What is another word for pause?
1376 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pˈɔːz], [ pˈɔːz], [ p_ˈɔː_z]Table of Contents
Similar words for pause:- other relevant words (adjective)
- act (noun)
- adjournment (noun)
- break (noun)
- cessation (noun)
- coffee break (noun)
- deadlock (noun)
- deferment/deferral (noun)
- detente (noun)
- discontinuation (noun)
- discontinuity (noun)
- downtime (noun)
- gap (noun)
- halt (noun)
- hesitation (noun)
- inactivity (noun)
- indecisiveness (noun)
- interim (noun)
- intermission (noun)
- interruption (noun)
- interspace (noun)
- leisure (noun)
- nap (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- recess (noun)
- rest (noun)
- scruple (noun)
- stammer (noun)
- stammering (noun)
- standstill (noun)
- stop (noun)
- suspension (noun)
- time-out (noun)
- time off (noun)
- truce (noun)
- wait, delay (noun)
- abide (verb)
- cease (verb)
- check (verb)
- demur (verb)
- desist (verb)
- discontinue (verb)
- forbear (verb)
- halt (verb)
- hang back (verb)
- hesitate (verb)
- hold up (verb)
- interrupt (verb)
- loiter (verb)
- procrastinate (verb)
- pull up (verb)
- remain (verb)
- rest (verb)
- stammer (verb)
- stand (verb)
- stay (verb)
- stop (verb)
- tarry (verb)
- vacillate (verb)
- wait, delay (verb)
- waver (verb)
- other synonyms
- abide
- deadlock
- disagree
- hang back
- hesitate
- hold up
- interval
- lay over
- other relevant words
- procrastinate
- remain
- rest
- stalemate
- stammer
- stop
- stutter
Synonyms for Pause:
adj.
•Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
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- cut,
- cause doubt,
- confuse,
- disable,
- create suspicion,
- flash,
- disengage,
- flip off,
- flick,
- create uncertainty,
- deactivate,
- cannibalize,
- immobilize.
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- decide,
- Shilly-shally,
- panel,
- dither.
- re-pose,
- time on one hand,
- time on one's hand,
- time on hands,
- time on ones hands,
- time ones hand,
- spare times,
- re pose,
- time ones hands,
- time hand,
- time on hand,
- breathing spells,
- time on ones hand,
- time one's hand,
- free times,
- time one's hands,
- time one hands,
- time on one hands,
- time one hand,
- time kill,
- time burn,
- time hands.
- ravine,
- cloves,
- gaps,
- Interspace.
- de-laying,
- un willingness,
- mis trust,
- dawdlings,
- delayings,
- un-willingness,
- un-willingnesses,
- in-decisions,
- in decision,
- in dispositions,
- mis-giving,
- mis giving,
- in-dispositions,
- in decisions,
- falterings,
- un willingnesses,
- mis trusts,
- in-disposition,
- demurrals,
- mis-trust,
- hemming hawing,
- in disposition,
- hemming and hawings,
- de laying,
- hemming hawings,
- in-decision.
- rest.
- vacant hour,
- idle hours,
- one's own sweet time,
- leisure,
- re-creation,
- requiescence,
- spare moments,
- spare moment,
- unemployment,
- sabbatical,
- re-creations.
- disbarment,
- adjournment,
- waverings,
- gap,
- moratorium,
- heave-ho,
- stop,
- temporary peace,
- lapse,
- free time,
- ceasefire,
- in action,
- stopping,
- time on one's hands,
- holdover,
- halt,
- nap,
- interregnum,
- demurral,
- time to burn,
- forty winks,
- wind-down,
- hemming and hawing,
- prorogation,
- take ten,
- interim,
- Interregnums,
- irresoluteness,
- procrastinations,
- deescalation,
- time-out,
- deferment,
- de-escalation,
- few z's,
- downtime,
- hesitancy,
- screeching halt,
- deadlock,
- suspension,
- mental health day,
- to-and-fro,
- stay,
- wind down,
- postponement,
- fumbling,
- cul de sac,
- indecisiveness,
- truce,
- intermission,
- tentativeness,
- hesitation,
- in actions,
- interruption,
- recess,
- furlough,
- breathing spell,
- microsleep,
- stumblings,
- fumblings,
- coffee break,
- stumbling,
- procrastination,
- layover,
- time off,
- apnea,
- breath,
- cutoff,
- dead stop,
- instant,
- break,
- time to kill,
- spare time,
- day off,
- irresolution,
- timidness.
- reconsideration,
- scruples,
- Reluctancy,
- superego,
- reconsiderations,
- Superegos,
- squeamishness,
- scruple.
v.
