Synonyms for Hang up:

• n.

  •absorption (noun)
  • engagement,
  • captivation,
  • occupation,
  • involvement,
  • engrossment,
  • holding,
  • immersion,
  • concentration,
  • intentness,
  • fascination,
  • enthrallment,
  • hang-up,
  • preoccupation,
  • raptness.
  •addiction (noun)
  • craving,
  • dependence,
  • bag,
  • jones,
  • fixation,
  • monkey,
  • inclination,
  • bent,
  • hook,
  • sweet tooth,
  • enslavement,
  • shot,
  • kick.
  •aggravation (noun)
  • botheration,
  • affliction,
  • teasing,
  • provocation,
  • exasperation,
  • pain,
  • pain in the neck,
  • aggro,
  • pet peeve,
  • irritation,
  • headache,
  • worry,
  • vexation,
  • irksomeness.
  •complex (noun)
  • mania,
  • exaggerated reaction,
  • fixed idea,
  • insanity,
  • a thing about something,
  • neurosis,
  • anxiety,
  • fear,
  • phobia,
  • repression.
  •compulsion (noun)
  • drive,
  • urgency,
  • driving,
  • duress,
  • duty,
  • exigency,
  • have on the brain,
  • demand,
  • prepossession,
  • tiger by the tail,
  • coercion,
  • need,
  • necessity,
  • pressure,
  • constraint,
  • force,
  • urge.
  •constraint (noun)
  • goad,
  • violence,
  • humility,
  • impelling,
  • impulsion,
  • modesty,
  • no-no,
  • diffidence,
  • spur,
  • a must,
  • bashfulness,
  • spring,
  • reservation,
  • suppression,
  • compulsion,
  • motive,
  • timidity.
  •custom (noun)
  • precedent,
  • observance,
  • procedure,
  • rule,
  • fashion,
  • daily grind,
  • matter of course,
  • wont,
  • practice,
  • mode,
  • second nature,
  • Into,
  • consuetude,
  • swim,
  • Proprieties,
  • trick,
  • habitude,
  • way,
  • characteristic,
  • use,
  • groove,
  • addiction,
  • grind,
  • praxis,
  • beaten path,
  • form,
  • routine,
  • usage,
  • manner.
  •fascination (noun)
  • lure,
  • grabber,
  • witchcraft,
  • piquancy,
  • charisma,
  • appeal,
  • pull,
  • allure,
  • magnetism,
  • witchery,
  • attraction,
  • power,
  • sorcery,
  • enchantment,
  • spell,
  • magic,
  • thing for,
  • charm,
  • glamour,
  • trance.
  •fixation (noun)
  • complex,
  • infatuation,
  • fetish,
  • case,
  • craze,
  • crush.
  •habitualness (noun)
  • normality,
  • Customariness,
  • P,
  • normalcy,
  • ordinariness,
  • prevalence.
  •hang (noun)
  • hang.
  •hang-up (noun)
  • impasse,
  • thing,
  • reserve,
  • disturbance,
  • restraint,
  • inhibition,
  • block,
  • dilemma,
  • predicament,
  • problem.
  •hitch (noun)
  • discontinuance,
  • mishap,
  • hold-up,
  • snafu.
  •hot spot (noun)
  • box,
  • L,
  • dutch.
  •mania (noun)
  • dementia,
  • passion,
  • derangement,
  • partiality,
  • craziness,
  • frenzy,
  • enthusiasm,
  • ax to grind,
  • fad,
  • desire,
  • bee in bonnet,
  • disorder,
  • lunacy,
  • furor,
  • aberration,
  • delirium,
  • rage,
  • tiger,
  • bug in ear,
  • fancy,
  • on the brain,
  • bee,
  • monomania.
  •obsession (noun)
  • must,
  • something on the brain,
  • concrete idea,
  • delusion,
  • phantom,
  • one-track mind.
  •obstacle (noun)
  • bump,
  • traverse,
  • mountain,
  • booby trap,
  • disincentive,
  • vicissitude,
  • hardship,
  • hurdle,
  • obstruction.
  •one-track mind (noun)
  • single-mindedness,
  • ruling passion,
  • tunnel vision.
  •quandary (noun)
  • bewilderment,
  • up a tree,
  • double trouble,
  • doubt,
  • uncertainty.
  •restriction (noun)
  • containment,
  • qualification,
  • contraction,
  • limits,
  • custody,
  • bounds,
  • stricture,
  • stipulation,
  • regulation,
  • confinement,
  • stint,
  • demarcation,
  • string,
  • grain of salt,
  • fine print,
  • small difficulty,
  • control,
  • circumscription.
  •thing (noun)
  • impression,
  • quirk,
  • opinion,
  • attitude,
  • thought,
  • notion,
  • style.
  •trouble (noun)
  • dire straits,
  • strain,
  • disquiet,
  • tribulation,
  • misfortune,
  • row,
  • grief,
  • torment,
  • task,
  • tumult,
  • discord,
  • commotion,
  • stress,
  • danger,
  • struggle,
  • heartache,
  • discontent,
  • unrest,
  • woe,
  • sorrow,
  • agitation,
  • suffering,
  • strife,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • concern.

