Synonyms of temporizes

temporizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of temporize

as in stalls

formal to avoid making a decision or giving a definite answer in order to have more time

Pressured by voters on both sides of the issue, the congressmen temporized.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stalls
• delays
• lingers
• plays
• procrastinates
• lollygags
• lags
• putters (around)
• hangs (around or out)
• dillydallies
• crawls
• lallygags
• drags
• staggers
• fools around
• fiddles (around)
• potters (around)
• shuffles
• filibusters
• creeps
• loiters
• messes around
• dawdles
• shilly-shallies
• pokes
• diddles
• slows (down or up)
• mopes
• monkeys (around)
• tarries
• idles
• ambles
• strolls
• trifles
• lounges
• dallies
• loafs
• inches
• saunters
• decelerates
• eases
• lolls
• plods
• lumbers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bowls
• scrambles
• hurtles
• darts
• runs
• breezes
• hustles
• humps
• speeds (up)
• jogs
• accelerates
• trots
• stampedes
• sprints
• gallops
• catches up
• quickens
• overtakes
• courses
• outruns
• races
• outpaces
• outstrips
• tears
• barrels
• careers
• rushes
• speeds
• flies
• hastens
• rips
• hurries
• whizzes
• scurries
• zips
• dashes
• whirls
• whisks
• bolts
• rockets
• scoots
• scuds
• hotfoots (it)
• fast-forwards