Synonyms for Abstain:

• adj.

  •go without (adjective)
  • more abstain,
  • most abstain,
  • wantest,
  • needest,
  • lackest.

• n.

  •
  • flinch from (doing) something,
  • wriggle out of (doing) something.
  •
  • restraint,
  • hold off,
  • neglect,
  • omit to do something,
  • make no move,
  • let nature take its course,
  • can't bring yourself to do something.
  •diet (noun)
  • diet.
  •refrain (noun)
  • turn over a new leaf,
  • withhold oneself from,
  • lay off,
  • exercise self-restraint,
  • let alone,
  • get on the water wagon,
  • have no hand in,
  • turn aside from,
  • starve oneself,
  • keep aloof from,
  • do-nothing.

• v.

  •avoid (verb)
  • duck,
  • skip,
  • elude,
  • shrink,
  • recoil,
  • avoid,
  • dodge,
  • avert,
  • shirk,
  • sidestep,
  • shun,
  • escape,
  • circumvent,
  • bypass,
  • evade.
  •curb (verb)
  • co-oking,
  • kept lid on,
  • sending up,
  • hog tie,
  • re strained,
  • re-strained,
  • keeping lid on,
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • re strain,
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • co oked,
  • keeps tight rein on,
  • re strains,
  • re-strain,
  • keeps lid on,
  • cools off,
  • sub dues,
  • keeping tight rein on,
  • boxing in,
  • entrammeled,
  • entrammeling,
  • holds down,
  • kept tight rein on,
  • re-straining,
  • co-oked,
  • reining in,
  • cools down,
  • re straining,
  • co oking,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • sub due,
  • sub-due,
  • bringing screeching halt,
  • re-strains,
  • sub-dues,
  • entrammels,
  • boxed in,
  • brought screeching halt,
  • holding down,
  • bring screeching halt,
  • holds in,
  • Bitting,
  • cooled off,
  • brought to screeching halt.
  •decline (verb)
  • dis-approved,
  • dis-approve,
  • not accepting,
  • de clines,
  • dont bought,
  • dis approved,
  • re fuses,
  • re probated,
  • dis approve,
  • re-fusing,
  • don't buys,
  • dis approving,
  • sends regrets,
  • de-clines,
  • dont buying,
  • re probate,
  • re fuse,
  • begged to be excused,
  • re-fuse,
  • dis-missed,
  • re-probated,
  • dis-approving,
  • re-probating,
  • dis missing,
  • re-fuses,
  • re fused,
  • dis missed,
  • don't bought,
  • turning thumbs down,
  • dis approves,
  • dis-missing,
  • begging be excused,
  • sending regrets,
  • sent regrets,
  • begs be excused,
  • re probating,
  • re-probates,
  • dont buy,
  • begged be excused,
  • turns thumbs down,
  • turned thumbs down,
  • re fusing,
  • de cline,
  • re probates,
  • begging to be excused,
  • not accepts,
  • re-probate,
  • beg be excused,
  • nixed,
  • de-cline,
  • re-fused,
  • don't buying,
  • dont buys,
  • dis-approves,
  • begs to be excused.
  •desist (verb)
  • had done with,
  • re-sign,
  • dis-continues,
  • sur-ceased,
  • sur ceasing,
  • sur cease,
  • re-signed,
  • has done with,
  • re-signing,
  • re signs,
  • hadst done with,
  • re signed,
  • dis continued,
  • having done with,
  • re-signs,
  • not did,
  • dis-continuing,
  • haddest done with,
  • gave over,
  • sur ceased,
  • dis continues,
  • dis-continue,
  • Re sign,
  • re signing,
  • dis-continued,
  • hast done with,
  • sur-ceases,
  • sur-cease,
  • sur-ceasing,
  • sur ceases,
  • dis continuing,
  • hath done with,
  • dis continue,
  • gives over.
  •eschew (verb)
  • having no truck with,
  • hath no truck with,
  • not touches,
  • hast no truck with,
  • letted well enough alone,
  • haddest no truck with,
  • swore off,
  • shied away from,
  • lets well enough alone,
  • not touched,
