Synonyms & Antonyms : Stop





Stop



( Verb )


The earthquake stopped all the clocks.

Synonyms:

Block

Arrest

Cease

Halt

Prevent

Discontinue

Contextual Examples:

The police arrested the smuggler for selling hashish in bulk to a scooter driver.

The law in India provides for the arrest of a person taking unhealthy drugs. This provision is designed to check the use of such drugs and their international smuggling.

Hostilities between these two sides ceased at midnight.



Antonyms:

Begin

Activate

Continue

Quicken

Purr

Contextual Examples:

I began my schooling when I was five

We will have to activate our enthusiasm and will-power to achieve this higher position.

Let us continue to go up at the speed of 20 km an hour.

We can quicken our pace on less steep slopes.

Let us purr away the journey to the destination by sweet songs.




The Synonyms and Antonyms form an integral part of the English Language. Acquaintance with the vocabulary of the English language is a necessity for effective expression either in written or in an oral from. Synonyms are nothing but the similar meanings of a particular word or its semantic relation. A Synonym is a word or a phrase that means the same as another word or a phrase in the same language. Antonyms are the negative connotation of a particular word. An Antonym is a word or phrase that is opposite in meaning to a particular word or a phrase in the same language.

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