cease - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

Synonyms

• cease

More generic

• end
• ending

Verb

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Synonyms

• cease
• end
• finish
• stop
• terminate

More specific

• adjourn
• break
• break up
• climax
• close
• come out
• conclude
• culminate
• cut out
• disappear
• discontinue
• go
• go away
• go out
• lapse
• pass away
• recess
• run low
• run out
• run short
• turn out
• vanish

Verb

put an end to a state or an activity

Synonyms

• cease
• discontinue
• give up
• lay off
• quit
• stop

More specific

• break
• call it a day
• call it quits
• cheese
• close off
• drop
• knock off
• leave off
• pull the plug
• retire
• shut off
• sign off
• withdraw

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