• v.

  •block (verb)
  • dam,
  • stonewall,
  • brake,
  • choke,
  • clog,
  • shut out,
  • stall,
  • occlude,
  • intercept,
  • take out of play,
  • hold up,
  • stopper,
  • arrest,
  • stop,
  • cut off,
  • impede,
  • bar,
  • hinder,
  • check,
  • tackle,
  • thwart,
  • catch,
  • fill,
  • congest,
  • stymie,
  • shut off,
  • prevent,
  • interfere with,
  • close off,
  • barricade,
  • charge,
  • plug,
  • blockade,
  • stop up,
  • close,
  • close out,
  • deter,
  • block out,
  • halt.
  •bog down (verb)
  • sink,
  • slow up,
  • slow down,
  • decelerate,
  • set back,
  • slacken,
  • retard.
  •bother, trouble (verb)
  • inconvenience.
  •cause mental discomfort (verb)
  • embarrass.
  •change (verb)
  • hang up.
  •circumvent, nip in the bud (verb)
  • foil.
  •confine, limit situation or ability to participate (verb)
  • restrict.
  •defer, postpone (verb)
  • shelve,
  • shelf.
  •delay, catch up in (verb)
  • mire.
  •detain (verb)
  • buttonhole,
  • bust,
  • constrain,
  • put away,
  • ice,
  • bog down,
  • intern,
  • nab,
  • apprehend,
  • pull in,
  • confine,
  • jail,
  • inhibit,
  • run in,
  • restrain,
  • withhold,
  • pick up,
  • send up,
  • pinch.
  •embarrass (verb)
  • throw,
  • nonplus,
  • perplex,
  • agitate,
  • tease,
  • disturb,
  • abash,
  • rattle,
  • discomfit,
  • dumbfound,
  • stun,
  • puzzle,
  • discompose,
  • chagrin,
  • distract,
  • distress,
  • give a bad time,
  • annoy,
  • show up,
  • faze,
  • bother,
  • mortify,
  • fluster,
  • bug,
  • let down,
  • shame,
  • perturb,
  • give a hard time,
  • catch one short,
  • discombobulate,
  • make a monkey of,
  • upset,
  • discountenance,
  • put on the spot,
  • confuse,
  • put in a hole,
  • irk,
  • plague,
  • bewilder,
  • throw into a tizzy,
  • put out of countenance,
  • put in a spot,
  • disconcert.
  •encumber (verb)
  • handicap,
  • overburden,
  • hog-tie,
  • weight,
  • lade,
  • cramp,
  • trammel,
  • tax,
  • overload,
  • hamper,
  • saddle,
  • obstruct,
  • weigh down,
  • saddle with,
  • oppress,
  • make difficult,
  • incommode,
  • discommode.
  •fetter (verb)
  • cuff,
  • shackle,
  • bind,
  • drag feet,
  • chain,
  • leash,
  • handcuff,
  • encumber,
  • repress,
  • throw monkey wrench in,
  • hamstring,
  • curb,
  • hold captive,
  • manacle,
  • hobble,
  • put straitjacket on.
  •foil (verb)
  • buffalo,
  • outwit,
  • run circles around,
  • dash,
  • beat,
  • get around,
  • disappoint,
  • crimp,
  • dodge,
  • upset the apple cart,
  • Juke,
  • foul up,
  • baffle,
  • run rings around,
  • nullify,
  • skip,
  • counter,
  • frustrate,
  • bollix,
  • shuffle off,
  • give the slip,
  • shake off,
  • ditch,
  • defeat,
  • balk,
  • elude,
  • checkmate,
  • crab,
  • duck,
  • bilk,
  • shake,
  • give the run-around.
  •frustrate (verb)
  • conquer,
  • obviate,
  • discourage,
  • dash one's hope,
  • lick,
  • negate,
  • forbid,
  • cramp one's style,
  • stump,
  • give the run around,
  • depress,
  • cancel,
  • overcome,
  • confront,
  • prohibit,
  • forestall,
  • counteract,
  • render null and void,
  • upset the applecart,
  • neutralize,
  • annul,
  • ruin,
  • preclude,
  • dishearten,
  • circumvent.
  •hamper (verb)
  • drag one's feet,
  • tie,
  • get in the way,
  • fetter,
  • tie up,
  • tie one's hands,
  • cumber,
  • entangle.
  •handcuff (verb)
  • Inc.
  •hobble (verb)
  • fasten,
  • gimp,
  • put a crimp in,
  • Entrammel.
  •hog-tie (verb)
  • hog tie,
  • hogtie.
  •impede (verb)
  • freeze,
  • shut down,
  • blow whistle on,
  • oppose,
  • slow,
  • flag one,
  • disrupt,
  • interfere.
  •incommode (verb)
  • discomfort.
  •inconvenience (verb)
  • disoblige,
  • try,
  • make it tough,
  • meddle,
  • give trouble,
  • put to trouble,
  • aggravate,
  • exasperate.
  •inhibit (verb)
  • bridle,
  • suppress,
  • sandbag,
  • taboo,
  • interdict,
  • enjoin,
  • outlaw,
  • avert,
  • hold in,
  • put on brakes,
  • bit,
  • keep in,
  • hold back,
  • ward,
