What is another word for halt?

Synonyms for halt
hɔlthalt

This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word halt.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. halt

    Synonyms:
    stop, rest, limp, falter, hammer, stammer, demur, dubitate, pause, hold, stand still, hesitate

    Antonyms:
    advance, decide, determine, speed, flow, career

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppagenoun

    the state of inactivity following an interruption

    "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"

    Synonyms:
    hitch, verification, enlistment, limp, full stop, stoppage, apprehension, hindrance, impediment, chip, tab, interference, handicap, arrest, tick, check-out procedure, occlusion, confirmation, point, freeze, check mark, pinch, cheque, block, tour of duty, stop consonant, baulk, term of enlistment, diaphragm, checkout, taking into custody, duty tour, hinderance, hobble, blockage, curb, chit, stop, layover, rub, occlusive, plosive, collar, plosive speech sound, period, substantiation, stay, hang-up, tour, deterrent, encumbrance, catch, balk, stopover, plosive consonant, preventive, incumbrance, bank check, full point, preventative, snag, assay, bridle, closure, check

    Antonyms:
    fit

  2. stop, haltnoun

    the event of something ending

    "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"

    Synonyms:
    plosive, period, stay, diaphragm, stop consonant, plosive speech sound, hitch, stopover, full point, stoppage, full stop, catch, check, freeze, blockage, plosive consonant, occlusion, block, layover, stop, occlusive, arrest, point, closure

    Antonyms:
    fit

  3. freeze, haltadjective

    an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement

    "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"

    Synonyms:
    stay, hitch, stoppage, frost, check, freeze, arrest, stop, freezing

    Antonyms:
    fit

  4. crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, gameverb

    disabled in the feet or legs

    "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

    Synonyms:
    mettlesome, crippled, spirited, lame, halting, gamy, gritty, feeble, gamey, spunky, gimpy, game

    Antonyms:
    fit

  5. halt, hold, arrestverb

    cause to stop

    "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"

    Synonyms:
    accommodate, staunch, book, retain, get, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, bind, deem, hold up, arrest, cop, take, have, concord, stanch, check, make, block, take for, go for, throw, kibosh, control, turn back, harbor, catch, keep, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nab, nurse, oblige, curb, stop, nail, pick up, defy, collar, confine, apprehend, have got, restrain, declare, withstand, agree, stem, contain, obtain, maintain, guard, concur, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, hold, hold in, bear

    Antonyms:
    fit

  6. stop, haltverb

    come to a halt, stop moving

    "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

    Synonyms:
    staunch, block, kibosh, quit, blockade, arrest, block off, end, stop over, hold back, finish, lay off, terminate, hold, barricade, stop, check, break, give up, stanch, bar, cease, block up, discontinue, hold on, intercept, turn back, break off, stem, contain

    Antonyms:
    fit

  7. stop, halt, block, kiboshverb

    stop from happening or developing

    "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

    Synonyms:
    staunch, close up, block up, lug, draw a blank, immobilise, obturate, jam, arrest, block off, intercept, end, blank out, stanch, finish, obstruct, block, deflect, impede, embarrass, hold back, lay off, turn back, stop over, break off, break, stymie, give up, forget, immobilize, stop, stuff, occlude, stymy, freeze, blockade, hold on, bar, cease, barricade, hinder, stem, discontinue, contain, parry, kibosh, choke up, terminate, hold, quit, check

    Antonyms:
    fit

  8. stem, stanch, staunch, haltverb

    stop the flow of a liquid

    "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"

    Synonyms:
    stop, block, kibosh, stanch, staunch, arrest, hold, stem

    Antonyms:
    fit

Matched Categories

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. haltverb

    Synonyms:
    stop, hold, stand still, stop short, pull up, take breath, lie by, LIE TO

  2. haltverb

    Synonyms:
    limp, hobble, walk lamely

  3. haltadjective

    Synonyms:
    lame, crippled

  4. haltnoun

    Synonyms:
    stop, stand, stand still

  5. haltnoun

    Synonyms:
    limp, limping gait

Suggested Resources

  1. HALT

    What does HALT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HALT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

  2. Halt

    Halt vs. Halter -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Halt and Halter.

How to pronounce halt?

