Stop Synonyms and Antonyms

stŏp
To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. block
  2. choke
  3. clog
  4. close
  5. barricade
  6. stop-over
  7. congest
  8. cork
  9. fill
  10. blockade
  11. plug
  12. block-off
  13. block-up
  14. bar
To halt
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. discontinue
  2. check
  3. halt
  4. pause
  5. stay
  6. stand
  7. lay over
  8. arrest
  9. stay-over
  10. break the journey
  11. tarry
  12. belay
  13. stand-still
  14. shut down
  15. rest
  16. cease
  17. come to a halt
  18. come to a standstill
  19. pull-up
  20. reach a standstill
  21. bivouac
  22. cease marching
  23. hold
  24. stop dead in one's tracks
  25. stop-short
  26. freeze
  27. leave off
  28. freeze-up
  29. call-it-a-day
  30. stymie
  31. quit
  32. box-in
  33. knock on the head
  34. cut-short
  35. stall
  36. surcease
Antonyms:
  1. continue
  2. start
  3. advance
  4. persist
  5. beginning
  6. continuation
  7. go
  8. begin
  9. proceed
To cease
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. cease
  2. discontinue
  3. quit
  4. desist
  5. halt
  6. finish
  7. end
  8. give up
  9. terminate
  10. conclude
  11. lay off
  12. leave off
  13. break off
  14. close
  15. relinquish
  16. suspend
  17. withdraw
  18. abandon
  19. let up
  20. pull-up
  21. fold-up
  22. fetch-up
  23. wind-up
  24. bring up
  25. have done with
  26. refrain
  27. ring down
  28. settle
  29. accost
  30. adjourn
  31. anchor
  32. draw up
  33. arrest
  34. tie-up
  35. bar
  36. barricade
  37. behold
  38. block
  39. call off
  40. blockade
  41. brake
  42. close-down
  43. break
  44. break up
  45. caesura
  46. hold up
  47. calk
  48. call
  49. lapse
  50. catch
  51. caulk
  52. be at an end
  53. cessation
  54. cut out
  55. check
  56. checkmate
  57. die away
  58. choke
  59. come off
  60. circumvent
  61. clog
  62. go out
  63. close-up
  64. stay one's hand
  65. conclusion
  66. run out
  67. cork
  68. defect
  69. curb
  70. cutoff
  71. surrender
  72. dam
  73. defeat
  74. peter-out
  75. delay
  76. call-it-a-day
  77. detain
  78. deter
  79. knock-it-off
  80. embar
  81. throw-in-the-towel
  82. forbear
  83. belay that
  84. forbear:lodge
  85. blow-over
  86. hinder
  87. hindrance
  88. melt-away
  89. impede
  90. drop it
  91. intercept
  92. intermission
  93. write-off
  94. intermit
  95. remit
  96. interrupt
  97. pipe-down
  98. interruption
  99. layover
  100. save-one-s-breath
  101. lull
  102. obstacle
  103. give over
  104. obstruct
  105. run its course
  106. obstruction
  107. obturate
  108. occlude
  109. swear off
  110. oppilate
  111. pause
  112. period
  113. plug
  114. postpone
  115. preclude
  116. pretermit
  117. prevent
  118. prohibit
  119. put-an-end-to
  120. refrainfrom
  121. repel
  122. repress
  123. restrain
  124. roadblock
  125. sojourn
  126. stagnate
  127. stall
  128. stanch
  129. stand
  130. standstill
  131. station
  132. staunch
  133. stay
  134. stem
  135. stifle
  136. suppress
  137. surcease
  138. tarry
  139. thwart
  140. waylay
  141. withhold
Antonyms:
  1. continue
  2. start
  3. begin
  4. commence
  5. proceed
  6. advance
A stopping place
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. check
  2. stoppage
  3. halt
  4. stay
  5. station
  6. cessation
  7. cut off
  8. passenger station
  9. discontinuance
  10. discontinuation
  11. arrest
  12. wayside stop
  13. surcease
  14. hitch
Antonyms:
  1. continue
  2. persist
  3. beginning
  4. continuation
  5. start
  6. go
To desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. break
  2. cut out
  3. give up
  4. leave off
  5. kick
To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. By or in: call
  2. come by
  3. come over
  4. drop by
  5. drop in
  6. look in
  7. look up
  8. pop in
  9. run-in
  10. see
  11. visit
A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. stop consonant
  2. occlusive
  3. plosive consonant
  4. plosive speech sound
  5. plosive
A mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. diaphragm
Something used to fill a hole, space, or container
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. choke
  2. cork
  3. fill
  4. plug
  5. stopper
A brief stay in the course of a journey
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. stopover
  2. layover
Stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hold-on
Synonyms:
(Interjection)
  1. cut it out
  2. quit it
  3. say
  4. hey there
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. cessative
  2. in abeyance
  3. stopping

Words Related to Stop

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.

Stop Sentence Examples

  • If everyone would stop talking about it...

  • Stop thinking about it.

  • Stop and consider that for a moment.

  • We can stop right here if you want, Carmen.

  • Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever stop seeing that.

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