postpone, v. 1. defer, delay, suspend, table, shelve, SI. put on the shelf, pigeonhole, prorogue; waive, dispense with, put aside for the time; hold off, hold up, lay over, refrain from further action, hold in abeyance, put in cold storage, put on ice, put on a back burner, hang fire, put in a holding pattern; procrastinate, wait, put off, temporize, dally, gain time, Inf. drag one's feet, Inf. footdrag; Inf. stall, stave off, U.S. filibuster.
2. adjourn, recess, discontinue, interrupt, intermit, break off; pause, break, breathe, All Inf. take a break, take a breath, take a breather, catch one's breath, take five; respite, stay, reprieve.
3. subordinate, place in order of importance, rank; subject, make secondary, make subservient, downgrade.
postponement, n. 1. deferment, deferral, delay, putting off; tabling, shelving; suspension, interruption, adjournment, break, recess, prorogation; reprieve, stay, respite; abeyance, cessation, waiver, moratorium, wait, waiting period.
2. dilatory tactic, Inf. stall, U.S. filibuster, tem-porization, forestallment, avoidance, evasion,
postscript, n. P.S., afterthought, subscript; addition, supplement, addendum, appendix, codicil; postfix, suffix; appendage, attachment, tag.
postulate, v. 1. assume, suppose, presuppose, presume, take for granted; posit, predicate, theorize, hypothesize, hypothecate, speculate; infer, gather, conjecture; guess, surmise, judge, deem, conclude, deduce.
2. ask, solicit, beg, plead, supplicate, beseech, pray for; entreat, impetrate, implore, adjure, obtest.
-n. 3. axiom, self-evident truth, truth, truism; principle, rule, theorem; premise, antecedent, ground, foundation, fundamental, basis; assumption, supposal, supposition, presupposition, presumption, inference; conjecture, speculation, guesstimate, guess, rough guess, wild guess, blind guess, Inf. stab, Inf. shot, Inf. shot in the dark.
4. prerequisite, prerequirement, requirement; condition, necessary condition, imperative, need; stipulation, qualification, essential, necessary, necessity, desideratum.
posture, n. 1. pose, stance, attitude, set, position, Med. decubitus; carriage, bearing, way of standing or walking; poise, presence, demeanor, body language; appearance, guise, aspect, cast; manner, mode, air, mien.
2. arrangement, position, location, station, footing, standing, place, post; bearings, drift, direction.
3. affectation, pretension, affectedness; unnaturalness, studiedness, artificiality, artificial manner; pose, posing, posturing; peacockery, strutting, airs, mannerisms, Inf put-on ways, Inf fancy ways.
4. attitude, feeling, mood; view, opinion, thought, idea; frame of mind, set, mind-set, mental state; view, outlook, orientation; tendency, inclination, leaning, bent, turn, twist, Inf. kink, bias, prejudice.
5. state of affairs, conditions, situation, status quo; pass, case, predicament, circumstances, things as they are.
-v. 6. arrange, order, array, line, align; (all of one's body) contort, twist, bend, bend out of shape, warp, deform, distort.
7. attitudinize, pose, affect, show off, try to attract attention; mince, prink, strut, peacock; put on airs, assume airs, do for effect, make a show,
posy, n. bouquet, nosegay, bunch of flowers, blossoms, blooms, flowers, spray, flower arrangement,
