Synonyms for table

Most common

put over · set back · remit · prorogue · list

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.

2. v. 2

   To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.

3. v. 3

   To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).

   The motion was tabled, ensuring that it would not be taken up until a later date.

4. n. 1

   A two-dimensional presentation of data; an enumeration of data or contents. A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.

Related words

Word family

tablefellow tableity tableland tablelike tablemate tableness tablet table-tipping

Phrases

clear the table set the table table salt table tennis pizza table table mountain dressing table toilet table

Is a kind of

furniture array

Forms

Plural

tables → grids, matrixes, vectors, stands…

Past participle

tabled
e.g. tabled → shelved, postponed, deferred, remitted…

Example sentences

• remit We will need to remit the case to a superior court.
• list Do you think you can make out the list in an hour?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

food¹, list¹, grid¹, fare¹, slab¹, mesa², moot¹

5 letters

board¹, stand¹, index², defer², remit²

6 letters

matrix², vector², tablet², shelve¹, repast

7 letters

propose², catalog³

8 letters

schedule², postpone², tabulate³, prorogue

9 letters

provision³, catalogue³

10 letters

tabularise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mesa² = 2 syllables).