All lead off antonyms
lead off
L l verb lead off
- complete β You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
- cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- close β When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- conclude β If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- abstain β If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- refrain β to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- delete β If you delete something that has been written down or stored in a computer, you cross it out or remove it.
- die β When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
- depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- withdraw β to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- forget β to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- withhold β to hold back; restrain or check.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- conceal β If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- dissuade β to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- hide β Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- subtract β to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
- close up β If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
- take away β something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.
adj lead off
- following β the act of following.
- auxiliary β An auxiliary is a person who is employed to assist other people in their work. Auxiliaries are often medical workers or members of the armed forces.
- trivial β of very little importance or value; insignificant: Don't bother me with trivial matters.
- unimportant β of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- minor β lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.
- additional β Additional things are extra things apart from the ones already present.
- subordinate β placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- last β occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- inessential β not essential; not necessary; nonessential.
- insignificant β unimportant, trifling, or petty: Omit the insignificant details.
- nonessential β not essential; not necessary: Nonessential use of gasoline was forbidden during the war.
- least β small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- inferior β lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- secondary β next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- final β pertaining to or coming at the end; last in place, order, or time: the final meeting of the year.