adjourn

Meaning

1. To postpone.
2. To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
3. To end or suspend an event.
4. To move as a group from one place to another.

Synonyms

postpone

delay

defer

put off

procrastinate

shelve

suspend

dismiss

recess

move

break up

break off

close

prorogue

intermit

interrupt

shift

shut

stop

🛑

actuate

cease

lock

🔒

abort

stir

break short

end

🔚

respite

retire

withdraw

rise

finished

fire

🔥

give way

grant

halt

heave

hold

hold over

immigrate

intercept

interject

lay over

leave off

make

move over

oust

over

pass

pause

proceed

procrastination

prolong

protract

punctuate

put in

quit

recede

reflect

regress

relay

remove

repel

resend

resort

retard

retrench

retrogress

sack

scrub

send back

set back

sever

slow down

snub

stall

stand back

stay

step

step back

switch

temporize

terminate

terminated

transfer

transition

transpose

vary

walk back

wash out

work

yield

apostatise

barge in

go backward

pull the plug

send on

stop over

burst in on

accommodate

adjournment

affect

apostatize

assign

back up

be different

break in

cancel

cede

change over

chase away

cite

come to an end

cut

cut off

cut short

decelerate

differ

disagree

discharge

disconnect

discontinue

drag out

drive away

drop out

expel

fall back

finish

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈd͡ʒɝn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ajournen

In summary

From Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day").