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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)
Familiarity information: POSTPONER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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