Synonyms for stall
stɔlstall

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. stallnoun

   a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed

   Synonyms:
   kiosk, stalling, booth, cubicle, carrel, carrell, stand, sales booth

2. booth, cubicle, stall, kiosknoun

   small area set off by walls for special use

   Synonyms:
   stalling, sales booth, cubicle, booth, cell, carrel, carrell, stand, kiosk

3. stall, stand, sales boothnoun

   a booth where articles are displayed for sale

   Synonyms:
   carrel, tie-up, sales booth, stand, viewpoint, rack, kiosk, base, carrell, booth, outdoor stage, point of view, stalling, bandstand, pedestal, cubicle, standpoint, standstill

4. stallnoun

   a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge

   "the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it"

   Synonyms:
   kiosk, stalling, booth, cubicle, carrel, carrell, stand, sales booth

5. stallnoun

   seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater

   Synonyms:
   kiosk, stalling, booth, cubicle, carrel, carrell, stand, sales booth

6. carrel, carrell, cubicle, stallnoun

   small individual study area in a library

   Synonyms:
   stalling, sales booth, cubicle, booth, cell, carrel, carrell, stand, kiosk

7. stall, stallingverb

   a tactic used to mislead or delay

   Synonyms:
   kiosk, stalling, booth, cubicle, carrel, carrell, stand, sales booth

8. procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydallyverb

   postpone doing what one should be doing

   "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"

   Synonyms:
   drag one's heels, dillydally, conk, drag one's feet, procrastinate, dilly-dally, shillyshally

9. stall, conkverb

   come to a stop

   "The car stalled in the driveway"

   Synonyms:
   pass away, perish, choke, conk, croak, decease, snuff it, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, procrastinate, dillydally, drop dead, exit, shillyshally, buy the farm, pop off, faint, dilly-dally, die, give-up the ghost, pass, expire, drag one's heels, drag one's feet, pass out, go, swoon

10. stallverb

    deliberately delay an event or action

    "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"

    Synonyms:
    conk, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, drag one's feet, shillyshally, procrastinate, dillydally

11. stallverb

    put into, or keep in, a stall

    "Stall the horse"

    Synonyms:
    conk, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, drag one's feet, shillyshally, procrastinate, dillydally

12. stallverb

    experience a stall in flight, of airplanes

    Synonyms:
    conk, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, drag one's feet, shillyshally, procrastinate, dillydally

13. stallverb

    cause an airplane to go into a stall

    Synonyms:
    conk, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, drag one's feet, shillyshally, procrastinate, dillydally

14. stallverb

    cause an engine to stop

    "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"

    Synonyms:
    conk, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, drag one's feet, shillyshally, procrastinate, dillydally

Matched Categories

1. • Alcove
   • Aviation
   • Booth
   • Closet
   • Compartment
   • Delay
   • Malfunction
   • Seating
   • Shelter
   • Stop

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stallnoun

   Synonyms:
   stable

2. stallnoun

   Synonyms:
   compartment (as in a stable), cell, recess

3. stallnoun

   Synonyms:
   stand (where things are sold), shop, booth

4. stallnoun

   Synonyms:
   seat (for a dignitary in the choir of a church)

5. stallverb

   Synonyms:
   put in a stable, keep in a stable

6. stallverb

   Synonyms:
   set fast (as in mire), fix in a slough

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

1. stallnoun

   Synonyms:
   stable, booth, stand, seat

   Associated words:
   manger, stanchion

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "stall":

   stalls, dropout, pitch, fixed-pitch

How to pronounce stall?

How to say stall in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use stall in a sentence?

1. Selahattin Demirtas:

   So if it takes 2 days to destroy Syria then it would take 1 hour for Tunisia and 28 minutes for Norway. Only China would stall us for 6 days. (On the quote of EU minister Egemen Bagis: "If we were so keen on war we could destroy Syria. Our military provess is capable of destroying Syria in a few hours")

2. Bernie Sanders:

   What is outrageous to me is not only Starbucks anti-union activities and their willingness to break the law, it is their calculated and intentional efforts to stall, stall and stall, what Starbucks is doing is not only trying to break unions, but even worse. They are trying to break the spirit of workers who are struggling to improve their lives. And that is unforgivable.

3. Nick Watney:

   Even though I only lost a shot there, it was a momentum stall.

4. Johann von Goethe:

   Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

5. Erin Hohlfelder:

   We've passed the tipping point in the AIDS fight at the global level, but not all countries are there yet, and the gains made can easily stall or unravel.