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Antonyms 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.

    Antonyms:
    begin, commence, enter upon, inaugurate, initiate, institute, originate, set about, set going, set in operation, set on foot, start

    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

    Preposition:
    Cease from anger.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. pausenoun

    Antonyms:
    continuance, advancement, perseverance

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

  2. pauseverb

    Antonyms:
    continue, proceed, advance, persist, persevere

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

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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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pausenoun

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

  2. pauseverb

    Synonyms:
    stop, hesitate, desist, waver, intermit

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. continue

    continued is the opposite of paused

    i continued the test

    Submitted by anonymous on October 7, 2019  

How to use pause in a sentence?

  1. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

    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.

  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. Robert Frenck:

    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.

  4. John Koenig:

    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.

  5. Al Bochi:

    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.

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