time lag

1. 1.

   time during which some action is awaited

   “instant replay caused too long a delay”

   “he ordered a hold in the action”

   Synonymsdelayholdpostponementwait

   Broaderpause

   Narrowerextensionmoratoriumretardation

Questions about time lag

What does time lag mean?

time lag means "time during which some action is awaited".

What is another word for time lag?

Close synonyms include delay, hold, postponement, wait. 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 time lag a common word?

time lag is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.