Synonyms for adjourn
əˈdʒɜrnad·journ

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1. adjourn

   Synonyms:
   break up, disband, discharge, dismiss, disperse, dissolve, prorogue, scatter, separate

   Antonyms:
   assemble, call, call together, collect, convene, convoke, gather, muster, summon

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1. adjourn

   Synonyms:
   postpone, suspend, defer, prorogue, delay, protract, put off

   Antonyms:
   expedite, despatch, urge, hasten, conclude, complete, seal, consummate, terminate

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1. adjourn, recess, break upverb

   close at the end of a session

   "The court adjourned"

   Synonyms:
   fragmentise, fragmentize, decompose, collapse, interrupt, crash, retire, split up, pick, dismantle, break up, recess, part, crock up, sever, cut off, fragment, split, disperse, separate, disrupt, dissolve, crack, disassemble, break apart, calve, dissipate, scatter, break down, resolve, take apart, dispel, break, crack up, withdraw

2. adjourn, withdraw, retireverb

   break from a meeting or gathering

   "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

   Synonyms:
   call in, swallow, sequester, crawl in, seclude, crawfish out, retire, recess, crawfish, retreat, take, back away, break up, strike out, back out, put out, take back, hit the sack, pull away, take out, unsay, turn in, bow out, draw back, recede, bed, sack out, recall, move back, hit the hay, call back, go to sleep, sequestrate, draw, pull in one's horns, take away, go to bed, disengage, withdraw, draw off, pull back, kip down, remove

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1. adjournverb

   Synonyms:
   postpone, defer, delay, procrastinate, put off

2. adjournverb

   Synonyms:
   prorogue

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1. List of paraphrases for "adjourn":

   adjournment, deferment, postpone, defer, postponement, suspend, lift, interrupt

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How to use adjourn in a sentence?

1. Gemma Allen:

   The earlier and more transparent people are about money, even if they respectfully disagree and learn to adjourn and come back, the better it is, the romance and your relationship will be better.

2. Chip Roy:

   This institution is a sham, and we should adjourn and shut this place down.

3. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   The Senate will not adjourn until we have passed significant and bold new steps above and beyond what the House has passed to help our strong nation and our strong underlying economy weather this storm.

4. Robert A. Heinlein:

   A motion to adjourn is always in order.