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Nouns (9)

n. a pace in dressage : horse should stand attentive, still and straight

n. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"

n. the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"

arrest, check, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage

n. the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"

Verbs (20)

stop

v. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"

settle

v. come to rest

stem, stanch, staunch

v. from the flow of liquid, like blood, from a wound.

stop, come to a halt, stop moving

v. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

block, stop, kibosh, put the kibosh on

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

finish, end, stop, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (3)

lame, crippled, halting

adj. disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

Fuzzynyms (322)

cessation, surcease

n. a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder"

deferral, postponement, deferment

n. act of putting off to a future time

hold, custody, detention

n. a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"

respite, reprieve

n. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort

break, stop, break off, discontinue

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

stop, cease, discontinue, give up, quit, lay off

v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

block, stop, halt, kibosh, put the kibosh on

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

stay, rest, remain, continue

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

gather, collect, congregate

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

holler, hollo, roar, clamor, clamour, vociferate

v. utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"

waver, falter

v. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

stagger, flounder

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

finish, end, stop, halt, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

wallow, welter, roll around

v. roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

exhale, emanate, give forth

v. give out (breath or an odor); "The chimney exhales a thick smoke"

ray, radiate, send out rays

v. send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness"

rise, arise, develop, originate, spring up

v. come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

break, stop, break off, discontinue

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

finish, end, stop, halt, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

stop, cease, discontinue, give up, quit, lay off

v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

block, stop, halt, kibosh, put the kibosh on

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

stay, rest, remain, continue

gather, collect, congregate

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

holler, hollo, roar, clamor, clamour, vociferate

v. utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"

stop, halt, come to a halt, stop moving

v. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

stop, halt

v. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"

break, stop, break off, discontinue

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

finish, end, stop, halt, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

stop, cease, discontinue, give up, quit, lay off

v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

lurch, stagger, careen, reel, keel, swag

v. walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"

stumble, falter, bumble

v. walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"

stagger, flounder

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

wince, flinch, quail, squinch, recoil, shrink, funk, cringe

v. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

waver, falter

v. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

misconduct, mismanage, mishandle

v. manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"

fade, languish

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

degenerate, deteriorate, fall apart

v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

decline, wane, go down, grow smaller

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

taper

v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

drop, degenerate, deteriorate

v. grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

misfire, fail to detonate, fail to fire

v. fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"

flounder, flounder around

v. behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

falter, stammer, stutter

v. speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

fail, miscarry, go wrong

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down, lose substance

v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

stop, halt, come to a halt, stop moving

v. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

stop, cease, discontinue, give up, quit, lay off

v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

block, stop, halt, kibosh, put the kibosh on

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

abort

v. terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"

break, stop, break off, discontinue

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

break, interrupt, end prematurely

v. terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"

kill, put an end to, stamp out

v. end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"

collapse, cave in, founder, give way, fall in

v. break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

recess, break up, adjourn

v. "The court adjourned"

suspend, set aside

v. make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"

freeze, suspend

v. stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"

suspend

v. cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"

paralyze, paralyse, make powerless

v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

neutralize, nullify, make ineffective

v. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"

control, curb, moderate, restrain, contain, hold in

v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

destroy

v. put to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"

eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, carry off, wipe out

v. terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

exterminate, kill en masse, kill off

v. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

stagger, flounder

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

stop, halt

v. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"

wallow, welter, roll around

v. roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

complete, carry out, execute, fulfill, fulfil, accomplish, carry through

v. put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

play, spiel, render

v. replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"

curb, restrict, curtail, cut back

v. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"

break, pause, leave off, intermit, take a break

v. cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

stay, rest, remain, continue

relax, loosen, become loose, become looser

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

retire, go into retirement

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

finish, complete

v. come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"

consummate

v. as pertaining to marriages.

top, crown

v. be the culminating event; "The speech crowned the meeting"

finish, end, terminate

v. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

stop, intercept

v. seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

offset, cancel, set off

v. make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

rest, be in a resting position

v. not move; be in a resting position

unwind, unroll, wind off

v. reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"

strained, labored, laboured, graceless

adj. lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating"

heavy, weighty

adj. of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"

damaged, broken

adj. physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken"

faltering

adj. unsteady in speech or action

indecisive, hesitant, hesitating

adj. lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly

stammering, stuttering

adj. unable to speak freely and easily

unacceptable, unsatisfactory

adj. "the pay is unsatisfactory and the conditions are unacceptable"

Synonyms (37)

afflicted, impaired

adj. mentally or physically unfit

apractic, apraxic

adj. having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder

autistic

adj. characteristic of or affected with autism; "autistic behavior"; "autistic children"

bad

adj. "has a bad back"

bandy, bowed, bandy-legged, bowleg, bowlegged

adj. have legs that curve outward at the knees

broken-backed

adj. (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth

crookback, hunchback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked

adj. characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column

disabled, handicapped, incapacitated

adj. markedly unable to function as a consequence of injury or illness

flat-footed

adj. suffering from fallen arches

gammy

adj. (British informal) sore or lame; "a gammy foot"

knock-kneed

adj. having the knees abnormally close together and the ankles wide apart

lame, spavined

adj. (of horses) afflicted with a swelling of the hock-joint

lordotic, swayback, swaybacked

adj. having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)

maimed, mutilated

adj. having a part of the body crippled or disabled

unsound, out of condition

adj. unfit

paralytic, paralyzed, paralysed

adj. affected or subject to with paralysis

paraplegic

adj. suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord

Antonyms (29)

start, set in motion, start up

v. get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer"

start, go, get going

v. begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!"

start, begin, commence, set about, set out, start out

v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

continue, go on, persist in, go along

v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

run, persist, die hard, endure, prevail

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

conceive, become pregnant

v. become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"

aid, help, improve the condition of, provide help to

v. improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"

shallow, glib

adj. lacking intellectual depth: "glib generalizations"; "shallow people"

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