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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop |
| Synonyms: | arrest, cessation, check, checkmate, corner*, dead end, dead stop, deadlock, delay, gridlock, halt, hole, impasse, inaction, pause, stalemate, standoff, wait |
| Antonyms: | advance, progress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deadlock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stalemate, impasse |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, box*, cessation, checkmate, corner, dead end, dead heat, dilemma, draw, full stop, gridlock, halt, hole, pause, pickle, plight, posture, predicament, quandary, standoff, standstill, tie, wall* |
| Notes: | stalemate does not end - it is the outcome (stale in stalemate is from Anglo-Norman meaning 'be placed'); a standoff or deadlock can end |
| Antonyms: | agreement, breakthrough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | halt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end, stoppage |
| Synonyms: | arrest, break, break-off, close, cutoff, freeze*, grinding halt, impasse, interruption, layoff, letup, pause, screaming halt, screeching halt, stand, standstill, stop, termination |
| Antonyms: | continuation, endurance, go, perseverence, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impasse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stalemate |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, box*, cessation, corner*, cul-de-sac, dead end, deadlock, dilemma, fix, gridlock, jam, mire*, morass, pause, pickle, plight, predicament, quandary, rest, scrape*, standoff, standstill |
| Antonyms: | agreement, breakthrough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wait, delay |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, break, break-off, breathing space, breathing spell, caesura, cessation, coffee break, comma, cutoff, deadlock, discontinuance, downtime, freeze*, gap, gridlock, halt, happy hour, hesitancy, hesitation, hiatus, hitch*, hush, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interval, lacuna, lapse, layoff, letup, lull, pausation, recess, respite, rest, rest period, stand, standstill, stay, stillness, stopover, stoppage, suspension, time out |
| Antonyms: | continuation, persistence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inactivity |
| Synonyms: | break, breather, breathing space, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break, comfort, composure, cutoff, downtime, doze, dreaminess, ease, forty winks, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, letup, lull, motionlessness, nap, pause, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietude, recess, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, respite, siesta, silence, sleep, slumber, somnolence, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, time off, tranquillity, vacation |
| Antonyms: | action, activity, energy |
| Main Entry: | stalemate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deadlock |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, arrest, check, delay, draw, gridlock, impasse, pause, standoff, standstill, tie |
| Notes: | stalemate does not end - it is the outcome (stale in stalemate is from Anglo-Norman meaning 'be placed'); a standoff or deadlock can end |
| Antonyms: | headway, progress |
| Main Entry: | stay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hold, delay |
| Synonyms: | deferment, halt, pause, postponement, remission, reprieve, standstill, stop, stopping, suspension |
| Antonyms: | abet, advance, assist, go, help, leave |
| Main Entry: | stop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end, halt; impediment |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, blank wall, block, blockade, break, break off, brick wall, cease, cessation, check, close, closing, conclusion, control, cutoff, desistance, discontinuation, ending, fence, finish, freeze*, grinding halt, hindrance, layoff, letup, lull, pause, plug, roadblock, screeching halt, standstill, stay, stoppage, termination, wall |
| Antonyms: | beginning, continuation, go, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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