Arresting Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-rĕstĭng
Take into custody
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. collaring
  2. nabbing
  3. busting
  4. nailing
  5. pinching
  6. stopping
  7. securing
  8. jailing
  9. seizing
  10. incarcerating
  11. imprisoning
  12. apprehending
  13. grabbing
  14. containing
  15. trapping
  16. copping
  17. thwarting
  18. taking
  19. detaining
  20. stemming
  21. staying
  22. snaring
  23. retarding
  24. checking
  25. restraining
  26. protracting
  27. catching
  28. obstructing
  29. capturing
  30. netting
  31. getting
  32. intercepting
  33. hooking
  34. hindering
  35. halting
  36. dwarfing
  37. deterring
  38. deferring
  39. canning
  40. holding
  41. attaching
Antonyms:
  1. paroling
  2. liberating
  3. freeing
To compel, as the attention, interest, or imagination, of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. grabbing
  2. transfixing
  3. spellbinding
  4. riveting
  5. mesmerizing
  6. holding
  7. gripping
  8. fascinating
  9. enthralling
To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. surceasing
  2. stopping
  3. staying
  4. stalling
  5. halting
  6. discontinuing
  7. checking
  8. ceasing
Commanding attention
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. sensational
  2. stunning

Words Related to Arresting

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Arresting Sentence Examples

  • Quinn asked, arresting everyone's attention.

  • Her large eyes were arresting, her delicate features feminine and flawless.

  • Meanwhile the duplicates had reached Moltke, and he, knowing well the temperament of the "Red Prince" and the impossibility of arresting the intended movement, obtained the royal sanction to a letter addressed to the crown prince, in which the latter was ordered to co-operate with his whole command.

  • His conduct in following them up into the Spanish territory of Florida, in seizing Pensacola, and in arresting and executing two British subjects, Alexander Arbuthnot and Robert Ambrister, gave rise to much hostile comment in the cabinet and in Congress; but the negotiations for the purchase of Florida put an end to the diplomatic difficulty.

  • To the consuls of other nations the United States government have always accorded the privileges of arresting deserters, and of being themselves amenable only to the Federal and not to the States courts.

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