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POSTPONER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does postponer mean? 

POSTPONER (noun)
  The noun POSTPONER has 1 sense:

1. someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)play

  Familiarity information: POSTPONER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POSTPONER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cunctator; postponer; procrastinator

Hypernyms ("postponer" is a kind of...):

delayer (a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late)

Derivation:

postpone (hold back to a later time)


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