Defer

Definitions: Defer

Defer

Verb

1. Hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam".

2. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure".

Date "defer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references)

Synonyms: Defer

Synonyms: accede (v), bow (v), give in (v), hold over (v), postpone (v), put off (v), put over (v), remit (v), set back (v), shelve (v), submit (v), table (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Assent	Verb: assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent; acquiesce; agree; receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one with; Adjective: go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into one's views, agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize; subscribe to, conform to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to.
Lateness	Put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend; table; shift off, stave off; waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn; procrastinate; dally; prolong, protract; spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out; prorogue; keep back; tide over; push to the last, drive to the last; let the matter stand over; reserve; (store); temporize; consult one's pillow, sleep on it.
Respect	Verb: respect, regard; revere, reverence; hold in reverence, honor, venerate, hallow; esteem; (approve of); think much of; entertain respect for, bear respect for; look up to, defer to; have a high opinion of, hold a high opinion of; pay attention, pay respect; n. to; do honor to, render honor to; do the honors, hail; show courtesy; salute, present arms; do homage to, pay homage to; pay tribute to, kneel to, bow to, bend the knee to; fall down before, prostrate oneself, kiss the hem of one's garment; worship.
Submission	Verb: succumb, submit, yeild, bend, resign, defer to.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Defer

English words defined with "defer": Contango ♦ Deferring ♦ To put over, To shift off. (references)

Specialty definitions using "defer": Greek Calends ♦ Hang in the Bell Ropes ♦ Narrowdale Noon ♦ semiautomatic control. (references)

Etymologies containing "defer": Dilatory. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Defer" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (accuse, award, bestow upon, bring, confer, defer, denounce, entrust, grant, indict, lodge information, offer, refer for decision, report, submit).

Domain	Title
Books	Death Deferred: How to Live Long & Happily, Defer Death & Lose All Fear of It (reference) Defer payment--let the next generation pay (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Lucky Luke: Phil Defer (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Defer to the Quiet [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Mikhail Bakunin	Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.
Stephan Grellet	I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
William Shakespeare	Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	Do not defer it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		For low-income families, Medicaid is available to defer the costs of treatment. (references)
		The clinician may defer to parental preferences, continue hospitalization, seek suitable assistance and support to facilitate monitoring, and, in the rare case, initiate procedures to remove the infant from the home. Such decisions should be reached on a case-by-case basis, taking into account factors specific to the situation, including the medical needs of the infant, the home environment, and the expectation that, on balance, a better outcome is likely in another caregiving environment. (references)
Civil Liberties	Bahrain	Newspapers are owned privately, but they usually exercise self-censorship in articles covering sensitive topics, and defer to Information Ministry demands. (references)
Economic History	Australia	If the bottom line does not appear to receive much gain, they may simply defer the purchase. (references)
	Indonesia	Violent incidents continue to occur in Aceh and American citizens are strongly urged to defer all travel to that province. (references)
Human Rights	Cyprus	Members of the Turkish Cypriot bar have complained that civilian judges tend to defer to their military colleagues in such hearings. (references)
	Uzbekistan	The judge presides and directs the proceedings; however, in practice, judges often defer to the Government and its prosecutors on legal and other matters. (references)
	Guinea	The Constitution provides for the judiciary's independence; however, judicial authorities routinely defer to executive authorities in politically sensitive cases. (references)
Political Economy	CHILE	All Chilean exporters may also defer tariff payments on capital imports for a period of seven years. (references)
	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	A September 1999 Dominican request to defer Paris Club debt payments due in the first half of 2000 was denied. (references)
	Burma	In October 1998, the EU broadened its visa ban to include high-level tourism officials and urged EU citizens to defer vacation travel to Burma. (references)
Trade	Japan	Importers can defer taxes on certain profits. (references)
	Uk	The duty is payable at the time the goods are imported, but established importers can defer payment for up to 30 days. (references)
	West Bank	In some instances of differing standards, Israeli standards authorities will defer to their Palestinian counterparts on the condition that the importer provides satisfactory assurance that the product(s) in question will remain inside WB/G. (references)
Travel	West Bank	The Department of State warns U.S. citizens to defer travel to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. (references)
	Israel	Since September 2000 to the present, there has been an advisory issued by the Department of State to defer travel to Israel because of the current conflict known as the Al Aqsa Intifada. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Defer" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 86.07% of the time. "Defer" is used about 201 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	86.07%	173	23,656
Lexical Verb (base form)	13.93%	28	65,706
Total	100.00%	201	N/A

