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Definition of delay : 1. A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
2. To allay; to temper.
3. To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
4. To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
5. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.

Synonyms:

rest, keep, check up on, handle, go over, withstand, trail, gibe, condition, foil, quell, ride out, go slow, last, lag, defy, see to it, hold up, waive, adjourn, booking office, set back, control, match, slow off the blocks/mark, date, grip, time lag, inertia, watch, stand up, check off, failure, decelerate, setback, dilly-dally, era, look into, clasp, arrest, aboard, mark off, avoidance, detention, stay on, help, chequer, turn back, sidetrack, cargo area, intermission, deferment, aisle seat, learn, day, persist, defer, stick around, hold in, hold, inaction, bus, stay put, embarrass, play for time, live on, cargo hold, remain, stick, checker, adjournment, slow up, stickup, remission, bide, train, tick, stick up, tick off, check into, determine, endure, epoch, tarry, holdup, respite, fast, go, appreciation, grasp, chapter, mark, wait around, sidestep, clench, standstill, holdback, waiting, support, hold out, prevent, table, find out, ensure, live, do, handgrip, cooling-off period, heist, procrastinate, prolong the agony, slow down, discipline, stall, see, hold back, crack, abide, holding pattern, hang up, moderate, continue, retardation, last out, armed robbery, suspended animation, clutches, keep someone waiting, appease, outride, survive, correspond, distance, book on, suss out, agree, temporize, custody, discontinuation, booking, check over, check out, board, cargo deck, storage area, hold water, duration, stagnation, put off, contain, assure, ascertain, drag your feet/heels, countdown, evasion, insure, moratorium, fit, confine, hold off, dally, clutch, jibe, counteract, potter, time, surcease, shelve, deferral, bookable, tally, remit, sustain, arr., detainment, sit on, afloat

cripple, block, thwart, burden, counter, congest, detain, oppose, baffle, inhibit, curb, snarl, obstruct, hamper, crimp, fetter, dam, foul, constipate, mire, hamstring, constrain, complicate, drag, entrap, tangle, clog, snag, paralyze, stop, brake, handicap, deter, resist, restrain, hinder, stay, bung, frustrate, bar, impede, bottleneck, choke, jam, plug, encumber, check, impair, cramp, restrict, entangle, catch, interrupt

disadvantage, blockade, blockage, bafflement, complication, entrapment, damper, impediment, constraint, deterrent, impedance, encumbrance, hurdle, frustration, inhibition, congestion, restriction, impasse, restraint, interruption, entanglement, resistance, hindrance, opposition, constipation, obstruction, drawback, barrier, stoppage, obstacle

recoil, hesitate, shrink, wait, halt, pause, falter, balk

recess, postpone, relieve, reprieve, suspend, break

linger, poke, crawl, trudge, plod, dawdle, creep, slow, loiter, retard

interlude, interval, hitch, hiatus, postponement, suspension, relief

Usage examples:

• " At once, without the delay of an hour. - "Blind Love", Wilkie Collins.
• Pray come without delay. - "Lady Audley's Secret", Mary Elizabeth Braddon.
• " I have been thinking of the same thing," said Jack, who now changed their course with the view of reaching home with the least possible delay. - "The Lost Trail", Edward S. Ellis.