Stoppage Synonyms and Antonyms

stŏpĭj
The condition of being stopped
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. halt
  2. stop
  3. cessation
  4. arrest
  5. blockage
  6. standstill
  7. discontinuance
  8. discontinuation
  9. curtailment
  10. detention
  11. embargo
  12. gridlock
  13. check
  14. interruption
  15. block
  16. lockout
  17. obstruction
  18. shutdown
  19. surcease
  20. stasis
  21. closure
  22. hitch
  23. stopping
  24. strike
  25. walkout
  26. occlusion
  27. stay
A cessation of normal activity, caused by an accident or strike, for example
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gridlock
  2. immobilization
  3. jam
  4. tie-up

Words Related to Stoppage

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.

Stoppage Sentence Examples

  • No unnecessary force is permitted, and no stoppage must occur during the operation.

  • Not smudges, which you hoped they were, but actual little scratches have affected the loading of the game or the sudden stoppage of the game because the laser eye couldn't retrieve the information needed.

  • Then came another stoppage.

  • Nearly the whole of the debt, it should be stated, was held in England or France, and at the instance of French financiers the stoppage of payment was followed by a scheme to unify the debt.

  • In 1895 he defended the workers' right to strike, but in 1903, as head of the Government (1901-5), he crushed a railway strike by rushing a bill through Parliament making illegal a stoppage of work by those engaged in the public and semi-public services.

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