Expressions using "defer": defer payment ♦ defer to ♦ defer to smb.'s opinion. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "defer": defer-ence.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "defer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shtyj afatin (prorogue), nënshtrohem (be smb.'s dependent, bend, come under, expose, knuckle under, own up, stoop, surrender), lëshoj pe, jap shtyrje e afatit. (various references)

Arabic		‏نزل عند, ‏أذعن (acquiesce, bow, capitulate, comply, knuckle under), ‏أجل (adjourn, carry over, continue, delay, dignify, esteem, glorify, hold over, honor, honour, look up to, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, put back, put off, rather, refer back, regard, remit, set aside, shelve, stall, suspend, table, value, yep, yes), ‏أرجأ (postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, protract, put off, remit, reserve, respite, waive). (various references)

Bulgarian		съобразявам се (consider), разтакавам (unweave), отсрочвам (adjourn, continue, postpone, put off), отстъпвам (accede to, backpedal, backslide, backtrack, comply, concede, deliver, draw back, fall back, give, give back, give ground, give in, give up, give way to, knuckle under, part with, release, retire, retreat, retrocede, say uncle, stand aside, stand back, step back, submit, succumb, vail), отлагам (carry over, delay, drive, hold over, lay over, leave over, lie over, postpone, precipitate, procrastinate, prorogue, put back, put off, put over, respite, scrub, shelve, shunt, sidetrack, stay, suspend), забавям (arrest, cool, delay, detain, hang up, hold back, hold off, hold over, inhibit, postpone, put back, put over, retard, set back, sidetrack, slacken, slow, slow down, stave off, steady). (various references)

Chinese		顺从 (Deference, Deferential, Deferred, Deferring), 延緩 (stay). (various references)

Czech		pozdržet, přesunout (dislocate, displace, download, hold over), odložit (abort, adjourn, cast aside, cast off, delay, discard, doff, get off, hang out, hold over, lay aside, lay by, Park, postpone, put aside, put away, put off, recess, reprieve, stay, suspend, take off, throw away). (various references)

Danish		udsaette til et senere moede (to defer to a later meeting), udsætte en sag til senere pådømmelse (defer a case to be dealt with at a later date), sagen udsættes og pådømmes på et senere tidspunkt (defer a case to be dealt with at a later date). (various references)

Dutch		de berechting van een zaak tot een latere datum uitstellen (defer a case to be dealt with at a later date), de berechting van een zaak tot een later datum uitstellen (defer a case to be dealt with at a later date), tot een volgende vergadering uitstellen (to defer to a later meeting), rente- en aflossingsbetalingen uitstellen (to defer payment of installments of principal and interest). (various references)

Farsi		تسلیم شدن (Abandon, Acquiesce, Capitulate, Givein, Knuckle, Obey, Quit, Submit, Succumb, Surrender, Vouchsafe), تاخیرکردن (Dally, Delay, Demurrage, Lag, Linger, Loiter, Retard, Tarry), عقب انداختن (Ail, Hinder, Postpone), احترام گذاردن (Reverence), بتعویق انداختن (Postpone, Retard). (various references)

Finnish		siirtää tuonnemmaksi (postpone, put off), lykätä (adjourn, postpone, push, put off, refer). (various references)

French		s'incliner, reporter, réserver. (various references)

German		zurückstellen (keep down, move back, place back, put aside, put back, recline, replace, replacement, reset, return, reversal, shelve, to place back), vertagen (adjourn, delay, hold in abeyance, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue), verschieben (alter, change, change the position, delay, dislodge, displace, faulting, hold over, leave over, move, postpone, put back, put off, relocate, relocating, remit, ruck up, scrolls, shift, shunt, slant, stagger, to displace, to relocate, traffic in, translating), hinausschieben (postpone, push out, put off), aussetzen (abandon, adjourn, bequeath, break off, cut out, expose, fail, find fault, give out, interrupt, launch, lower, make a halt, maroon, Miss, occur intermittently, offer, plant out, put up, release, set out, shoot, sit out, stay, suspend, to suspend). (various references)

Greek		αναβάλλω (adjourn, call off, cancel, delay, hold over, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, put off, respite, set back, stall, stay). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"ש�"ות (detain, postpone, retard, withhold), ל�"כ� ע ל-, ל�"חות (cast away, dismiss, hold off, postpone, repel, set aside, suspend). (various references)

