Definition for Intermit:

• Intermitting.

Synonyms for Intermit:

• n.

  •break (noun)
  • break.

• v.

  •communication (verb)
  • pause,
  • intermit.
  •halt (verb)
  • hold back,
  • draw up,
  • pull up,
  • balk,
  • punctuate,
  • interrupt,
  • cut short,
  • wait,
  • rest,
  • frustrate,
  • stem.
  •suspend (verb)
  • file,
  • debar,
  • omit,
  • count out,
  • eject,
  • exclude,
  • hang,
  • pink-slip,
  • eliminate,
  • lay off,
  • rule out,
  • can,
  • break up,
  • reject,
  • pigeonhole.

• Other synonyms:

  •cease
  • bring to an end,
  • quit cold turkey,
  • call it quits,
  • call it a day,
  • cut it out,
  • surcease,
  • pack in,
  • come to an end,
  • packed in,
  • give over,
  • Intermitting,
  • Intermitted,
  • bring to end,
  • packs in,
  • giving over,
  • calls it quits,
  • call a day.

Antonyms for Intermit:

• v.

  • cease
    create, carry on, keep on, begin, commence, continue, go, DO, complete, initiate, restart, bear, start, persevere, open.
  • defer
    support, further, encourage, forge, force, expedite, allow, promote, hurry, carry out, forward, aid, let go, maintain, shorten, abbreviate, help, advance, hasten, facilitate, push, assist.
  • delay
    leave, finish, unblock, abandon, permit, liberate, dispatch, speed, release, free, rush.
  • halt
    urge, speak smoothly, stimulate.
  • interfere
    benefit, abet.
  • remit
    grow, approve, incriminate, censure, aggravate, extend, strengthen, develop, hold, charge, enlarge, expand, magnify, irritate, sentence, raise, increase, intensify, rise, condemn, prolong, incite, blame, keep, leave alone, worry, accuse, punish.
  • suspend
    include, accept, add, persist, sustain.

• v. t.

  • Other antonyms:
    institute, enter upon, inaugurate, originate, set about.

Intermit Sentence Examples:

• For in fact I had no right to allow myself to be withdrawn from a duty which I had regularly performed, as long as I was well, by any personal misfortune; nor do I think that anything that can happen will cause a man of principle to intermit a duty.

• I set, as it were, the small tick of my own poor watch by it - which private register would thump or intermit in agreement with these indications.

Hypernym for Intermit:

• v.

  • communication
    catch one's breath, take ten, breathe, take five, rest, take a breather.

Hyponym for Intermit:

• v.

  • communication
    break up, disrupt, cut off, interrupt.