1. (noun) pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
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, pause, shift, fracture, time out, temporary removal, rupture, dangling
2. (verb) pause
temporary inactivity
Synonyms: intermission, interruption, suspension, break
3. (verb) hesitate, pause
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
Synonyms: waver, break, pause, intermit, hesitate, waffle
4. (verb) pause, intermit, break
cease an action temporarily
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, pause, fracture, bring out, break down, discontinue, give way, conk out, better, part, relegate, burst, break, bump, infract, go against, discover, develop, wear, let out
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Synonyms and Antonyms of pause 