Hungarian		késleltet (delay, hang up, protract, retard, to delay, to intermit, to protract, to put back, to retard, to slacken, to slow, to stay, to throw back), elhalaszt (adjourn, delay, leave over, postpone, put off, to adjourn, to defer, to delay, to hold over, to leave over, to put off, to put over, to remit, to respite, to side-track, to stay). (various references)

Indonesian		menunda (adjourn, cancel, delay, postpone), mengundurkan (defoliate), menghormati (deferential, honor, respect, revere), menangguhkan (cancel, postpone, table). (various references)

Italian		dilazionare (delay, space), differire (adjourn, delay, differ, suspend, vary), ritardare (be late, delay, lag, lose, obstruct, pocket, put off, retard, set back, stay, wait), rinviare (adjourn, hold over, lay by, postpone, put back, put off, recommit, refer, return, send back, throw back), rimettere (consign, deliver, forgive, leave, put again, recover, remit, replace, re-run, restore, return, ruin), protrarre (continue, extend, prolong, protract), prorogare (delay, extend, postpone, prolong, prorogue). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"事�'遅らす (to defer one's reply), 繰延べる (to defer, to postpone), 繰り延べる (to defer, to postpone), 持ち越す (to carry forward, to carry over, to defer, to keep), 据え置く (to defer, to leave as it is), 我�'折る (to defer to another), 兄事 (defer to another as if an older brother). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		すえおく (to defer, to leave as it is), が�'おる (to defer to another), くりのべる (to defer, to postpone), もち�"す (to carry forward, to carry over, to defer, to keep), けいじ (apocalypse, auspicious event, bulletin, clocking, copula, criminal case, defer to another as if an older brother, detective, notice, revelation, timing), へ�"じ�'おくらす (to defer one's reply). (various references)

Korean		거치하십시�". (various references)

Manx		shaghney (avert, avoid, circumvent, circumvention, deferment, delay, dodge, elude, escape, eschew, evade, obviate, postponement, prevent, renounce, renunciation, repudiate, shirk, shirking, shun, turn away, varnish), lhiggey shaghey (condone, indolence, neglect, omit, postpone), injillaghey (change down, cheap, cheap morally, condescend, cut, cut down, debase, degradation, degrade, demote, demotion, depreciate, depreciation, depress, depression, die down, humiliate, humiliation, level down, reduce, reduction, relegate, sink, step down, subdue, subject, submit, subordinate, subordination, turn down, vulgarization, vulgarize). (various references)

Pig Latin		eferday

Portuguese		diferir (be different, differ, disagree), demorar (dally, delay, draggle, dweller, hold up, keep up, linger, procrastination, prolongation, protract, retard, slow, Tarry, wait), submeter-se a (undergo), retardar (brake, detain, drop by, impediment, lag, obstruct, retard), protelar (linger, protract, put off, shelve, stave off, stay, wait, waive), atrasar (be late, delay, hold back, put back, retard), adiar (adjourn, delay, drive, hold over, postpone, put off, respite, shelve, stay, suspend, wait, waive). (various references)

Romanian		se suspenda (adjourn), se amâna (adjourn), ceda (assign, bend, cave in, cede, come to terms, comply, concede, convey, deliver over, deliver up, demise, give, give way, go, knock under, knuckle under, lower one's colour, release, renounce, resign, slack, spare, submit, surrender, yield), întârzia (delay, drive, impede, lag, laten, linger, lose, retard, stave off), ţine cont de pãrerea. (various references)

Russian		отсрочивать (adjourn, prorogue), откладывать (adjourn, deposit, hang up, hoard, hold over, lay aside, lay by, leave over, postpone, put aside, put away, put by, put off, put over, reserve, set apart, set aside, set by, shunt, store, suspend). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		prikloniti se, popustiti (cede, ease up, give in, give way to, let up, relax, relent, remit, slack, slacken, unbrace), odložiti (adjourn, carry over, delay, lay aside, postpone, put off, remit, reprieve, reserve, respite, retard, stay, table), odgoditi (adjourn, delay, postpone). (various references)

Spanish		diferir (be different, differ, postpone, reserve). (various references)

Swedish		uppskjuta (adjourn, carry over, delay, hold over, launch, lay over, leave over, postpone, put off, remit, suspend). (various references)