  • hadst no truck with,
  • had no truck with,
  • swears off,
  • has no truck with,
  • letting well enough alone,
  • shies away from,
  • shying away from,
  • sware off.
  •fast (verb)
  • goes hungry,
  • denying oneself,
  • not eating,
  • going hungry,
  • denied oneself,
  • not ate,
  • not eats,
  • went hungry,
  • denies oneself.
  •forbear (verb)
  • keeping from,
  • keeps from,
  • going easy,
  • goes easy,
  • went easy,
  • kept from.
  •forgo (verb)
  • leaving alone,
  • take cure,
  • took the oath,
  • sur rendered,
  • takes the cure,
  • taking the oath,
  • sur-render,
  • going on wagon,
  • takes oath,
  • goes wagon,
  • leaved alone,
  • sur-renders,
  • taking cure,
  • taking oath,
  • sur-rendering,
  • passing up,
  • went on wagon,
  • sur-rendered,
  • goes on the wagon,
  • sate out,
  • sits out,
  • sur rendering,
  • takes cure,
  • took cure,
  • leaves alone,
  • took the cure,
  • passes up,
  • takes the oath,
  • leaved out,
  • going on the wagon,
  • went on the wagon,
  • went the wagon,
  • goes the wagon,
  • took oath,
  • went wagon,
  • sitting out,
  • go wagon,
  • going the wagon,
  • go the wagon,
  • goes on wagon,
  • sur renders,
  • go on wagon,
  • packing in,
  • going wagon.
  •hold back from doing (verb)
  • constrain,
  • do without,
  • sit on the fence,
  • pass,
  • fence-sit,
  • refuse,
  • renounce,
  • sit on one's hands,
  • quit,
  • abnegate,
  • abjure,
  • stop,
  • give the go by,
  • cease.
  •refrain (verb)
  • take pledge,
  • wert temperate,
  • takes pledge,
  • was temperate,
  • taking the pledge,
  • are temperate,
  • is temperate,
  • am temperate,
  • took pledge,
  • were temperate,
  • wast temperate,
  • takes the pledge,
  • being temperate,
  • art temperate,
  • taking pledge.
  •social (verb)
  • abstain.
  •withhold (verb)
  • keep under hat,
  • dis allow,
  • held out on,
  • kept to oneself,
  • de tains,
  • with holds,
  • de ducting,
  • dummying up,
  • de-ducting,
  • de-ducts,
  • dis-allow,
  • holds out on,
  • keeps under hat,
  • with held,
  • keeping secret,
  • re tain,
  • with holding,
  • keeps oneself,
  • dis-allows,
  • keeping under one's hat,
  • dis-allowing,
  • keeping under one hat,
  • sits on,
  • keeps under ones hat,
  • dis allows,
  • stopt oneself,
  • keeping under hat,
  • de duct,
  • keeps under one's hat,
  • re serving,
  • re-serving,
  • de ducted,
  • de-tains,
  • clams up,
  • kept under wraps,
  • re-tain,
  • keeps to oneself,
  • keep under one hat,
  • with-holding,
  • re-pressing,
  • de tain,
  • keep under ones hat,
  • re pressing,
  • re-serve,
  • keeping under ones hat,
  • re serve,
  • kept under one's hat,
  • re-served,
  • sate on,
  • keep oneself,
  • de ducts,
  • re presses,
  • with-held,
  • re-presses,
  • stopping oneself,
  • de-tain,
  • re press,
  • dis allowing,
  • with-holds,
  • re-serves,
  • keeps under wraps,
  • re served,
  • stops oneself,
  • keeping oneself,
  • re pressed,
  • kept oneself,
  • holding out on,
  • with hold,
  • with-hold,
  • re-tains,
  • dis allowed,
  • de-duct,
  • stopped oneself,
  • dummies up,
  • keeps secret,
  • kept under ones hat,
  • dis-allowed,
  • kept under one hat,
  • re tains,
  • keeps under one hat,
  • keeping under wraps,
  • de-ducted,
  • kept under hat.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cop out,
  • slack,
  • stand aside,
  • unseat,
  • bottle out,
  • lie down,
  • skive off,
  • keep out of,
  • blow off,
  • stand apart,
  • stay out of,
  • put in,
  • vote out,
