Synonyms for hold-up
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Support — to wait or delay
support, hold, endure, sustain, last, detain, hold out, hold fire, hold water, go, hold it, stay, hold on, stick, bear, hang on, live, defy, live on, survive, withstand, prop
Noun
1. Delay — A delay or wait
delay, postponement, hinder, hesitation, retard, dilation dated, prorogation dated, holdoff rare, cunctation dated
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To wait or delay.
Hold up a minute. I want to check something.
- n. 1
A delay or wait.
Related words
- Other spellings
- hold up holdup
Forms
- Plural
- hold-ups → delays, postponements, hinders, hesitations…
Example sentences
- last I grew tomatoes last year and they were very good.
- live More people live in the northern part of the city.
By length
- 2 letters
- go1
- 4 letters
- last1, live1, stay1, hold1, bear1, prop1, defy2
- 5 letters
- stick1, delay2, heist1
- 6 letters
- endure2, hinder2, retard2, detain2
- 7 letters
- support2, survive2, sustain2, inhibit3, holdoff
- 8 letters
- postpone2, dilation3
- 9 letters
- withstand2
- 10 letters
- hesitation4, cunctation
- 11 letters
- prorogation
- 12 letters
- postponement3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (defy2 = 2 syllables).