Thesaurus:stop

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

• Thesaurus:immobilize
• Thesaurus:desist

Further reading

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