfeit, as a right
- Give up
- Relinquish, as a right
- Forfeit
- Put aside
- Surrender
- Give up, as a right
More clues leading to the result HOLDOVER
- Movie that runs longer than expected.
- Retain, as a nightclub act.
- Postpone.
- Extend a show's run
- Relic
- Postpone
- Extend a run
- Play enjoying an extended run
More clues leading to the result PUTONICE
More clues leading to the result PUTOFF
More clues leading to the result PUTOVER
- Accomplished
- Bring off, slangily
- Bring off successfully
- Postpone
- Communicate successfully
- Bring off, informally
More clues leading to the result ADJOURN
- End the meeting
- Suspend until later
- Suspend until later, as a meeting
- Postpone, as court proceedings
- Recess
- Postpone
- Take a recess
- Suspend a meeting until later
- Stop for now
- Stop meeting indefinitely
More clues leading to the result LAYOVER
- Break in a journey
- Time between flights
- Flight break
- Stop between trains.
- Postpone
- Airport event
- Time in an airport
- Break between flights
- Part of many international flights
- Part of a long travel day, maybe