TEMPORIZER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does temporizer mean? 

• TEMPORIZER (noun)
  The noun TEMPORIZER has 1 sense:

1. someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEMPORIZER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

temporiser; temporizer

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

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

Derivation:

temporize (draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time)