postponed
Moved to later
Postponed means delayed until a later time.
Events, decisions, and deadlines get postponed: The meeting was postponed until next week, They postponed the wedding due to illness.
The word implies intention—something actively rescheduled rather than simply late.
Indefinitely postponed often signals quiet cancellation.
Set aside until later
- put offTo postpone action
- on holdTemporarily not proceeding
- shelvedDeferred or stored away
- tabledDeferred for later
suspended · adjourned · stalled · mothballed · pending · held back · pushed back · set aside
- rearrangedAltered the arrangement
- rebookedReserved again differently
- movedChanged location or felt
- laterAt a subsequent time
reconvened · replanned · reorganized · bumped · shifted · carried over · rolled over · extended
Displeasure from blocked efforts
- annoyanceState of being bothered
- setbackReverse in progress
- disappointmentSadness from unmet expectations
- hindranceBarrier to progress
bother · nuisance · hassle · waiting · uncertainty · limbo · impatience · letdown
Break in continuity
- cancellationVoiding of plans
- setbackReverse in progress
- holdupTheft by threat
- stoppageInterruption of flow
halt · breakdown · complication · obstacle · impediment · interference · obstruction · snag
Soon to occur
- awaitedExpected to come
- forthcomingSoon to appear
- impendingSoon to occur
- prospectiveExpected in the future
pending · expected · imminent · eventual · foreseeable · in the works · on the horizon · to come
deferred
Set aside until later
tabled · suspended · adjourned · stalled · mothballed · pending · held back · pushed back · set aside · parked
new date
- rearrangedAltered the arrangement
- rebookedReserved again differently
- movedChanged location or felt
later · reconvened · replanned · reorganized · bumped · shifted · carried over · rolled over · extended · prolonged
frustration
Displeasure from blocked efforts
- annoyanceState of being bothered
- setbackReverse in progress
- disappointmentSadness from unmet expectations
hindrance · bother · nuisance · hassle · waiting · uncertainty · limbo · impatience · letdown · aggravation
interruption
Break in continuity
- cancellationVoiding of plans
- setbackReverse in progress
- holdupTheft by threat
stoppage · halt · breakdown · complication · obstacle · impediment · interference · obstruction · snag · hitch
upcoming
Soon to occur
- awaitedExpected to come
- forthcomingSoon to appear
- impendingSoon to occur
prospective · pending · expected · imminent · eventual · foreseeable · in the works · on the horizon · to come · future
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- delayeddelayed, deferred, suspended, on hold, paused
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, deferral, late arrival
- event adjectivesannual, scheduled, planned, recurring, upcoming
- scheduling termsASAP, appointment, meeting, booking, reservation
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
postponedadvanced
Far along in development
brought forward · preponed · early · ahead of schedule · premature
postponedon time
At the scheduled moment
proceeded · went ahead · carried out · punctual · executed
- indefinite postponementDelay lacking set endpoint
postpone, postponement, postponing, postpones, postponer, postponements, postponable