Thesaurus
hold up
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of HOLD UP
1
to assign to a later time <held up mail delivery until we had a permanent address>
Synonyms defer, delay, hold off (on), hold over, hold up, lay over, put off, put over, remit, shelve
2
to bring (something) to a standstill <traffic was held up for miles by the accident>
Synonyms arrest, bring up, catch, check, draw up, fetch up, hold up, pull up, stall, stay, still, stop
3
to create difficulty for the work or activity of <if lack of transportation is the only thing holding you up, I can give you a ride>
Synonyms clog, cramp, embarrass, encumber, fetter, handcuff, handicap, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere (with), manacle, obstruct, shackle, short-circuit, stymie, tie up, trammel
Related Words balk, check, constrain, curb, rein, restrain; bind, chain, halter, leash, tether, tie; arrest, brake, delay, retain, retard; barricade, block, blockade, roadblock; bog (down), mire; choke, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocate; baffle, foil, frustrate, stump, thwart; derail, disrupt, sabotage; muzzle, repress, suppress; confine, hedge (in), hem (in)
4
to continue to operate or to meet one's needs <the air conditioner held up this year, but it's not going to make it through another summer>
Related Words bear up, carry on, cope, endure, fare, get along, get by, get on, go, hang in, make out, manage, persevere; abide, continue, draw out, hang on, hold on, linger, persist, remain, run on, stretch
5
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state <the storm's hurricane-force winds did not hold up once it hit the coast>
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