Turkish		uymak (abide by, accommodate oneself, accord, adapt, agree, answer, assort, become, chime, chime in with, coincide, comply, comply with, comport, conform, consist, consort, correlate, correspond, do, do for, fall with, fit, follow, gear, go, go together, go with, harmonize, keep, keep to, match, mate, obey, observe, pertain, quadrate, respect, sort together, Square, square with, string along with, suit, tally, tally with, tone, work in with), tecil etmek (postpone), saygı göstermek (consider, do obeisance to, hold in esteem, hold in estimation, honor, honour, make obeisance, pay homage to, pay obeisance to, pay respect, respect, show consideration, show respect, venerate), riayet etmek (obey, observe, respest), ertelemek (adjourn, carry over, continue, delay, hang up, hold off, hold over, lay aside, lay by, lay over, leave over, postpone, procrastinate, put off, reprieve, reserve, respite, scrub, shelve, sidetrack, stay, suspend, table, waive), ağırdan almak (drag, drag one's feet, go slow, procrastinate, rest on one's oars, slow down). (various references)

Ukranian		відстрочувати (adjourn, delay, lay over, postpone, prolong, prolongate, prorogue, put off), відкладати (adjourn, delay, deposit, hold over, lay aside, lay past, leave over, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, put aside, put over, respite, set apart, set aside, set by, stand over, suspend, wait), надавати відстрочку від призову, затримувати (apprehend, arrest, balk, dam, delay, deport, detain, impede, impound, intern, nip, pull back, withhold). (various references)

