Synonyms for PAUSE
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pause

   Strains of music may gradually or suddenly cease. A man quits work on the instant; he may discontinue a practise gradually; he quits suddenly and completely; he stops short in what he may or may not resume; he pauses in what he will probably resume. What intermits or is intermitted returns again, as a fever that intermits. Compare ABANDON; DIE; END; REST.

   Synonyms:
   abstain, bring to an end, cease, come to an end, conclude, desist, discontinue, end, end, finish, give over, intermit, leave off, quit, refrain, stop, terminate

   Antonyms:
   begin, commence, enter upon, inaugurate, initiate, institute, originate, set about, set going, set in operation, set on foot, start

   Preposition:
   Cease from anger.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. pausenoun

   Synonyms:
   stop, cessation, suspension, halt, intermission, rest

   Antonyms:
   continuance, advancement, perseverance

2. pauseverb

   Synonyms:
   cease, suspend, intermit, forbear, stay, wait, hesitate, demur, stop, desist

   Antonyms:
   continue, proceed, advance, persist, persevere

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspensionnoun

   a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

   Synonyms:
   prison-breaking, gap, jailbreak, respite, happy chance, interruption, rift, intermission, severance, gaolbreak, falling out, hanging, prisonbreak, suspension, recess, faulting, breakout, geological fault, break, good luck, breaking, disruption, reprieve, open frame, abatement, break of serve, hiatus, breach, breakage, abeyance, suspension system, fault, pause, shift, fracture, time out, temporary removal, rupture, dangling

2. pauseverb

   temporary inactivity

   Synonyms:
   intermission, interruption, suspension, break

3. hesitate, pauseverb

   interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing

   "The speaker paused"

   Synonyms:
   waver, break, pause, intermit, hesitate, waffle

4. pause, intermit, breakverb

   cease an action temporarily

   "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

   Synonyms:
   demote, weaken, kick downstairs, cave in, collapse, let on, break-dance, split up, interrupt, offend, reveal, die, disclose, soften, expose, fail, smash, crack, wear out, hesitate, get around, go bad, break up, recrudesce, intermit, break away, split, unwrap, come apart, bankrupt, ruin, give, dampen, give away, get out, break off, separate, fall apart, break out, fall in, give out, go, founder, break in, bust, damp, break dance, stop, divulge, breach, check, snap off, transgress, violate, erupt, pause, fracture, bring out, break down, discontinue, give way, conk out, better, part, relegate, burst, break, bump, infract, go against, discover, develop, wear, let out

Matched Categories

1. • Delay
   • Interrupt

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. selah

   stop for a moment

   he paused while reading the bible passage.

   Submitted by rinat on January 31, 2016  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pausenoun

   Synonyms:
   stop, cessation, suspension, interruption, rest, halt, intermission, remission, stoppage, stopping, break, CÆSURA

2. pausenoun

   Synonyms:
   point, punctuation mark

3. pauseverb

   Synonyms:
   stop, cease, desist, wait, delay, rest, breathe, stay, break off

4. pauseverb

   Synonyms:
   hesitate, demur, deliberate, waver

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pausenoun

   Synonyms:
   intermission, suspension, break, hesitation, break, cæsura

2. pauseverb

   Synonyms:
   stop, hesitate, desist, waver, intermit

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "pause":

   break, pausing, pauses, paused, recess, lull, stop, interruption, hiatus

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1. Benjamin Nabarro:

   This means getting rates well into restrictive territory, and quickly, should signs of more embedded inflation emerge, we think Bank Rate of 6-7 % will be required to bring inflation dynamics under control. For now though, we continue to think evidence for such effects are limited with increases in unemployment still more likely to allow the MPC to pause around the turn of the year.

2. Rupert Hammond-Chambers:

   The idea is to complicate China's scenarios, to make them pause, to get them to think twice before they attack.

3. Bill McInturff:

   When you see a number this different, it means you might be right on top of a shift in the campaign, what you don't know yet is if the change is going to take place or if it is a momentary 'pause' before the numbers snap back into place.

4. Rochelle Walensky:

   Overall, I actually think that this pause conveyed that we are taking every one of these needles in haystacks that we find seriously.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   If anyone's got a doubt that United States may not be taking safety very seriously, I think this is an affirmation that safety is a primary consideration when it comes to the FDA and the CDC, that's why it was done and that's why it's a pause. It isn't a cancellation, it's a pause.