All delay antonyms
deΒ·lay
D d verb delay
- bring forward β If you bring forward a meeting or event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier date or time than had been planned.
- speed up β an increasing of speed.
- assist β If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- release β to lease again.
- permit β to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- carry out β If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
- further β at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- unblock β to remove a block or obstruction from: to unblock a channel; to unblock a person's credit.
- complete β You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
- liberate β to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- hasten β to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- promote β to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- forward β toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- free β enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- continue β If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- open β not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- allow β If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- do β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- abandon β If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
noun delay
- continuation β The continuation of something is the fact that it continues, rather than stopping.
- aid β Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assistance β If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- liberation β the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- furtherance β the act of furthering; promotion; advancement.
- hurry β to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- speed β rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- promotion β advancement in rank or position.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- beginning β The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- dispatch β to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- hastening β to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- rush β to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.