delayer

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /dɪˈleɪər/ UK /dɪˈleɪə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person or thing that causes delay

The faulty valve was the delayer in the whole process.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person or thing that... procrastinatorstallerretarderlaggard

Opposites

hastenerexpediter

Word family

Related forms delay delayed delaying

Etymology

From delay (from Old French delaier 'to put off', from de- + laier 'to leave', perhaps from Latin laxare 'to slacken') plus the agentive suffix -er.

delaier xno laxare Latin

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# delayer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈleɪər/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈleɪə/

## Meanings
1. a person or thing that causes delay

## Examples
- The faulty valve was the delayer in the whole process.

## Synonyms
- procrastinator
- staller
- retarder
- laggard

## Antonyms
- hastener
- expediter

## Related Forms
- delay
- delayed
- delaying

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: delaier
- Root: laxare

## Etymology
From delay (from Old French delaier 'to put off', from de- + laier 'to leave', perhaps from Latin laxare 'to slacken') plus the agentive suffix -er.

## AI Etymology
Delayer is from delay (from Old French delaier 'to put off', from de- + laier 'to leave', perhaps from Latin laxare 'to slacken') plus the agentive suffix -er. The ancestry passes through Old French delaier and Latin laxare. The prefix de- often marks removal, reversal, or downward motion in Latin formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure; the suffix -er marks an agent, instrument, or associated person, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "a person or thing that causes delay", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include delay, delayed, and delaying.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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