All cease synonyms
cease
C c verb cease
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- quit β to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- discontinue β to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- terminate β to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- refrain β to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- desist β If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- break off β If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- die β When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- culminate β If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
- stay β (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- surcease β to cease from some action; desist.
- 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.
- intermit β to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- die away β If a sound dies away, it gradually becomes weaker or fainter and finally disappears completely.
- die down β If something dies down, it becomes very much quieter or less intense.
- close down β to cease or cause to cease operations
- conclude β If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
- back off β If you back off, you move away in order to avoid problems or a fight.
- close out β to terminate (a client's or other account) on which the margin is inadequate or exhausted, usually by sale of securities to realize cash
- knock off β an act or instance of knocking.
- leave off β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- shut down β to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- wind up β the act of winding.
noun cease
- sign off β a token; indication.
- closure β The closure of a place such as a business or factory is the permanent ending of the work or activity there.
- windup β the conclusion of any action, activity, etc.; the end or close.
- kiss off β an act or instance of kissing.
- kiss-off β Slang. an act or instance of dismissing a person or thing: The company is about to give you the kiss-off, so you'd better start looking for another job.
- closing β The closing part of an activity or period of time is the final part of it.
- ballgame β any game played with a ball
- sign-off β the act or fact of signing off.
- breakoff β an abrupt discontinuance, especially of relations
- time out β a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
- winding-up β to change direction; bend; turn; take a frequently bending course; meander: The river winds through the forest.
- conclusion β When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
- desistance β to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- cutoff β A cutoff or a cutoff point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening.
- termination β the act of terminating.
- omega β the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ©, Ο).
- wrap-up β a final report or summary: a wrap-up of the evening news.
- timeout β a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
- terminus β the end or extremity of anything.
- finis β end; conclusion.
- discontinuance β the act or state of discontinuing or the state of being discontinued; cessation: the discontinuance of a business.
- cessation β The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
- blank wall β an impassable barricade or obstacle; a situation in which further progress is impossible: Attempts to get information by questioning the neighbors ran into a blank wall.