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Synonyms for pause
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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 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 Antonyms4.0 / 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 WordNet5.0 / 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, 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, 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, fracture, bring out, break down, discontinue, give way, conk out, better, part, relegate, burst, break, bump, infract, go against, discover, develop, wear, let out

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Editors Contribution1.0 / 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 Synonymes0.0 / 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 Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pausenoun

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

  2. pauseverb

    Synonyms:
    stop, hesitate, desist, waver, intermit

PPDB, the paraphrase database3.0 / 2 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "pause":

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

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How to use pause in a sentence?

  1. State John Kerry:

    We know that the Houthis were engaged in moving some missile-launching capacity to the border and under the rules of engagement, it was always understood that if there were proactive moves by one side or another, then that would be in violation of the ceasefire agreement, saudi Arabia, under the rules of engagement, took action. We continue to support the idea of extending the humanitarian pause, but I think under the circumstances at the moment that would be difficult.

  2. Dan Simmons:

    An artist on Esperance had once said to me, "Having sex or a domestic quarrel with the house monitors on is like undressing in front of a dog or cat ... it gives you pause the first time, and then you forget about it.

  3. Daniel Perez:

    Where perhaps Democrats might want to do something more stringent, I think that might give them pause.

  4. Zeinab Chami:

    They look like the kids I went to college with at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, the kids I teach not just because they're Muslim but they have that bright, shiny innocence kids that age have, this was a moment for (my students) to pause and try to comprehend the reality they're going to be stepping into.

  5. Bill Watt:

    We’re not building enough housing already, why not just pause for a little while, focus on the affordability and housing issues, then circle back?


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