Clues for the word "DEFER"
We've had 64 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 363 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on February 19, 2026.
Definition of defer
- v. t. - To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.
- v. i. - To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
- v. t. - To render or offer.
- v. t. - To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.
- v. i. - To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to.
Referring Clues
- Hold off
- Pass the buck
- Shelve
- Postpone, as enrollment
- Put off
- Yield
- Postpone
- Table
- Put on hold
- Put on the back burner
- Submit to authority
- Yield (to)
- Put aside
- Reschedule for later
- Push back
- Postpone an action
- Put off till tomorrow
- Delay, as payments
- Put off till later
- Hold in abeyance
- Schedule for later
- Put off, as loan payments
- Accede
- Put off until later
- Suspend
- Put off 'til later
- See 62-Across
- Table 'til tomorrow
- Delay
- Put off , prevent
- Acquiesce
- Yield to another's wish
- Yield in judgment
- Yield to another's opinion
- Flipping once more given food delay
- Put off upsetting Fred about an early start
- Submit
- Put off being unwisely freed
- Put off being freed, perhaps
- Yield of grass around about farm cut by 75%
- Show respect, albeit fed up, to the bitter end
- Put off upsetting 5
- Give best of iron to Paris
- Postpone being freed, perhaps
- Put off effin' Bambi!
- Put off, but provide food again on return
- Give way in Grande ferry
- See 21 down
- Put off, being fed up to the bitter end
- Yield the floor
- Put off having criminal freed
- Postpone being injudiciously freed
- Delay yield
- Freed after treatment put back
- Fed up with hesitation, postpone action
- Put off for another day
- Delay until a later time
- Postpone being freed, possibly
- Decline to decide
- Put off for later
- "I'll ___ to you on this one"
- Let someone else decide
- Leave for later
- Yield judgment (to)
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - February 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 19, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - January 15, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 10, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 16, 2025
- LA Times - October 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 20, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 05, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 23, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 30, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 19, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 18, 2025
- LA Times - June 17, 2025
- Daily American - June 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 16, 2025
- Your Life Choices - March 29, 2025
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