•abide (verb) •cease (verb) •check (verb)- de lays,
- with-hold,
- re presses,
- slackening pace,
- pre venting,
- counter-acted,
- nip in bud,
- de-lays,
- with-holds,
- re pulsed,
- re-pulsed,
- re-duce,
- re duces,
- dis-courages,
- re-press,
- re duce,
- counter act,
- re pressing,
- with holds,
- re-pulse,
- pre-vents,
- re buffing,
- pre vents,
- pre-vent,
- slowing down,
- pre-venting,
- re-presses,
- with holding,
- with held,
- counter acts,
- re-buffing,
- dis courages,
- re pressed,
- re pulses,
- re buffs,
- re buff,
- re-buffed,
- re-buff,
- with hold,
- Bitting,
- re pulsing,
- re-pulses,
- nip bud,
- de-lay,
- counter acted,
- counter-acts,
- counter-acting,
- re-duces,
- re pulse,
- dis-courage,
- counter-act,
- slows down,
- re-pulsing,
- slackens pace,
- counter acting,
- slackened pace,
- de lay,
- pre vent,
- re buffed,
- holds in,
- played for time,
- re-buffs,
- holds down,
- pre-vented,
- nip the bud,
- with-held,
- dis courage,
- re press,
- reining in,
- re-pressing.
- dis-approve,
- re-fuse,
- dis-approved,
- dis approve,
- dis approving,
- re-fuses,
- re fused,
- re fuses,
- pro-tested,
- wait see,
- hem haw,
- re fuse,
- dis approves,
- re-fused,
- pro tested,
- pro testing,
- pro-testing,
- dis-approves,
- dis-approving,
- takes exception,
- took exception,
- dis approved,
- re fusing.
- gives over,
- sur-ceased,
- sur cease,
- Re sign,
- had done with,
- sur-ceasing,
- sur ceasing,
- re-sign,
- having done with,
- re signing,
- sur ceases,
- re-signs,
- re-signing,
- not did,
- hadst done with,
- sur-ceases,
- sur ceased,
- re-signed,
- haddest done with,
- sur-cease,
- hast done with,
- re signed,
- has done with,
- gave over,
- hath done with,
- re signs.
- dis sever,
- dis connecting,
- dis-connects,
- dis-unites,
- called it quits,
- inter-posed,
- calls quits,
- dis-unite,
- dis-connecting,
- dis continuing,
- dis severing,
- dis-joining,
- dis continues,
- dis-sever,
- dis joins,
- dis joining,
- dis-joins,
- dis-severs,
- dis unites,
- blows off,
- dis-continuing,
- dis-join,
- puts an end to,
- called quits,
- dis-joined,
- dis united,
- inter posing,
- dis severs,
- dis connect,
- dis-united,
- blew off,
- dis unite,
- putting an end to,
- dis-severed,
- inter posed,
- dis-connected,
- refraining from,
- bags it,
- dis-continues,
- blowing off,
- inter-posing,
- dis severed,
- dis joined,
- bagged it,
- inter pose,
- dis-severing,
- bagging it,
- call quits,
- dis continued,
- refrained from,
- dis-continue,
- calling quits,
- puts end to,
- dis connects,
- calling it quits,
- putting end to,
- inter-pose,
- dis continue,
- dis-connect,
- dis connected,
- refrains from,
- dis join,
- dis-continued.
- de-clines,
- re-straining,
- goes easy,
- re straining,
- kept from,
- de-cline,
- re-strained,
- going easy,
- keeping from,
- re-strains,
- re strain,
- re-strain,
- went easy,
- de clines,
- re strains,
- re strained,
- keeps from,
- de cline.
- bringing standstill,
- called a day,
- come an end,
- wigglewaggle,
- came to end,
- being defective,
- intermits,
- brought an end,
- cools it,
- blew the whistle on,
- brings to end,
- blew whistle on,
- comes to end,
- called it a day,
- wiggle waggle,
- brings to standstill,
- come to end,
- closes down,
- holds at bay,
- wigglewaggles,
- holding bay,
- whiffles,
- brought end,
- call it day,
- shilly shally,
- putting cork in,
- blows whistle on,
- calls day,
- calling it day,
- stands still,
- bringing to standstill,
- ceased fire,
- bring an end,
- puts a cork in,
- comes an end,
- was defective,
- bringing an end,
- ceases fire,
- wiggle-waggled,
- came to an end,
- calls it a day,
- brings standstill,
- are defective,
- came an end,
- brought to an end,
- drops anchor,
- bring end,
- calling day,
- holding at bay,
- wigglewaggled,
- cooled it,
- comes to an end,
- is defective,
- stood still,
- dropped anchor,
- wiggle waggling,
- art defective,
- blowing whistle on,
- wiggle-waggling,
- come end,
- put cork in,
- coming end,
- blows the whistle on,
- bringing to end,
- brought to end,
- brought standstill,
- hold bay,
- held at bay,
- comes end,
- holds bay,
- wiggle-waggles,
- coming to an end,
- cooling it,
- were defective,
- am defective,
- brings an end,
- calls a day,
- blowing the whistle on,
- calling it a day,
- brings end,
- held bay,
- wert defective,
- brought to standstill,
- coming an end,
- ceasing fire,
- call day,
- called it day,
- came end,
- wigglewaggling,
- calls it day,
- coming to end,
- wiggle waggles,
- putting a cork in,
- bring standstill,
- bringing to an end,
- wiggle waggled,
- wast defective,
- brings to an end,
- puts cork in,
- dropt anchor,
- bringing end,
- called day,
- calling a day.
