What is another word for waiting a long time?

What is another word for long wait?

long haul	interminability
laborUS	labourUK
hard labor	hard way
hard work	long distance
uphill work	long period of time

When something comes after a long wait?

What is another word for after a long time?

eventually	one day
at the end of the day	at a later time
at a future time	at a later date
afterwards	then
afterward	after

How do you say the long wait is over?

You can say, “The waiting is over/has finished.”

What is it called when you delay something?

When you delay something until a later time or date, that’s a postponement. If a trial lawyer doesn’t have all the information she needs, she may ask the judge for a postponement until the following week. A postponement can also be called a deferral or a stay, and it means rescheduling something for later.

What do you call someone who keeps putting things off?

A procrastinator is a person who delays or puts things off — like work, chores, or other actions — that should be done in a timely manner. Procrastinator comes from the Latin verb procrastinare, which means deferred until tomorrow.

What words mean postpone?

defer, postpone, suspend, stay mean to delay an action or proceeding.

Is postpone a correct word?

verb (used with object), post·poned, post·pon·ing. to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow. to place after in order of importance or estimation; subordinate: to postpone private ambitions to the public welfare.

How do you use postpone?

postpone something The game has already been postponed three times.
postpone something until something We’ll have to postpone the meeting until next week.
postpone something to something They have agreed to postpone repayment of the loan to a future unspecified date.

What part of speech is postpone?

postpone

part of speech:	transitive verb
inflections:	postpones, postponing, postponed