  • hold down.
  •interfere (verb)
  • conflict,
  • horn in,
  • busybody,
  • barge in,
  • interlope,
  • butt in,
  • intrude,
  • get involved,
  • step in,
  • jam,
  • intermediate,
  • intermit,
  • obtrude,
  • intercede,
  • Intermeddle,
  • tamper,
  • mix in,
  • poke nose in,
  • make,
  • remit,
  • fool with,
  • interpose.
  •mire (verb)
  • embroil,
  • cling,
  • soil,
  • snare,
  • enmesh,
  • flounder,
  • implicate,
  • dirty,
  • involve,
  • entrap,
  • ensnare,
  • tangle,
  • stick,
  • trap.
  •obstruct (verb)
  • interrupt,
  • shield,
  • throttle,
  • obscure,
  • terminate,
  • monkey with,
  • hide,
  • mask.
  •prohibit (verb)
  • put down,
  • rule out,
  • lock up,
  • disallow,
  • Forfend,
  • pass on,
  • box in,
  • jam up,
  • bottle up,
  • zing,
  • nix,
  • debar,
  • keep lid on,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • ban,
  • veto,
  • proscribe,
  • put a lock on,
  • kill,
  • put half nelson on,
  • cool,
  • cork,
  • throw cold water on,
  • gridlock,
  • put chill on,
  • spike,
  • put a stopper in.
  •resign (verb)
  • forgo,
  • step down,
  • give up the ship,
  • turn over,
  • walk out,
  • quit,
  • stand aside,
  • capitulate,
  • sign off,
  • cease work,
  • wash hands of,
  • end service,
  • cede,
  • stand down,
  • bail out,
  • throw in the towel,
  • Demit,
  • divorce oneself from,
  • separate oneself from,
  • hand in resignation,
  • hand over.
  •restrict (verb)
  • moderate,
  • Prelimit,
  • bound,
  • delimit,
  • decrease,
  • pin down,
  • keep within limits,
  • temper,
  • qualify,
  • demarcate,
  • contain,
  • put on ice,
  • regulate,
  • hem in,
  • cool down,
  • modify,
  • define,
  • encircle,
  • enclose,
  • constrict,
  • keep within bounds,
  • surround,
  • narrow,
  • circumscribe,
  • delimitate,
  • tether,
  • shorten,
  • demark,
  • contract,
  • come down on,
  • shut in,
  • reduce,
  • shrink,
  • diminish,
  • inclose.
  •set back (verb)
  • embog,
  • reverse.
  •spite (verb)
  • gall,
  • persecute,
  • begrudge,
  • provoke,
  • beset,
  • louse up,
  • harm,
  • grudge,
  • nettle,
  • cramp style,
  • harass,
  • get even,
  • pique,
  • needle,
  • injure,
  • vex.
  •stymie (verb)
  • corner,
  • dead-end,
  • snooker,
  • confound,
  • throw a monkey wrench into,
  • mystify,
  • hang fire.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • hang out,
  • indignity,
  • difficulty,
  • washday,
  • launderette,
  • washing day,
  • laundry,
  • dry clean,
  • laundromat,
  • iron-on,
  • ironing,
  • dhobi,
  • washing.
  •
  • drip-dry,
  • waterproof,
  • wash,
  • detain,
  • wash out,
  • humiliation,
  • boil,
  • degradation,
  • launder,
  • load.
  •
  • delay,
  • habit,
  • reproach,
  • embarrassment,
  • lag,
  • spectacle,
  • come off,
  • disgrace.
  •
  • iron,
  • trouble,
  • suspend.
  •
  • press,
  • spin,
  • put out.
  •
  • come out.
  •
  • phase out,
  • save on,
  • swear off,
  • lay down,
  • lay up,
  • save,
  • deep-six,
  • lay aside,
  • saver,
  • skimp.
  •
  • air.
  •bog down
  • Sank,
  • slowed up,
  • slowed down,
  • slackening,
  • Slackened,
  • slackens.
  •fixation
  • obsession.
  •hang-up
  • hitch,
  • snag,
  • rub.
  •problem
  • psychological block.
  •prohibit
  • passed on,
  • nixing,
  • corking,
  • boxes in,
  • passes on,
  • locked up,
  • corked,
  • put lock on,
  • zinging,
  • locking up,
  • gridlocked,
  • passing on.
  •shelve
  • Shelving,
  • mothballs,
  • Prorogued,
  • put on back burner,
  • prorogues,
  • hold over,
  • lays aside,
  • laid aside,
  • held over,
  • prorogue,
  • put aside,
  • sidelined,
  • mothballing,
  • put on hold,
  • mothballed,
  • putting on hold,
  • Proroguing,
  • mothball.
  •stop
  • cool it,
  • break,
  • pull up,
  • blow off,
  • draw up,
  • refrain,
  • stand,
  • cold turkey,
  • tarry,
  • pause,
  • finish,
  • come to a standstill,
  • be over,
  • run its course.
  •stymie
  • snookered,
  • dead-ends,
  • hangs fire,
  • hanging fire.

