Synonyms for pause
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Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension(noun)

   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. pause(verb)

   temporary inactivity

   Synonyms:
   intermission, interruption, suspension, break

3. hesitate, pause(verb)

   interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing

   "The speaker paused"

   Synonyms:
   waver, break, intermit, hesitate, waffle

4. pause, intermit, break(verb)

   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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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 Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pause(n)

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

   Antonyms:
   continuance, advancement, perseverance

2. pause(v)

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

   Antonyms:
   continue, proceed, advance, persist, persevere

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. selah

   stop for a moment

   he paused while reading the bible passage.

   Submitted by rinat on January 31, 2016  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pause(n.)

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

2. pause(n.)

   Synonyms:
   point, punctuation mark

3. pause(v. n.)

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

4. pause(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   hesitate, demur, deliberate, waver

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pause(n)

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

2. pause(v)

   Synonyms:
   stop, hesitate, desist, waver, intermit

PPDB, the paraphrase database(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

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

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How to use pause in a sentence?

1. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal:

   It would be prudent to pause the process of refugees coming to the United States. Authorities need to investigate what happened in Europe before this problem comes to the United States.

2. Tainya Clarke:

   We have to pause and ask ourselves, are we doing great as a nation ? Is it really good that only 23 % of our population is engaged in enough aerobic activity and muscle strength training, or do we need to do better ?

3. Terry Torrison:

   We've had a great run-up in the last few weeks and we're now just starting to pause for a bit.

4. Yaakov Amidror:

   What I can say is that Hezbollah is a major enemy of Israel, and if indeed Israel managed to penetrate Hezbollah’s apparatus so deeply, then that should give Hezbollah pause.

5. David Stockton:

   Yellen will have a noticeable faction of the committee that's anxious to tighten again, they will need to be persuaded that the process is still in place, that this is not an indefinite pause.

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