What are some opposite words for halt?
Antonyms for halt
hɔlthalt
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Princeton's WordNet
arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppagenoun
the state of inactivity following an interruption
"the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
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fitSynonyms:
hitch, verification, enlistment, limp, full stop, stoppage, apprehension, hindrance, impediment, chip, tab, interference, handicap, arrest, tick, check-out procedure, occlusion, confirmation, point, freeze, check mark, pinch, cheque, block, tour of duty, stop consonant, baulk, term of enlistment, diaphragm, checkout, taking into custody, duty tour, hinderance, hobble, blockage, curb, chit, stop, layover, rub, occlusive, plosive, collar, plosive speech sound, period, substantiation, stay, hang-up, tour, deterrent, encumbrance, catch, balk, stopover, plosive consonant, preventive, incumbrance, bank check, full point, preventative, snag, assay, bridle, closure, checkstop, haltnoun
the event of something ending
"it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
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fitSynonyms:
plosive, period, stay, diaphragm, stop consonant, plosive speech sound, hitch, stopover, full point, stoppage, full stop, catch, check, freeze, blockage, plosive consonant, occlusion, block, layover, stop, occlusive, arrest, point, closurefreeze, haltadjective
an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
"a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
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fitSynonyms:
stay, hitch, stoppage, frost, check, freeze, arrest, stop, freezingcrippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, gameverb
disabled in the feet or legs
"a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
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mettlesome, crippled, spirited, lame, halting, gamy, gritty, feeble, gamey, spunky, gimpy, gamehalt, hold, arrestverb
cause to stop
"Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
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fitSynonyms:
accommodate, staunch, book, retain, get, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, bind, deem, hold up, arrest, cop, take, have, concord, stanch, check, make, block, take for, go for, throw, kibosh, control, turn back, harbor, catch, keep, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nab, nurse, oblige, curb, stop, nail, pick up, defy, collar, confine, apprehend, have got, restrain, declare, withstand, agree, stem, contain, obtain, maintain, guard, concur, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, hold, hold in, bearstop, haltverb
come to a halt, stop moving
"the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
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fitSynonyms:
staunch, block, kibosh, quit, blockade, arrest, block off, end, stop over, hold back, finish, lay off, terminate, hold, barricade, stop, check, break, give up, stanch, bar, cease, block up, discontinue, hold on, intercept, turn back, break off, stem, containstop, halt, block, kiboshverb
stop from happening or developing
"Block his election"; "Halt the process"
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staunch, close up, block up, lug, draw a blank, immobilise, obturate, jam, arrest, block off, intercept, end, blank out, stanch, finish, obstruct, block, deflect, impede, embarrass, hold back, lay off, turn back, stop over, break off, break, stymie, give up, forget, immobilize, stop, stuff, occlude, stymy, freeze, blockade, hold on, bar, cease, barricade, hinder, stem, discontinue, contain, parry, kibosh, choke up, terminate, hold, quit, checkstem, stanch, staunch, haltverb
stop the flow of a liquid
"staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
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fitSynonyms:
stop, block, kibosh, stanch, staunch, arrest, hold, stem
Editors Contribution
crusades
instagates
brings about
when you start a riot or get people all worked up with your speech.
Submitted by 12495704 on December 1, 2020
How to use halt in a sentence?
Even my character in ‘Me, Myself I’ is the 'adult' in my best friend relationship with Bobby’s character. His life has come to a crashing halt at age 40, and he’s living in my garage as a struggling inventor in a co-parenting relationship with an 8-year-old daughter. it’s a very sweet and relatable sitcom, but it’s going to be filmed in a very interesting way.
Mr de Mistura said we will have to engage with the opposition on the six-week halt and see what sort of response we get from them with regard to halting rocket and mortar attacks. If that works and we have a positive response from both sides that means the six-week halt can actually start.
No-one likes this, but theres really something bigger at stake. We have to stop the Netherlands from coming to a halt and jobs being lost unnecessarily.
International Securities Exchange Holdings:
Shortly after market open, ISE and ISE Gemini experienced a connectivity disruption and we subsequently made the determination to halt both markets.
(The accelerated planting pace) is coming to a screeching halt with possible and probably delays.
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