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Temporizer

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A person who temporizes

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who temporizes; one who yields to the time or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer; a time-server. Also spelled temporiser.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time

Word Usage

"Not that he could fairly be called a temporizer, for deep down in him there was undoubtedly a vein of obstinate, fundamental loyalty to the traditions of a caste which prized high spirit beyond all things."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

delayer

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

trimmer