Definition for Halting:

• Act of one who halts.

Synonyms for Halting:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • halting.
  •broken (adjective)
  • dis jointed,
  • more muttered,
  • in coherent,
  • more mumbled,
  • most mumbled,
  • in-coherent,
  • un intelligible,
  • dis-jointed,
  • more stammering,
  • most muttered,
  • un-intelligible,
  • most stammering.
  •gauche (adjective)
  • ill-bred,
  • ham-handed,
  • illbred.
  •hesitant (adjective)
  • imperfect,
  • stumbling,
  • labored,
  • slow,
  • vacillating,
  • Claudicant,
  • bumbling,
  • limping,
  • faltering,
  • stuttering,
  • stammering,
  • wavering,
  • uncertain,
  • doubtful.
  •vacillant (adjective)
  • shillyshally.
  •weakly (adjective)
  • in substantial,
  • in-substantial.

• n.

  •
  • convulsive,
  • awkward,
  • jerky,
  • heavy,
  • wooden,
  • ungainly,
  • robotic,
  • be all fingers and thumbs,
  • uncoordinated,
  • clumsy.
  •
  • pendulous,
  • decide,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • timid.
  •cessation (noun)
  • Desistance,
  • cutoff,
  • timeout,
  • time out,
  • breakoff,
  • break-off,
  • grinding halt,
  • screaming halt,
  • let-up,
  • time off.
  •crippled (noun)
  • crippled.
  •ending (noun)
  • cessation.
  •game (noun)
  • game.
  •halting (noun)
  • lame,
  • halt,
  • unfit.
  •resistance (noun)
  • imperviousness,
  • Renitence,
  • striking back,
  • Renitency,
  • impeding,
  • impedances,
  • impedance,
  • Insusceptibility,
  • retardation.
  •stammering (noun)
  • stutter,
  • sputterings.

• v.

  •ceasing (verb)
  • Abandoning,
  • Pausing,
  • Interrupting,
  • ending,
  • breaking,
  • Suspending,
  • Quitting,
  • Culminating,
  • closing,
  • Ceasing,
  • Terminating,
  • Discontinuing,
  • Refraining,
  • Staying,
  • Remitting,
  • Desisting.
  •ending (verb)
  • expiring,
  • Accomplishing,
  • concluding,
  • passing on,
  • completing,
  • exiting,
  • dying,
  • Capping,
  • wrapping up,
  • winding up,
  • Checkmating,
  • Deceasing,
  • finalizing,
  • passing away,
  • finishing.
  •hesitating (verb)
  • hesitating,
  • Recoiling,
  • waiting,
  • balking,
  • shrinking.
  •stopping (verb)
  • freezing,
  • holding.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • flatly,
  • Brokenly,
  • shouty,
  • Gibbering,
  • colloquial,
  • Vacillatory,
  • bantering,
  • windy,
  • voluble.
  •
  • impediment,
  • well-spoken.
  •
  • definite.
  •
  • fluent,
  • oral.
  •
  • flat.
  •handicapped
  • disabled.

Paraphrases for Halting:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    halt, stopping.
  • Proper noun, singular
    halt, halts, stopping.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    halt, stopping.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Stoping, Discontinuing, stopping.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    discontinued, Eradicating, hesitant, Mitigating, cease.
  • Proper noun, singular
    arrests, pauses, drops, Suspending, cease.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    termination, standstill, shutdown, interrupt, Suspending, disruption, cease.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Eliminating, Terminating, catching, Curtailing, Cancelling, thwarting, frustrating, dismantling, Abolishing, Preventing, Hampering, averting, stalling, Prohibiting, shutting, Suppressing, impeding, restricting, Initiating, Deterring, Disrupting, stifling, inhibiting, Obstructing, limit, limiting, Detaining, constraining, Intercepting, retiring, reverse, Reversing, Precluding, blocking, Outlawing, Establishing, tackling, contain, Containing, banning, Harnessing, Avoiding, abating, settling, hindering, slackening, Interdicting, finalizing, Proscribing, completing, Combating, combatting, minimizing, Overcoming, Addressing, Pausing, Phasing, moderating, Elaborating, affecting, Stemming, undermining, resolving, forbidding, disturbing, staging, slowing, aborting, switching, Waiving, Checking, Separating, dampening, arriving, finishing, Adopting, determining, redressing, severing, holding, weakening, reducing, opposing, fighting, observing, braking, Remedying, Anchoring, breaking, Placing, agreeing, walking, Having, seizing, defending, struggling, Managing, reaching, mastering, knocking, Reining, Stating, striving, closing, Denying, dealing, campaigning, easing, conducting, burying, defining, fixing, barring, setting, bust, busting, deciding, putting, bring, bringing, Capping, Against, stunt, stunting, Waging, parking, keeping, Mitigating, Suspending.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    halted, Ceasing, cessation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    discontinuation, interruption, discontinuance, Ceasing, cessation.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Alleviating, Restraining, Interrupting, Counteracting, curbing, countering, Eradicating, Ceasing.

Antonyms for Halting:

• adj.

  • hesitant
    adroit, clever, easy, flowing, graceful, unhesitating, dexterous, smooth.

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    fit, unbroken.

Halting Sentence Examples:

• Masheesh rode on, and in a few moments, a low guttural cry was heard, and the Matabele was seen, halting under a tree, and signing with his spear for the rest to come on.

• But what are they halting for, and what are they clapping?