time-out

Main Entry:
time-out [tahym-out]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: suspension of activity
Synonyms: break, breather, breathing spell, halt, interlude, intermission, letup, lull, pause, recess, rest, short break, spell
Main Entry: interim
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: interval
Synonyms: breach, break, breather, breathing spell, coffee break, cutoff, downtime, gap, hiatus, interlude, interregnum, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, meantime, meanwhile, pause, take ten, time*, time-out
Antonyms: continuation, permanence
Main Entry: intermission
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: break, recess
Synonyms: abeyance, abeyancy, break-off, breather, breathing spell, cessation, doldrums, dormancy, downtime, interim, interlude, interregnum, interruption, interval, latency, layoff, let-up, lull, parenthesis, pause, quiescence, quiescency, respite, rest, spell, stop, stoppage, suspense, suspension, time, time-out, wait
Main Entry: interval
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: break, pause
Synonyms: breach, breathing space, comma, delay, distance, downtime, five, gap, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, lull, meantime, opening, parenthesis, pausation, period, playtime, rest, season, space, spell, ten, term, time, time-out, wait, while
Notes: an interval is a gap in time or space, whereas an interlude (literally 'between games') generally functions to fill such a gap, thus occupy an interval
Antonyms: continuation
Main Entry: lull
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pause, calm
Synonyms: abeyance, break, breather, breathing spell, calmness, coffee break, comma, downtime, hiatus, hush, layoff, letup, pausation, quiescence, quiet, respite, silence, stillness, stop, time-out, tranquility
Antonyms: busyness, continuation, disturbance, energy
Main Entry: recess
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: break, interval in action
Synonyms: break-off, breather, breathing spell, cessation, closure, coffee break, cutoff, downtime, halt, happy hour, hiatus, holiday, interlude, intermission, interregnum, layoff, letup, lull, pause, respite, rest, stop, suspension, ten, time-out, vacation
Antonyms: continuation
Main Entry: suspension
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: delay
Synonyms: abeyance, abeyancy, adjournment, break, breather, breathing spell, cessation, coffee break, concluding, conclusion, cutoff, deferment, disbarment, discontinuation, discontinuing, doldrums, dormancy, downtime, end, ending, finish, five, freeze, halt, heave-ho, intermission, interruption, latency, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, period, postponement, quiescence, quiescency, remission, respite, stay, stoppage, suspense, ten, termination, time-out
Antonyms: completion, continuation, finish, persistence
Related Words
Main Entry: suspension
Part of Speech: noun
Related
Adjectives:
beetling, caudate, cernous, crapaudine, dependent, flowing, fundipendulous, hanging, having a peduncle, loose, low, patibulary, pedunculate, pendent, penduline, pendulous, pensile, slack, superposed, suspended, tailed
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Change from action to rest] Cessation.
Category: 1. SIMPLE CHANGE
Synonyms:
-nouns
cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence., intermission, remission; suspense, suspension; interruption; stop; stopping; closure, stoppage, halt; arrival., pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop; interregnum, abeyance; cloture [U.S. Congress]., dead stop, dead stand, dead lock; finis, cerrado; blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration; comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop; end; death.
-verbs
cease, discontinue, desist, stay, halt; break off, leave off; hold, stop, pull up, stop short; stick, hang fire; halt; pause, rest; burn out, blow out, melt down., have done with, give over, surcease, shut up shop; give up (relinquish)., hold one's hand, stay one's hand; rest on one's oars, repose on one's laurels., come to a stand, come to a standstill; come to a deadlock, come to a full stop; arrive; go out, die away; wear away, wear off; pass away (be past); be at an end; disintegrate, self-destruct., intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel; intermit, remit; put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to; derail; turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect; bring to a stand, bring to a standstill; stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent; pull the check-string, pull the plug on.
-phrases
"I pause for a reply" [Julius Caesar].
Antonyms: continuance
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