How to say halt in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#26have
#77get
#132make
#148support
#176book
#246take
#272check
#305game
#317end
#333control
#438point
#555give
#656keep
#766period
#992stuff
#1001stay
#1038stop
#1042bar
#1061apply
#1080tour
#1275hold
#1547rest
#1618break
#1662block
#1734agree
#2268reserve
#2412carry
#2422maintain
#2490bear
#2514checkout
#2584obtain
#2674finish
#2700contain
#3063forget
#3541guard
#3635catch
#3712chip
#3829tab
#4200nurse
#4404throw
#4456judgment
#4577stopped
#4776harbor
#5067suspension
#5259jam
#5354confirmation
#5420moderate
#5448verification
#5836stem
#6027quit
#6667nail
#6821admit
#6857retain
#7169closure
#7466harbour
#7523arrest
#7597collar
#7721hammer
#7739defend
#8016accommodate
#8275bind
#8570cheque
#8624stopping
#8714interference
#8985frost
#9348declare
#9382cop
#9443freeze
#9453concord
#10518terminate
#10611pause
#10852tick
#11256sustain
#11444cease
#11623interrupt
#11695preventive
#11832assay
#12521freezing
#12551curb
#12724hesitate
#12745rub
#12951handicap
#13027suspend
#13785lame
#13959halt
#14008entertain
#14594hitch
#15920limp
#16475lug
#16872cessation
#17127pinch
#17822prevail
#18389chit
#19121withstand
#19606spirited
#19862intercept
#21866parry
#21923deem
#22808discontinue
#22854hinder
#23522diaphragm
#23847preventative
#24755concur
#26261gritty
#26805blockade
#28457nab
#28533deterrent
#29227crippled
#29400impede
#29907defy
#30094restrain
#30578apprehension
#31313feeble
#33033occlusion
#33918snag
#36343confine
#37428bridle
#37894blockage
#38554impediment
#39730obstruct
#40097halting
#43186halts
#43221enlistment
#43279barricade
#43520embarrass
#44372staunch
#44733oblige
#44754deflect
#44966hindrance
#46379suspends
#48365stoppage
#50233spunky
#53441apprehend
#53908balk
#53932obligate
#54999stopover
#56544falter
#56554encumbrance
#66783substantiation
#69872stymie
#73621occlusive
#79190layover
#99268hobble
#106648stammer
#114979immobilize
#140252plosive
#155564gimpy
#156328eesc
#157222demur
#192881stanch
#193909gamey
#197935baulk
#199421adjudge
#204694hinderance
#205593occlude
#229254kibosh
#299175immobilise

How to use halt in a sentence?

  1. David Hellerstein:

    Studies come to a screeching halt, we are now just beginning to make up for decades of lost time.

  2. Stephen Innes:

    The OPEC induced oil rally has come to a grinding halt in the wake of the bearish to consensus API inventory swell, further OPEC cuts are unlikely the cure-all medicine. But by the numbers, the magnitude of the expected oversupply in 2020 is thought to be well within OPEC's ability to manage.

  3. Lee Hopley:

    Overall, UK factories send only a small proportion of their goods to Chinese customers, but a sharper slowdown would also see a halt to growth in export sales through supply chains in Europe, the more widespread impact, at least in the near term, is likely to be the knock to already delicate confidence levels. Time will tell whether this takes a further toll on growth across the sector.

  4. Brian Segee:

    We call on the Obama administration and Interior Department to put a halt to offshore acidizing and fracking unless and until they can be proven safe for California’s irreplaceable coastline.

  5. Linda Thomas-Greenfield:

    Nuclear facilities cannot become part of this conflict, reliable electricity is vital for the nuclear facility, as are back-up diesel generators and fuel. Safe transit corridors must be maintained. Russia must halt any further use of force that might put at further risk all 15 operable reactors across Ukraine – or interfere with Ukraine’s ability to maintain the safety and security of its 37 nuclear facilities and their surrounding populations.


Translations for halt

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for halt »

Translation

Find a translation for the halt synonym in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"halt." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Mar. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/halt>.

Discuss these halt synonyms with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good synonym for halt?

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Synonyms.com

    Quiz

    Are you a human thesaurus?

    »
    What is the synonym for Somniferous?
    A Slumberous
    B Bracing
    C Somite
    D Somnocinematography

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for halt: