Thesaurus:stop

Thesaurus

stop

English

Verb

Sense: to cease moving; to come to a stand or standstill

Synonyms

• anchor
• astand (obsolete)
• blin (archaic or dialectal)
• brake
• cease
• desist    [⇒ thesaurus]
• draw up
• grind to a halt (idiomatic)
• halt
• hold
• immobilize    [⇒ thesaurus]
• leave off
• rest
• stall
• stay (obsolete)
• stop
• swike (archaic or dialectal)

Antonyms

• accelerate
• continue
• go
• move    [⇒ thesaurus]
• proceed    [⇒ thesaurus]
• set in motion    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• heave to
• lay by
• lay to
•   —
• jam
• stall
• stick    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• freeze
•   —
• pull over

Hypernyms

• decelerate
• desist    [⇒ thesaurus]

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.