  • vote down,
  • reelect,
  • blackball,
  • stay away from,
  • stop away,
  • resist,
  • adopt,
  • demur,
  • keep away,
  • stand around,
  • elect,
  • bother,
  • spoil,
  • sit by,
  • stand by,
  • get out of,
  • vote off,
  • shrink from,
  • tiptoe around,
  • hide behind,
  • shy away,
  • vote through,
  • duck out of,
  • vote in.
  •
  • keep off,
  • ballot,
  • carry,
  • vote,
  • stay off,
  • return,
  • miss.
  •
  • hold back,
  • leave.
  •
  • keep.
  •avoid
  • shake and bake,
  • steering clear of,
  • Escaping,
  • by-passes,
  • laid low,
  • turn aside,
  • skip out on,
  • keep clear,
  • turned aside,
  • shake off,
  • give the slip,
  • turning aside,
  • stay out,
  • step aside,
  • Shied,
  • shakes off,
  • skip town,
  • fending off,
  • By-pass,
  • faked out,
  • stepped aside,
  • skipped town,
  • by-passing,
  • lay low,
  • circumlocute,
  • Withdrew,
  • shuffle off,
  • by-passed,
  • shies,
  • stay away,
  • run for cover,
  • ward off,
  • Shying,
  • fake out,
  • steer clear of.
  •eschew
  • Forsworn,
  • swear off,
  • have no truck with,
  • let well enough alone,
  • forswear,
  • not touch,
  • not touching,
  • swearing off,
  • shy away from.
  •fast
  • Famishing,
  • famish,
  • go hungry,
  • deny oneself,
  • starves,
  • famishes,
  • not eat,
  • starve.
  •forgo
  • dispense with.
  •hold back
  • restrain oneself.
  •Other relevant words:
  • prevent,
  • eat sparingly,
  • stand aloof,
  • waiver,
  • let go by,
  • avoid alcohol,
  • not use,
  • ignore,
  • eject,
  • let be,
  • forbearance,
  • intermit,
  • teetotal,
  • relinquish,
  • hold,
  • abstention,
  • be quiet,
  • repel,
  • abnegation,
  • avoidance,
  • disuse,
  • reject,
  • restrain,
  • throw out,
  • slim,
  • reserve,
  • spare,
  • hold aloof from,
  • road,
  • disapprove of,
  • reduce,
  • stimulant,
  • stimulus,
  • conclude,
  • abdication,
  • discard,
  • trim,
  • renunciation,
  • route,
  • input,
  • desist from,
  • put aside,
  • maintain,
  • waive,
  • dismiss,
  • abstain from,
  • shelve,
  • not move,
  • disclaimer,
  • lay aside,
  • have no choice,
  • supersede,
  • standoff,
  • save,
  • give warning,
  • stand-by,
  • screen out,
  • sit it out,
  • refrain from,
  • repudiate,
  • stand aloof from,
  • repudiation,
  • abstinence,
  • resignation,
  • dispense,
  • turn away,
  • let pass,
  • denial,
  • be inactive,
  • tie,
  • help,
  • forego,
  • abandonment,
  • turnoff,
  • stimulation,
  • be teetotal,
  • throw back,
  • keep back,
  • straddle,
  • leave off,
  • have nothing to do with,
  • push aside,
  • forbear from,
  • pause,
  • faire,
  • rejection,
  • deny,
  • eschewal,
  • finish,
  • discontinue,
  • stalemate.

Paraphrases for Abstain:

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    AM.
  • Verb, base form
    restrain, cease, withhold, stop, forgo, resist, abandon, forbear, refuse.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    refrain.
  • Verb, base form
    refrain, desist.

Antonyms for Abstain:

• v.

  • hold back from doing
    embrace, DO, allow, encourage, continue, face, indulge, want, use, meet, accept.
  • Other antonyms:
    enter upon, bow, capitulate, submit, originate, concede, start, succumb, have, initiate, yield, knuckle under, set about, acquiesce, commence, give in, institute, surrender, inaugurate, begin.

Homophones for Abstain:

• affectation, abjection, apposition, affixation, affection, avocation, avestan, abo system.

Hyponym for Abstain:

• v.

  • social
    forbear, refrain.