stop - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a brief stay in the course of a journey

Synonyms

• layover
• stop
• stopover

More generic

• stay

More specific

• night-stop
• pit stop
• stand

Noun

the act of stopping something

Synonyms

• stop
• stoppage

More generic

• act
• deed
• human action
• human activity

More specific

• haemostasia
• haemostasis
• hemostasia
• hemostasis
• stand-down
• standdown

Noun

an obstruction in a pipe or tube

Synonyms

• block
• blockage
• closure
• occlusion
• stop
• stoppage

More generic

• impediment
• impedimenta
• obstructer
• obstruction
• obstructor

More specific

• breech closer
• breechblock
• plug
• stopper
• stopple
• vapor lock
• vapour lock

Noun

a restraint that checks the motion of something

Synonyms

• catch
• stop

More generic

• constraint
• restraint

More specific

• bench hook
• click
• detent
• dog
• doorstop
• doorstopper
• pawl
• trip
• tripper

Noun

a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens

Synonyms

• diaphragm
• stop

More generic

• mechanical device

More specific

• iris
• iris diaphragm

Related

• camera
• photographic camera

Noun

(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes

Synonyms

• stop

More generic

• knob

Related

• organ
• pipe organ

Noun

a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

Synonyms

• full point
• full stop
• period
• point
• stop

More generic

• punctuation
• punctuation mark

More specific

• suspension point

Noun

a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

Synonyms

• occlusive
• plosive
• plosive consonant
• plosive speech sound
• stop
• stop consonant

More generic

• obstruent

More specific

• click
• glottal catch
• glottal plosive
• glottal stop
• labial stop
• suction stop

Related

• explosion
• implosion
• plosion

Noun

the event of something ending

Synonyms

• halt
• stop

More generic

• conclusion
• ending
• finish

More specific

• cessation
• stand
• standstill
• surcease
• tie-up

Noun

a spot where something halts or pauses

Synonyms

• stop

More generic

• place
• spot
• topographic point

More specific

• bus stop
• checkpoint
• loading area
• loading zone
• stopover
• way station

Noun

the state of inactivity following an interruption

Synonyms

• arrest
• check
• halt
• hitch
• stay
• stop
• stoppage

More generic

• inaction
• inactiveness
• inactivity

More specific

• countercheck
• logjam

Verb

prevent completion

Synonyms

• break
• break off
• discontinue
• stop

More generic

• end
• terminate

More specific

• bog
• bog down
• break up
• cut off
• disrupt
• fracture
• interrupt

Verb

stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

Synonyms

• hold on
• stop

More generic

• break
• interrupt

Verb

hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

Synonyms

• arrest
• check
• contain
• hold back
• stop
• turn back

More generic

• defend

More specific

• cut down
• cut out

Verb

seize on its way

Synonyms

• intercept
• stop

More generic

• catch
• grab
• take hold of

More specific

• cut off
• cut out

Verb

render unsuitable for passage

Synonyms

• bar
• barricade
• block
• block off
• block up
• blockade
• stop

More generic

• block
• close up
• impede
• jam
• obstruct
• obturate
• occlude

More specific

• block off
• close
• close off
• shut off

Related

• block
• obstruct

Verb

cause to stop

Synonyms

• stop

More specific

• arrest
• brake
• bring up
• check
• cut
• draw up
• flag down
• halt
• hold
• pull up
• rein
• rein in
• stall

Opposite / Antonyms

• start

Related

• halt
• stop

Verb

come to a halt, stop moving

Synonyms

• halt
• stop

More specific

• brake
• check
• conk
• draw up
• go off
• haul up
• pull up
• pull up short
• rein
• rein in
• settle
• stall

Opposite / Antonyms

• start

Verb

interrupt a trip

Synonyms

• stop
• stop over

More generic

• break up
• cut off
• disrupt
• interrupt

More specific

• call
• lay over
• stop over

Verb

stop from happening or developing

Synonyms

• block
• halt
• kibosh
• stop

More generic

• forbid
• foreclose
• forestall
• preclude
• prevent

More specific

• embargo
• stay

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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