Definition of Stop
1. Noun. The event of something ending. "It came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
Exact synonyms: Halt
Generic synonyms: Conclusion, Ending, Finish
Specialized synonyms: Cessation, Surcease, Stand, Standstill, Tie-up
Derivative terms: Halt, Halt, Halt, Halt
Generic synonyms: Conclusion, Ending, Finish
Specialized synonyms: Cessation, Surcease, Stand, Standstill, Tie-up
Derivative terms: Halt, Halt, Halt, Halt
2. Verb. Come to a halt, stop moving. "These cars won't stop "; "She stopped in front of a store window"
Exact synonyms: Halt
Specialized synonyms: Go Off, Pull Up Short, Check, Check, Check, Rein, Rein In, Conk, Stall, Stall, Draw Up, Haul Up, Pull Up, Brake, Settle
Derivative terms: Halt, Halt, Halt
Antonyms: Start
Specialized synonyms: Go Off, Pull Up Short, Check, Check, Check, Rein, Rein In, Conk, Stall, Stall, Draw Up, Haul Up, Pull Up, Brake, Settle
Derivative terms: Halt, Halt, Halt
Antonyms: Start
3. Noun. The act of stopping something. "His stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
Exact synonyms: Stoppage
Generic synonyms: Act, Deed, Human Action, Human Activity
Specialized synonyms: Stand-down, Standdown, Haemostasia, Haemostasis, Hemostasia, Hemostasis
Generic synonyms: Act, Deed, Human Action, Human Activity
Specialized synonyms: Stand-down, Standdown, Haemostasia, Haemostasis, Hemostasia, Hemostasis
4. Verb. Put an end to a state or an activity. "They stop moving "; "Quit teasing your little brother"
Exact synonyms: Cease, Discontinue, Give Up, Lay Off, Quit
Specialized synonyms: Drop, Knock Off, Leave Off, Sign Off, Retire, Withdraw, Pull The Plug, Close Off, Shut Off, Cheese, Call It A Day, Call It Quits, Break
Derivative terms: Cease, Cessation, Discontinuance, Discontinuation, Stoppage
Antonyms: Continue
Specialized synonyms: Drop, Knock Off, Leave Off, Sign Off, Retire, Withdraw, Pull The Plug, Close Off, Shut Off, Cheese, Call It A Day, Call It Quits, Break
Derivative terms: Cease, Cessation, Discontinuance, Discontinuation, Stoppage
Antonyms: Continue
5. Noun. A brief stay in the course of a journey. "They made a stopover to visit their friends"
Exact synonyms: Layover, Stopover
Generic synonyms: Stay
Specialized synonyms: Night-stop, Pit Stop, Pit Stop, Stand
Derivative terms: Lay Over, Stop Over
Generic synonyms: Stay
Specialized synonyms: Night-stop, Pit Stop, Pit Stop, Stand
Derivative terms: Lay Over, Stop Over
6. Verb. Stop from happening or developing. "They stop him from writing the letter"; "Halt the process"
Exact synonyms: Block, Halt, Kibosh
Specialized synonyms: Embargo, Stay
Generic synonyms: Forbid, Foreclose, Forestall, Preclude, Prevent
Derivative terms: Blockage, Halt, Halt
Specialized synonyms: Embargo, Stay
Generic synonyms: Forbid, Foreclose, Forestall, Preclude, Prevent
Derivative terms: Blockage, Halt, Halt
7. Noun. The state of inactivity following an interruption. "He spent the entire stop in his seat"
Exact synonyms: Arrest, Check, Halt, Hitch, Stay, Stoppage
Generic synonyms: Inaction, Inactiveness, Inactivity
Specialized synonyms: Countercheck, Logjam
Derivative terms: Check, Check, Halt, Halt
Generic synonyms: Inaction, Inactiveness, Inactivity
Specialized synonyms: Countercheck, Logjam
Derivative terms: Check, Check, Halt, Halt
8. Verb. Interrupt a trip. "They stopped for three days in Florence"
Exact synonyms: Stop Over
Generic synonyms: Break Up, Cut Off, Disrupt, Interrupt
Specialized synonyms: Call, Lay Over, Stop Over
Generic synonyms: Break Up, Cut Off, Disrupt, Interrupt
Specialized synonyms: Call, Lay Over, Stop Over
9. Noun. A spot where something halts or pauses. "His next stop is Atlanta"
Specialized synonyms: Bus Stop, Checkpoint, Loading Area, Loading Zone, Stopover, Way Station
Generic synonyms: Place, Spot, Topographic Point
Generic synonyms: Place, Spot, Topographic Point
10. Verb. Cause to stop. "Stop the thief"
Specialized synonyms: Check, Rein, Rein In, Arrest, Halt, Hold, Bring Up, Cut, Flag Down, Stall, Stall, Draw Up, Pull Up, Brake
Causes: Halt
Antonyms: Start
Derivative terms: Stoppage
Causes: Halt
Antonyms: Start
Derivative terms: Stoppage
11. Noun. A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it. "His stop consonants are too aspirated"
Exact synonyms: Occlusive, Plosive, Plosive Consonant, Plosive Speech Sound, Stop Consonant
Generic synonyms: Obstruent
Terms within: Implosion, Explosion, Plosion
Specialized synonyms: Labial Stop, Glottal Catch, Glottal Plosive, Glottal Stop, Click, Suction Stop
Derivative terms: Occlusive
Antonyms: Continuant Consonant
Generic synonyms: Obstruent
Terms within: Implosion, Explosion, Plosion
Specialized synonyms: Labial Stop, Glottal Catch, Glottal Plosive, Glottal Stop, Click, Suction Stop
Derivative terms: Occlusive
Antonyms: Continuant Consonant
12. Verb. Prevent completion. "Break off the negotiations"
Exact synonyms: Break, Break Off, Discontinue
