Thesaurus:stop

THESAURUS

stop

English

Synonyms

anchor

astand (obsolete)

blin (archaic or dialectal)

brake

cease

draw up

grind to a halt (idiomatic)

halt

hold

immobilize [WS]

rest

stall

stay (obsolete)

stop

Antonyms

accelerate

continue

go

move [WS]

proceed [WS]

Hyponyms

heave to

lay by

lay to

—

jam

stall

stick [WS]

—

freeze

—

pull over

Hypernyms

decelerate

desist [WS]

See also

Further reading

“265. quiescence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“stop” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.

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