Definition for Cease:

• (` cease' is a noun only in the phrase ` without cease') end

Synonyms for Cease:

• n.

  •
  • leave off.
  •
  • closing.
  •cessation (noun)
  • time off,
  • Desistance,
  • let-up.

• v.

  •cease (verb)
  • interrupt,
  • culminate,
  • abandon,
  • break,
  • remit,
  • stay,
  • close.
  •die (verb)
  • fall,
  • part,
  • pass,
  • depart.
  •give up (verb)
  • resign,
  • surrender,
  • withdraw,
  • relinquish.
  •resign (verb)
  • renounce,
  • reject,
  • abdicate,
  • accept,
  • retire,
  • vacate,
  • disclaim.
  •stop, conclude (verb)
  • die.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • balk,
  • adjourn,
  • vanish,
  • belay,
  • fade away,
  • stopping point,
  • die away,
  • endure.
  •
  • ending,
  • go away,
  • throw up,
  • terminus,
  • completion,
  • consummation,
  • evaporate,
  • termination,
  • dissipate,
  • cessation.
  •
  • conclusion,
  • dissolve,
  • stall.
  •
  • melt.
  •
  • burn out.
  •
  • walk.
  •
  • clear.
  •blow over
  • peter out,
  • die down.
  •close
  • call it a day,
  • wind down,
  • pack it in.
  •close up
  • shut down.
  •drop out
  • give notice.
  •end
  • switch off.
  •end up
  • come to a halt,
  • finish up.
  •kill
  • kill.
  •lay off
  • leave alone.
  •leave
  • leave.
  •Other relevant words:
  • haltingly,
  • stow,
  • hesitate,
  • profuse,
  • chuck,
  • acknowledge,
  • diffident,
  • stop short,
  • relief,
  • bar,
  • humble,
  • suppress,
  • forever,
  • discontinuity,
  • unreasonable,
  • molder,
  • hand over,
  • shorten,
  • interval,
  • trim down,
  • baulk,
  • gap,
  • Pausing,
  • wait,
  • quiet,
  • can,
  • waive,
  • cut back,
  • hide,
  • quiesce,
  • be consumed,
  • agree,
  • proscribe,
  • most,
  • interruption,
  • meet one's death,
  • contain,
  • thin out,
  • resolve,
  • distrust,
  • quit cold turkey,
  • relaxation,
  • surely,
  • come to naught,
  • shutdown,
  • pass out,
  • jilt,
  • curtail,
  • dematerialize,
  • foreshorten,
  • undue,
  • lop off,
  • enormously,
  • break one's neck,
  • vanish from sight,
  • recant,
  • respite,
  • discontinuation,
  • forsake,
  • dismiss,
  • shut,
  • edit out,
  • be no more,
  • remain,
  • unassuming,
  • ignore,
  • leave no trace,
  • very,
  • come to nothing,
  • stopping,
  • pacify,
  • be gone,
  • detached,
  • positively,
  • unprecedented,
  • be done for,
  • go off,
  • polish off,
  • prohibit,
  • abridge,
  • ban,
  • back off,
  • fail,
  • repudiate,
  • edit,
  • repress,
  • amputate,
  • keep off,
  • shut off,
  • trim back,
  • inordinate,
  • reduce,
  • exorbitant,
  • cease to exist,
  • shutoff,
  • spirit,
  • shut up,
  • intercept,
  • slew,
  • close out,
  • Ceasing,
  • forego,
  • unremittingly,
  • block,
  • restrain,
  • pack,
  • deliver,
  • stick,
  • pop off,
  • abbreviate,
  • ebb,
  • collect oneself,
  • abatement,
  • determine,
  • lastly,
  • prevent,
  • recessed,
  • furlough,
  • doubt,
  • fall dead,
  • turn back,
  • fully,
  • period,
  • scratch,
  • fizzle,
  • melt down,
  • stoppage,
  • extreme,
  • wear away,
  • wane,
  • cast-off,
  • stanch,
  • desuetude,
  • result,
  • throw overboard,
  • rationalise,
  • call off,
  • infinitely,
  • tranquillise,
  • subside,
  • inhibit,
  • disappear,
  • be taken,
  • cede,
  • abstain from,
  • disperse,
  • sever,
  • run out of,
  • unparalleled,
  • get through,
  • burn,
  • interdict,
  • scrub,
  • Avast,
  • force out,
  • allow,
  • desist from,
  • breathe one's last,
  • absolutely,
  • lose,
  • check,
  • unique,
  • lay down,
  • hesitation,
  • embargo,
  • peg out,
  • prune,
  • climax,
  • perpetually,
  • certainly,
  • become extinct,
  • ditch,
  • unmatched,
  • swear off,
  • leave office,
  • curb,
  • completely,
  • obstruct,
  • ceaselessly,
  • fade,
  • eventually,
  • come off,
  • cancel,
  • soothe,
  • interfere with,
  • abeyance,
  • perfectly,
  • staunch,
  • drop it,
  • sink,
  • restrict,
  • disrupt,
  • thoroughly,
  • erode,
  • conk out,
  • moderation,
  • write out,
  • disunite,
  • take leave,
  • barricade,
  • dispel,
  • let go,
  • displace,
  • endlessly,
  • categorically,
  • cut,
  • make out,
  • cease to be,
  • give the axe,
  • settle,
  • evanesce,
  • purely,
  • delay,
  • censor,
  • forbid,
  • flee,
  • blockade,
  • sacrifice,
  • close up,
  • skip,
  • yield,
  • dump,
  • sack,
  • separate,
  • continually,
  • breath,
  • turn off,
  • lay,
  • retire from sight,
  • hold back,
  • stem,
  • fly,
  • constantly,
  • lessening,
  • come to a standstill,
  • excessively,
  • admit,
  • dispense with,
  • calm down,
  • give,
  • bring down,
  • waste,
  • truce,
  • chop off,
  • tranquilize,
  • retard,
  • finally,
  • achieve,
  • hiatus,
  • eternally,
  • discard,
  • continuously,
  • drop dead,
  • send away,
  • dwindle,
  • rationalize,
  • greatly,
  • afterwards,
  • abort,
  • already,
  • offset,
  • incomparable,
  • knock it off,
  • stifle,
  • retiring,
  • unendingly,
  • interminably,
  • quieten,
  • breeze,
  • scrap,
  • cut down,
  • philosopher,
  • roost,
  • dam,
  • arrest,
  • forgo,
  • waste away,
  • intense,
  • unceasingly,
  • calm,
  • disregard,
  • extinction,
  • swerve,
  • isolated,
  • modest,
  • eat up,
  • excessive,
  • melt away,
  • cut short,
  • do away with,
  • suspension,
  • non-stop,
  • intermission,
  • extravagant,
  • impede,
  • Desinence,
  • release,
  • diminution,
  • extremely,
  • renunciation,
  • superfluous,
  • everlastingly,
  • be over,
  • hold up,
  • forfeit,
  • embankment,
  • hinder,
  • admit defeat,
  • wither,
  • dilute,
  • lacuna,
  • ultimately,
  • desert,
  • split,
  • entirely,
  • recess,
  • throw over,
  • veer,
  • put paid to,
  • perorate,
  • totally,
  • abjure,
  • hold on,
  • utterly,
  • pare,
  • free,
  • bashful,
  • rest,
  • relinquishment,
  • definitely,
  • incessantly.

