1. (verb)cut short, break short, break off interrupt before its natural or planned end Synonyms: cut short, stop, break away, clip, break short, come off, break off, chip, truncate, discontinue, chip off, snap off, curtail, break, cut off, knap
2. (verb)break, break off, discontinue, stop prevent completion Synonyms: crack, break away, give way, arrest, soften, reveal, cut off, develop, give up, unwrap, conk out, block up, hold on, collapse, die, transgress, founder, weaken, barricade, kibosh, bar, discover, chip, terminate, snap off, stop, go, demote, break out, separate, split, give away, damp, smash, finish, interrupt, break short, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, chip off, bring out, violate, divulge, pause, cut short, let on, get around, cease, blockade, wear out, cave in, break-dance, break up, check, hold back, lay off, give out, break in, quit, give, split up, block, better, burst, go bad, breach, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, intercept, recrudesce, breakdance, go against, dampen, break down, fall in, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, contain, kick downstairs, knap, part, infract, turn back, fail, come apart, bankrupt, block off, come off, expose, break, stop over, discontinue, end, intermit, halt, wear
3. (verb)chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off break off (a piece from a whole) Synonyms: chip, chip off, cut off, scat, cut short, come off, splinter, come away, secede, run away, go over, lam, scarper, bunk, discontinue, nick, break, snap off, break out, fly the coop, turn tail, run, head for the hills, detach, take to the woods, knap, go off, stop, hightail it, break off, break short, escape, break away
4. (verb)break, break off, snap off break a piece from a whole Synonyms: crack, break away, give way, soften, reveal, cut off, develop, unwrap, conk out, collapse, die, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, chip, snap off, stop, go, demote, break out, separate, split, give away, damp, smash, interrupt, break short, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, chip off, bring out, violate, divulge, pause, cut short, let on, get around, wear out, cave in, break-dance, break up, check, give out, break in, give, split up, better, burst, go bad, breach, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, recrudesce, break dance, go against, dampen, break down, fall in, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, kick downstairs, knap, part, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, come off, expose, break, discontinue, intermit, wear
5. (verb)chip, knap, cut off, break off break a small piece off from Synonyms: chip, chip off, cut off, cut short, come off, break short, amputate, lop off, snap off, rap, discontinue, cut, disrupt, nick, break, interrupt, chop off, break up, cut out, stop, break off, knap, break away
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'break off'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. break off That ends, or is ended, of which there is no more, whether or not more was intended or needed; that is closed, completed, concluded, or finished which has come to an expected or appropria Synonyms: end, break off, close, conclude, expire, quit, terminate, cease, complete, desist, finish, stop, wind up