Meanings
nounpostponer (plural postponers)
plural postponers
- One who postpones.
Rock’s shaggy dog story is Guns N’ Roses’ endlessly postponed “Chinese Democracy”; in hip-hop-soul, the great postponer is Lauryn Hill, the former Fugee who has not made a proper studio album in nine years.
2007 August 3, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
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APA
postponer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postponer
MLA
“postponer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postponer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postponer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postponer.
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