Welsh		oedi (adjourn, delay, postpone), gohirio (adjourn, postpone). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	defer, deferant, deferat, deferebant, deferebat, deferebatur, deferens, deferent, deferentes, deferes, deferet, deferetur, deferre, deferrent, deferrentur, deferte, delatae, delatura, delaturam, delatus, detulerant, detulerat, detulerunt, detuli, detulissent, detulisset, detulisti, detulit, differo, differre, proferam, proferas, proferendum, proferens, proferent, proferentem, proferentes, proferet, proferre, proferrentur, proferri, profert, proferte, profertur, proferunt, prolatae, prolatisque, prolato, prolatos, prolatum, protraho (protractus), protulerit, protulerunt, protuli, protulit. (various references)
Middle French	1400-1600	superceder. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Matthew Chapter 24, Verse 48
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Ean de eiph o kakoV douloV ekeinoV en th kardia autou cronizei o kurioV mou elqein
Latin	405	Vulgate	Si autem dixerit malus servus ille in corde suo moram facit dominus meus venire
Old English	990	West Saxon	Gyf se yfela þeow þencð on hisheorten & cwyð. mi hlaford aferreð hiskyme.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	But if thilke yuel seruaunt seie in his herte, My lord tarieth to come,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	But and yf that evill servaut shall saye in his herte my master wyll defer his comynge
Jacobean English	1611	King James	But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
Victorian English	1833	Webster	But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his coming;
Basic English	1964	Ogden	But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Matthew Chapter 24, Verse 48
Bulgarian	Но, ако оня слуга е зъл*(�"ръцки: Оня зъл слуга каже.), и каже в сърцето си: �"осподарят ми се забави,
Cebuano	Apan kon ang dautang ulipon magaingon sa iyang kaugalingon, `Madugay pa kadtong akong agalon,`
Chinese	倘若那惡僕心裡說、我的主人必來得遲、
Croatian	"No rekne li taj zli sluga u srcu: 'Okasnit æe gospodar moj'
Danish	Men dersom den onde Tjener siger i sit Hjerte: Min Herre tøver,
Dutch	Maar zo die kwade dienstknecht in zijn hart zou zeggen: Mijn heer vertoeft te komen;
Finnish	Mutta jos paha palvelija sanoo sydämessään: `Minun herrani viipyy`,
French	Mais, si c`est un méchant serviteur, qui dise en lui-même: Mon maître tarde � venir,
German	So aber jener, der böse Knecht, wird in seinem Herzen sagen: Mein Herr kommt noch lange nicht,
Haitian Creole	Men, si domestik sa a se yon move moun, l'ap di nan kè l': Mèt mwen ap fè reta. Li poko ap vini.
Hungarian	Ha pedig ama gonosz szolga így szólna az õ szívében: Halogatja még az én uram a hazajövetelt;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Tetapi kalau pelayan itu jahat, ia akan berkata dalam hatinya,
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tetapi jikalau hamba yang jahat itu berpikir di dalam hatinya: Tuanku lambat lagi datang;
Italian	Ma se questo servo malvagio dicesse in cuor suo: Il mio padrone tarda a venire,
Korean	만 일 그 악 한 종 이 마 음 에 생 각 하 기 를 주 인 이 �" �"" 오 리 라 하 여
Manx Gaelic	Agh my jir y drogh-harvaant shen ayns e chree, Ta my Hiarn lhiggey shaghey yn cheet echey,
Maori	Otira ki te mea taua pononga kino i roto i tona ngakau, Ka roa te putanga mai o toku ariki;
Modern Greek	Εαν δε ειπη ο κακος εκεινος δουλος εν τη καρδια αυτου, �'ραδυνει να ελθη ο κυριος μου,
Norwegian	Men dersom den onde tjener sier i sitt hjerte: Min herre gir sig tid,
Portuguese	Mas se aquele outro, o mau servo, disser no seu coração: Meu senhor tarda em vir,
Rumanian	Dar dacq este un rob rqu, care zice kn inima lui: ,Stqpknul meu zqbovewte sq vinq!`
Russian	еУМЙ ЦЕ ТБ�' ФПФ, �'Х�"ХЮЙ ЪПМ, УЛБЦЕФ Ч УЕТ�"�"Е УЧПЕН: ОЕ УЛПТП � ТЙ�"ЕФ ЗПУ� П�"ЙО НПК,
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Spanish	Pero si aquel siervo malvado dice en su corazón: "Mi señor tarda";
Swahili	Lakini kama mtumishi mbaya akijisemea moyoni: `Bwana wangu anakawia kurudi,`
Swedish	Men om så är, att tjänaren är en ond man, som säger i sitt hjärta: 'Min herre kommer icke så snart',
Thai	แต่ถ้าผู้รับใช้นั้นชั่วและคิ�"ในใจว่า `นายของข้าคงมาช้า'
Ukrainian	А як той злий раб скаже у серці своїм: Забариться пан мій прийти,
Uma	"Aga ane dada'a-di kehi-na batua toei, na'uli' hi rala nono-na: `Uma-ile sohi' tumai maradika-e.'
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "defer": deference, deferences, deferent, deferential, deferentially, deferents, deferment, deferments, deferrable, deferrables, deferral, deferrals, deferred, deferrer, deferrers, deferring, defers, defervescence, defervescences. (additional references)
	Words containing "defer": nondeferrable. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Defer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dafey, Daffern, deaer, deder, deeeeep, deef, deeger, deever, defe, defea, defen, defeo, deferr, defez, deffer, d'effet, defi, defier, defire, Defleur, defoa, defoe, defop, defore, defort, defour, Defu, defur, Deger, deler, deper, deser, dever, Devere, dewer, difa, difer, Digfer, Dikfer, Dopfner, dufa, effer, hefer, pefer, tiefer. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "defer" (pronounced dufer")
3	-u f er"	prefer, refer.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: freed, refed.
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-f-r"
	-1 letter: deer, dere, dree, feed, fere, free, rede, reed, reef.
	-2 letters: dee, ere, fed, fee, fer, red, ree, ref.
	-3 letters: de, ed, ef, er, re.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-f-r"
	+1 letter: deafer, defers, defier, defter, feared, feeder, fender, kerfed, redefy, reefed, refeed, reffed.
