What are some opposite words for pause?
Antonyms for pause
pɔzpause
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term pause.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Antonyms:
begin, commence, enter upon, inaugurate, initiate, institute, originate, set about, set going, set in operation, set on foot, startSynonyms:
abstain, bring to an end, cease, come to an end, conclude, desist, discontinue, end, end, finish, give over, intermit, leave off, quit, refrain, stop, terminatePreposition:
Cease from anger.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
pausenoun
Antonyms:
continuance, advancement, perseveranceSynonyms:
stop, cessation, suspension, halt, intermission, restpauseverb
Antonyms:
continue, proceed, advance, persist, persevereSynonyms:
cease, suspend, intermit, forbear, stay, wait, hesitate, demur, stop, desist
Princeton's WordNet
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, danglingpauseverb
temporary inactivity
Synonyms:
intermission, interruption, suspension, breakhesitate, pauseverb
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
"The speaker paused"
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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
pausenoun
Synonyms:
intermission, suspension, break, hesitation, break, cæsurapauseverb
Editors Contribution
continue
continued is the opposite of paused
i continued the test
How to use pause in a sentence?
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
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 ?
For now we're evaluating the Moderna vaccine -- we're working with National Institutes of Health, we finished the enrollment of the 6 to 11 years of age, and it's now on a planned to pause just to review the data and look at the dosing.
With every click of the shutter, you're trying to press Pause on your life. If only so you can feel a little more comfortable moving on living in a world stuck on Play.
We encourage at least 20 minutes per meal, i understand that can be hard for a lot of people to implement, but start small. Turn off the TV, put away the cell phone, focus on meaningful conversations, chew slowly and pause between bites. That could be the start to your mindful eating journey.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#474 | start | |
#1043 | institute | |
#1056 | continue | |
#1805 | begin | |
#1837 | advance | |
#5628 | proceed | |
#9793 | advancement | |
#10611 | pause | |
#10803 | initiate | |
#15418 | commence | |
#18561 | persist | |
#21569 | originate | |
#29382 | perseverance | |
#32015 | continuance | |
#51937 | persevere | |
#82310 | inaugurate |
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