Antonyms for Hang up:

• n.

  • absorption
    distraction, boredom.
  • addiction
    dislike, indifference, hate.
  • aggravation
    calmness, pleasure, health, ease, happiness.
  • complex
    sanity, balance.
  • compulsion
    free will, license, liberty, freedom, independence.
  • constraint
    arrogance, confidence, allowance, discouragement, permission, aggression, pride, hindrance, liberation, boldness, deterrent.
  • custom
    departure, irregularity, divergence, deviation, difference.
  • drag
    assistance, joy, good health.
  • fascination
    disinterest, ugliness, repulsion.
  • fixation
    hatred.
  • hang-up
    calm, peace, tranquility, solution.
  • hindrance
    advantage, promotion, opening, encouragement, expedition.
  • hitch
    chance, opportunity, continuation.
  • mania
    soundness, conformity.
  • obsession
    reality.
  • obstacle
    clearance, blessing.
  • phobia
    affection, like, loving, liking.
  • predicament
    boon, success, good fortune, agreement, breakthrough, closure.
  • quandary
    certainty.
  • restriction
    expansion, enlargement.
  • trouble
    contentment, satisfaction, organization, fitness, harmony.
  • way
    end, inactivity, inaction, disorganization, idleness, ignorance.

• v.

  • block
    begin, liberate, facilitate, support, give, help, free, start, release, unblock, encourage, aid, open, assist, promote, further, continue, Unstop, let up, let go, advance, push, permit, forward, allow.
  • detain
    offer.
  • embarrass
    clear up, appease, organize, order, comfort, explain, gladden, clarify, make happy, enlighten, delight, quiet, please, soothe.
  • encumber
    benefit, unburden, exonerate, boost, clear.
  • fetter
    expedite, loosen, loose.
  • finish
    destroy, leave, schedule, initiate, introduce, fail, miss, commence, forget, neglect, not finish, save, create, unsettle, bear, ignore, keep, overlook, store, set up, disregard.
  • foil
    face, meet, lose, abet, surrender, inspirit, placate.
  • frustrate
    cooperate, retreat, hearten, approve, yield, give up, validate.
  • hamper
    untie, unfasten.
  • hobble
    disconnect, walk, run, detach, go, move.
  • impede
    unclog.
  • inconvenience
    be convenient, arrange.
  • mire
    exclude, uncomplicate, untwist, clean, remove, untangle.
  • obstruct
    reveal, lay bare, unplug, uncover, unmask.
  • prohibit
    include, favor.
  • quit
    come, join, remain, enter, pursue, stay, arrive, come in.
  • resign
    assert, take on, hold, agree, claim, win, defend, fight, retain.
  • restrict
    expand, grow, enlarge, lengthen, unbind, develop, unloose, raise, stretch, extend, increase.
  • retard
    hurry, rush, strengthen, persevere, speed, DO, hasten, maintain.
  • shelve
    go ahead, carry out.
  • spite
    fix, forgive, mend, love.
  • stop
    restart, give birth.
  • stymie
    explicate.
  • suspend
    carry on, sustain, add, persist, complete, finish, accept, take away, keep on, forge, rise, disjoin.

Hyponym for Hang up:

• v.

  • change
    break off, cut short, break short.
  • contact
    replace, put back.