	+2 letters: afeared, briefed, debrief, deerfly, defacer, defamer, defiers, defiler, definer, deforce, deifier, draftee, edifier, federal, feeders, fenders, ferried, feruled, fevered, fibered, fielder, fleered, freaked, freedom, freshed, fretted, offered, overfed, prefade, reedify, refaced, refeeds, refiled, refined, refired, refixed, refried, refuged, refused, refuted, reified, serifed, unfreed, wafered.
	+3 letters: aerified, bedframe, befriend, belfried, buffered, coffered, debriefs, defacers, defamers, defeater, defector, defender, deferent, deferral, deferred, deferrer, defilers, definers, deflater, deflower, defoamer, defogger, deforced, deforces, deforest, deformed, deformer, defrayed, defrayer, deifiers, differed, draftees, edifiers, enfolder, enforced, enframed, enserfed, faltered, fathered, featured, federacy, federals, federate, feldsher, fendered, ferreled, ferreted, ferruled, festered, fettered, fidgeter, fielders, filtered, fingered, fireside, fireweed, fledgier, flowered, foddered, forebode, foredate, foredeck, foredoes, foredone, forefend, forehead, foreside, forested, fostered, freckled, freedman, freedmen, freedoms, freehand, freehold, freeload, frenched, frenzied, frescoed, friended, frogeyed, fullered, goffered, inferred, niffered, offender, overfeed, pedalfer, perfumed, perfused, pilfered, prefaced, prefaded, prefades, prefiled, prefired, prefixed, raftered, rarefied, rebuffed, redefeat, redefect, redefied, redefies, redefine, refected, refelled, refenced, refereed, referred, refilled, refilmed, refitted, reflated, reflexed, reflowed, refluxed, refolded, reforged, reformed, reframed, refueled, refunded, refunder, reroofed, resifted, seriffed, suffered, telfered, underfed, unfeared, verified.
	+4 letters: afterdeck, barefaced, bedframes, bedwarfed, befretted, befriends, befringed, certified, chaffered, chamfered, conferred, debriefed, decertify, deerflies, defaulter, defeaters, defeature, defectors, defenders, deference, deferents, deferment, deferrals, deferrers, deferring, deflaters, deflector, deflowers, defoamers, defoggers, deforests, deformers, defrauded, defrauder, defrayers, defrocked, defrosted, defroster, delftware, different, enfevered, enfolders, engrafted, feathered, federally, federated, federates, feldshers, feodaries, fermented, ferrelled, feudaries, fiberized, fidgeters, fieldfare, filagreed, filigreed, firedrake, firesides, fireweeds, flattered, flickered, flittered, flowerbed, flustered, fluttered, forearmed, foreboded, foreboder, forebodes, foredated, foredates, foredecks, forefends, foreheads, forejudge, forenamed, foresides, forfeited, forfended, foundered, freebased, freeboard, freeholds, freeloads, freighted, freshened, friedcake, frittered, furthered, gauffered, infielder, metrified, mufflered, offenders, officered, overfeeds, pedalfers, perfected, perfervid, perfidies, performed, petrified, predefine, prefabbed, preferred, prefeudal, prefilled, preformed, presifted, professed, proffered, putrefied, reaffixed, rectified, redefeats, redefects, redefined, redefines, redefying, redfishes, redrafted, reedified, reedifies, refeeding, referenda, refigured, reflected, refloated, reflooded, refocused, refounded, refracted, refrained, refreshed, refronted, refuelled, refunders, regrafted, reinfused, reoffered, restaffed, restuffed, reunified, surfeited, terrified, threefold, torrefied, unbriefed, underfeed, unfreedom, unrefined, verbified, versified.
	+5 letters: afforested, afterdecks, alderflies, barefooted, befingered, beflowered, beforehand, befriended, centerfold, cofeatured, coinferred, confederal, debriefing, defaulters, defeatures, deferences, deferments, deferrable, deflagrate, deflectors, deflowered, deflowerer, deforested, deformable, defrauders, defrayable, defrosters, delftwares, dentifrice, desulfured, difference, dolefuller, enfettered, esterified, etherified, fairleader, farewelled, farfetched, fatshedera, featherbed, federacies, federalese, federalism, federalist, federalize, federating, federation, federative, fenderless, ferredoxin, fertilized, fervidness, fieldfares, figurehead, firebombed, firedrakes, firefanged, fireplaced, firewalled, flichtered, floundered, flowerbeds, fluoresced, foreboders, forebodies, forecaddie, forecasted, foreclosed, foredoomed, forefended, forehanded, forejudged, forejudges, foreladies, forelocked, forepassed, foreshowed, foretasted, forewarned, fortressed, fragmented, freeboards, freebooted, freedwoman, freedwomen, freehanded, freeholder, freelanced, freeloaded, freeloader, frenziedly, frequented, fricasseed, friedcakes, friendless, friendlier, friendlies, frightened, furbelowed, furosemide, gentrified, greenfield, identifier, infielders, interfaced, interfered, interfiled, interfused, kerchiefed, midfielder, nonfederal, outfielder, overfeared, overfilled, overfished, overflowed, overfunded, overruffed, perforated, predefined, predefines, prefigured, prefocused, prefranked, prettified, reaffirmed, recodified, recodifies, redefeated, redefected, redefining, redshifted, reedifying, reenforced, refastened, referenced, referendum, refiltered, refinanced, refinished, reflowered, refocussed, reforested, refundable, reidentify, reinfected, reinflated, reinforced, reinformed, remodified, remodifies, renotified, repacified, repurified, reshuffled, resinified, resurfaced, retrofired, reverified, revivified, sulfureted, surefooted, tenderfeet, tenderfoot, unbuffered, undeformed, underfeeds, unenforced, unfathered, unfettered, unfiltered, unforested, unfreedoms, unfriended, unreformed, unverified, viewfinder.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.