Specialized synonyms: Fracture, Bog, Bog Down, Break Up, Cut Off, Disrupt, Interrupt
Generic synonyms: End, Terminate
Derivative terms: Discontinuation
Specialized synonyms: Fracture, Bog, Bog Down, Break Up, Cut Off, Disrupt, Interrupt
Generic synonyms: End, Terminate
Derivative terms: Discontinuation
13. Noun. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations. "In England they call a period a stop"
Exact synonyms: Full Point, Full Stop, Period, Point
Generic synonyms: Punctuation, Punctuation Mark
Specialized synonyms: Suspension Point
Derivative terms: Point, Point, Point
Generic synonyms: Punctuation, Punctuation Mark
Specialized synonyms: Suspension Point
Derivative terms: Point, Point, Point
14. Verb. Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of. "Turn back the tide of communism"
Exact synonyms: Arrest, Check, Contain, Hold Back, Turn Back
Specialized synonyms: Cut Down, Cut Out
Generic synonyms: Defend
Derivative terms: Containment, Containment
Specialized synonyms: Cut Down, Cut Out
Generic synonyms: Defend
Derivative terms: Containment, Containment
15. Noun. (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes. "The organist pulled out all the stops"
16. Verb. Seize on its way. "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"
Exact synonyms: Intercept
Generic synonyms: Catch, Grab, Take Hold Of
Specialized synonyms: Cut Off, Cut Out
Derivative terms: Interception, Interceptor
Generic synonyms: Catch, Grab, Take Hold Of
Specialized synonyms: Cut Off, Cut Out
Derivative terms: Interception, Interceptor
17. Noun. A mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens. "The new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"
Exact synonyms: Diaphragm
Group relationships: Camera, Photographic Camera
Specialized synonyms: Iris, Iris Diaphragm
Generic synonyms: Mechanical Device
Group relationships: Camera, Photographic Camera
Specialized synonyms: Iris, Iris Diaphragm
Generic synonyms: Mechanical Device
18. Verb. Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical. "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
Exact synonyms: Cease, End, Finish, Terminate
Specialized synonyms: Pass Away, Lapse, Cut Out, Go Out, Adjourn, Break Up, Recess, Disappear, Vanish, Climax, Culminate, Run Out, Go, Run Low, Run Short, Disappear, Go Away, Vanish, Close, Conclude, Come Out, Turn Out, Discontinue, Break
Antonyms: Begin
Derivative terms: End, End, End, End, End, End, End, End, Finish, Finish, Finish, Terminative, Terminus
Specialized synonyms: Pass Away, Lapse, Cut Out, Go Out, Adjourn, Break Up, Recess, Disappear, Vanish, Climax, Culminate, Run Out, Go, Run Low, Run Short, Disappear, Go Away, Vanish, Close, Conclude, Come Out, Turn Out, Discontinue, Break
Antonyms: Begin
Derivative terms: End, End, End, End, End, End, End, End, Finish, Finish, Finish, Terminative, Terminus
19. Noun. A restraint that checks the motion of something. "He used a book as a stop to hold the door open"
Exact synonyms: Catch
Specialized synonyms: Bench Hook, Doorstop, Doorstopper, Click, Detent, Dog, Pawl, Trip, Tripper
Generic synonyms: Constraint, Restraint
Specialized synonyms: Bench Hook, Doorstop, Doorstopper, Click, Detent, Dog, Pawl, Trip, Tripper
Generic synonyms: Constraint, Restraint
20. Verb. Render unsuitable for passage. "Stop the busy road"
Exact synonyms: Bar, Barricade, Block, Block Off, Block Up, Blockade
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Specialized synonyms: Block Off, Close Off, Shut Off, Close
Related verbs: Block, Obstruct
Derivative terms: Bar, Barricade, Barricade, Blockage, Blocking, Blockade, Stopper
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Specialized synonyms: Block Off, Close Off, Shut Off, Close
Related verbs: Block, Obstruct
Derivative terms: Bar, Barricade, Barricade, Blockage, Blocking, Blockade, Stopper
21. Noun. An obstruction in a pipe or tube. "We had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
Exact synonyms: Block, Blockage, Closure, Occlusion, Stoppage
Specialized synonyms: Breech Closer, Breechblock, Plug, Stopper, Stopple, Vapor Lock, Vapour Lock
Generic synonyms: Impediment, Impedimenta, Obstructer, Obstruction, Obstructor
Derivative terms: Block, Block
Specialized synonyms: Breech Closer, Breechblock, Plug, Stopper, Stopple, Vapor Lock, Vapour Lock
Generic synonyms: Impediment, Impedimenta, Obstructer, Obstruction, Obstructor
Derivative terms: Block, Block
22. Verb. Stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments. "Hold on a moment!"
Definition of Stop
1. v. t. To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
2. v. i. To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop.
3. n. The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction.
Definition of Stop
1. to discontinue the progress or motion of [v STOPPED or STOPT, STOPPING, STOPS]
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