Paraphrases for Cease:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    discontinue.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Ceasing, discontinue.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Ceasing, discontinue.
  • Verb, base form
    discontinue.

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    ends.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    stop, halting.
  • Proper noun, singular
    stop, halting, Suspending.
  • Noun, plural
    moratoriums.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    stop, halting, interruption, moratorium, moratoria.
  • Adverb
    away.
  • Interjection
    freeze.
  • Verb, past tense
    dropped, kept.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    continues.
  • Verb, base form
    lay, interrupt, withdraw, disappear, eliminate, renounce, cancel, relinquish, waive, stop, eradicate, lapse, expire, forego, reverse, suppress, abolish, conclude, abstain, forgo, dismiss, remove, continue, curb, vanish, withhold, surrender, slacken, forfeit, depend, adjourn, lose, abdicate, shut, rescind, curtail, complete, freeze, vacate, detain, invalidate, retire, fail, fails, apprehend, dismantle, finalize, stall, eschew, drop, phase, extinguish, supersede, revoke, reject, overcome, lift, abort, dissipate.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    discontinued, stopping.
  • Proper noun, singular
    cessation, stopping.
  • Noun, plural
    halts.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    cessation, stopping.
  • Interjection
    stop.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    stop.
  • Verb, base form
    desist, abandon, refrain, leave, disrupt, forsake.

Antonyms for Cease:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    continuation, claim, seek, retain, inaugurate, institute, haunt, initiate, advocate, assert, defend, vindicate, protect, keep, set about, prolongation, favor, court, maintain, adopt, extension, undertake, hold, cherish, persistence, support, prosecute, continuance, pursue, enter upon, originate, occupy.

• v.

  • stative
    continue.
  • stop, conclude
    create, persevere, go, keep on, bear, DO, carry on, begin, open, start, restart, commence, complete.

Homophones for Cease:

• CECE, SEIS, siess.

Hypernym for Cease:

• v.

  • stative
    pull the plug, withdraw, retire, shut off, break, call it a day, close off, cheese, sign off, call it quits, knock off, drop, leave off.

Hyponym for Cease:

• n.

  • time
    ending, end.