deferral

Other forms of deferral

plural

deferrals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about deferral

What does deferral mean?

deferral means "a state of abeyance or suspended business". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deferral?

deferral has 3 syllables: de-fer-ral. The stress falls on "fer". In IPA it is /dɪˈfɝəl/.

What is another word for deferral?

Close synonyms include recess, postponement, deferment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deferral a common word?

deferral is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with deferral?

1 word rhymes with deferral. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.