Definition of Temporizer

1. Noun. Someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time.

Exact synonyms: Temporiser
Generic synonyms: Delayer
Derivative terms: Temporise, Temporize

Definition of Temporizer

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

Definition of Temporizer

1. Noun. A person who temporizes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Temporizer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Temporizer

temporary worker
tempore
temporin
temporins
temporise
temporised
temporiser
temporises
temporising
temporist
temporists
temporization
temporizations
temporize
temporized
temporizer
temporizers
temporizes
temporizing
temporizingly
temporo-
temporo-occipital
temporoauricular
temporofacial
temporofrontal tract
temporohyoid
temporomalar
temporomandibular
temporomandibular arthrosis
temporomandibular articular disk

Literary usage of Temporizer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Contemporary History of Affairs in Ireland, from 1641 to 1652: Now for the by Sir John Thomas Gilbert, Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society (1880)
"... Moore and temporizer-Dungan, wherby both discredited himself, and made Charles his abetter to be euer after hated of Dungan, whoe noe sooner ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"[< L. temp»» (tem- por-), time, season, + -int.] A temporizer. Why turn л temporal, row with the tide? Mantón. temporisation (tem»po-ri-za'shon), ..."

3. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order with Copious Illustrations by George Crabb (1904)
"... will serve his purpose: the temporizer forbears to avow those which are likely for the time being to hurt him. The former acts from a desire of gain, ..."

4. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"Sycophant courtiers must always be time- servers ; ministers of state are frequently temporizer!. Ward bad complied during the late times, and held in by ..."

5. English Synonyms Explained: With Copious Illustrations and Examples, Drawn by George Crabb (1844)
"Temporizer» are of no party, as occasion requires ; ' Feeble and temporizing measures will always be the result, when men assemble i«> deliberate in a ..."

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