Stops Synonyms and Antonyms

A restraint that checks the motion of something
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. stoppers
  2. catches
  3. plugs
  4. fills
  5. corks
  6. chokes
The event of something ending
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pauses
  2. halts
  3. stoppages
  4. blocks
  5. obstructions
  6. walls
  7. closures
  8. stases
  9. obstacles
  10. traverses
  11. snags
  12. hiatuses
  13. impediments
  14. hurdles
  15. terminations
  16. hampers
  17. suspensions
  18. clogs
  19. blockages
  20. barricades
  21. bars
  22. standstills
  23. interruptions
  24. intermissions
  25. hindrances
  26. cessations
  27. barriers
  28. armistices
The state of inactivity following an interruption
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. stoppages
  2. halts
  3. checks
  4. stations
  5. hitches
  6. arrests
  7. cessations
A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. periods
  2. closures
  3. points
  4. closes
  5. termini
  6. finishes
  7. closings
  8. cessations
  9. terminations
  10. endings
  11. end
  12. conclusions
  13. completions
End, halt; impediment
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. layovers
  2. halts
  3. stoppages
  4. standstills
  5. cessations
  6. stopovers
Antonyms:
  1. starts
  2. continuations
  3. goes
  4. beginnings
Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. checks
  2. suspends
  3. contains
  4. immobilizes
  5. arrests
  6. idles
Antonyms:
  1. starts
To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. visits
  2. sees
To desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. kicks
  2. breaks
To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. blocks
  2. corks
  3. clogs
  4. congests
  5. chokes
  6. plugs
  7. fills
  8. closes
Put an end to a state or an activity
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. quits
  2. ceases
  3. discontinues
A gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. michigan
  2. chicago
  3. newmarket
  4. boodle

Words Related to Stops

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.

Stops Sentence Examples

  • Nothing stops him, ever.

  • Four stops later, she rose and tucked the book away, wading through the throngs of people to the door as the train slowed.

  • If the coin is light the rod S fits into the uppermost step and the shoot stops over the right-hand slot.

  • If the coin is heavy, S fits into the lowest step and the shoot stops over the left-hand slot.

  • The machine can be set to deliver a certain number of coins, after which the counting wheel stops automatically.

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