defers (to) Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- winks-at-
- renounces
- scoffs-at-
- ignores
- shrugs-off
- refuses
- repudiates
- dismisses
- directs
- violates
- disobliges
- dares
- passes-over
- brushes-off-
- disregards
- overlooks
Weak:
defers (to) Meaning
defers (to)
to allow (someone else) to decide or choose something, to agree to follow (someone else's decision, a tradition, etc.)
defers (to) Sentence Examples
- The student deferred to the teacher's expertise in deciding on the project topic.
- In the dispute, the parties agreed to defer to a neutral mediator for resolution.
- The CEO deferred to the marketing team's recommendations for the new campaign.
- The judge deferred sentencing until the defendant could undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
- The government defers to local authorities in matters of land use and zoning.
- The company deferred payment on the loan until its financial situation improved.
- The employee deferred to her manager's authority in the decision-making process.
- The research team deferred to the lead scientist's judgment on the实验设计.
- The jury deferred to the judge's instructions on the law and proceeded with deliberation.
- The younger brother deferred to his older sibling's request to help with household chores.
FAQs About the word defers (to)
to allow (someone else) to decide or choose something, to agree to follow (someone else's decision, a tradition, etc.)
yields (to), conforms (to), submits (to), adheres (to), agrees (to),surrenders (to), assents (to), goose-steps (to), accedes (to), minds
challenges, leads,rebels (against), defies, disobeys, winks (at), renounces, scoffs (at), ignores, shrugs off
The student deferred to the teacher's expertise in deciding on the project topic.
In the dispute, the parties agreed to defer to a neutral mediator for resolution.
The CEO deferred to the marketing team's recommendations for the new campaign.
The judge deferred sentencing until the defendant could undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
