295 Moby Thesaurus words for "halt":
abandon, abort, afterthought, amble, arrest, arrestation, bad,
barge, belay, bell, bind, blind alley, block, blockage, bowl along,
box, brake, break, breath, breather, breathing place,
breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time, bring to,
bring up, bring up short, bundle, bureaucratic delay, calm,
calm down, cancel, castrated, cease, cease fire, cessation, check,
checkmate, cigarette break, close, clump, cocktail hour,
coffee break, come up short, conclude, corner, cower, crippled,
cul-de-sac, curb, cut it out, cut short, cutoff, dally, dam,
dawdle, dead end, dead set, dead stand, dead stop, dead-end street,
deadlock, debarment, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, desist,
detention, determent, deterrence, die down, dillydally, disabled,
discontinue, discouragement, dodder, double take, downtime, drag,
dragging, draw rein, draw up, drop it, dwindle, dying down, ebb,
ebbing, emasculated, end, endgame, ending, enforced respite,
estoppel, extremity, falter, fetch up, final whistle, flag,
flounce, foot, footslog, forbiddance, foreclosure, forestalling,
freeze, full stop, game, give, give over, goof off, grinding halt,
gun, halting, hamstrung, handicapped, hang fire, hang-up,
happy hour, haul up, have done with, haw, hem, hem and haw,
hesitate, hindrance, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hobbling, hold,
holdup, hole, hop, hum, hum and haw, impasse, incapacitated,
interim, interlude, intermission, jam, jog, jolt, jump,
knock it off, lag, lagging, lame, lay off, leave off, letup, limp,
limping, linger, lock, lockout, logjam, loiter, lollygag, lull,
lumber, lunge, lurch, maimed, mammer, mince, molder, moratorium,
obstruction, obviation, pace, pacify, paddle, paperasserie, pause,
peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, prance, preclusion, prevention,
prohibition, pull up, put paid to, quiesce, quiet, quieten, quit,
quiver, rack, recess, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, refrain,
relinquish, renounce, reprieve, respite, rest, retardance,
retardation, roll, sashay, saunter, scrub, scuff, scuffle, scuttle,
shake, shamble, shilly-shally, shuffle, sidle, single-foot,
sit-down strike, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slow down,
slow-up, slowdown, slowness, soothe, spavined, spell, stagger,
stalemate, stalk, stall, stammer, stamp, stand, standoff,
standstill, stay, stay of execution, stem, stem the tide, stick,
stillstand, stomp, stop, stop cold, stop dead, stop short,
stoppage, stopping, straddle, straggle, stride, strike, stroll,
strut, stumble, stump, stutter, stymie, subside, subsidence,
surcease, suspension, swagger, swing, tarry, tea break, teeter,
terminate, termination, tie-up, time lag, time out, tittup, toddle,
totter, trail, traipse, tranquilize, tremble, trip, trudge, waddle,
wait, walkout, wamble, wane, waning, waste time, wiggle, wobble,
work stoppage, wrap up
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