- drops back,
- dropt behind,
- hangs off,
- lagged behind,
- hanged off,
- stays back,
- shrunk back,
- hanging off,
- staid back,
- lags behind,
- staying back,
- dropt back,
- stayed back,
- shrinks back,
- dropped behind,
- dropping back,
- shrank back,
- hung off,
- shrinking back,
- dropped back.
- de-tain,
- pro roguing,
- pro rogued,
- inter fere,
- de-tains,
- de tains,
- pro-roguing,
- de tain,
- inter feres,
- pro rogues,
- pro rogue,
- pro-rogued,
- pro-rogue,
- pro-rogues,
- inter-feres,
- inter-fere.
- gat no place fast,
- getting no place fast,
- passed time,
- gotten no place fast,
- passing time,
- passes time,
- got no place fast,
- gets no place fast.
- dragged ones feet,
- plays a waiting game,
- playing waiting game,
- drags ones feet,
- playing a waiting game,
- is dilatory,
- drags one's feet,
- wert dilatory,
- drags feet,
- was dilatory,
- post pone,
- dragged one's feet,
- gives the run around,
- dragged one feet,
- pro tracts,
- play waiting game,
- giving run around,
- pro-tracts,
- are dilatory,
- pro-longed,
- being dilatory,
- dragging one's feet,
- pro tract,
- gave run around,
- art dilatory,
- dragging feet,
- hung fire,
- were dilatory,
- drag one feet,
- played waiting game,
- played a waiting game,
- pro-long,
- pro long,
- pro longing,
- dragging ones feet,
- drag ones feet,
- dragged feet,
- pro longs,
- post pones,
- letted slide,
- gave the run around,
- hanged fire,
- pro-longing,
- pro-longs,
- giving the run around,
- gives run around,
- dragging one feet,
- lets slide,
- plays waiting game,
- pro-tract,
- post-pones,
- wast dilatory,
- drags one feet,
- am dilatory,
- letting slide.
- come a halt,
- comes to halt,
- reaches standstill,
- comes to stop,
- coming to a halt,
- fetching up,
- hauls up,
- gets there,
- coming to halt,
- comes to a stop,
- coming halt,
- came to halt,
- came a halt,
- comes halt,
- fetched up,
- fetches up,
- gotten there,
- coming stop,
- hauled up,
- comes stop,
- came a stop,
- coming a halt,
- came stop,
- came to a halt,
- coming to stop,
- came to stop,
- comes to a halt,
- came halt,
- comes a stop,
- reaching standstill,
- coming a stop,
- getting there,
- hauling up,
- reaches a standstill,
- come stop,
- reached a standstill,
- come halt,
- got there,
- coming to a stop,
- reach standstill,
- come to stop,
- came to a stop,
- come a stop,
- reaching a standstill,
- reached standstill,
- gat there,
- come to halt,
- comes a halt.
- in habits,
- in-habit,
- pre vail,
- re sides,
- putting hold,
- staid in,
- remaining standing,
- re-sided,
- staying behind,
- in-habited,
- held the fort,
- holds fort,
- out lasting,
- pre-vailed,
- re-siding,
- sat through,
- out live,
- re siding,
- art left,
- out last,
- keeping on,
- wast left,
- making camp,
- out lived,
- out-lasting,
- pre vailed,
- out lasts,
- sitting out,
- re maining,
- out-lived,
- holding fort,
- holds over,
- out-lasted,
- stayed in,
- out-lasts,
- kept on,
- stayed behind,
- were left,
- staying in,
- staid over,
- pre-vail,
- re main,
- hold fort,
- stayed over,
- puts hold,
- staid put,
- holds the fort,
- re-main,
- re-mains,
- puts on hold,
- out living,
- in habit,
- sate through,
- remained standing,
- stayed put,
- sate out,
- re-mained,
- pre vailing,
- re-side,
- out-last,
- stays behind,
- pre-vails,
- pre vails,
- re mains,
- re mained,
- being left,
- are left,
- re sided,
- is left,
- out lasted,
- re side,
- makes camp,
- made camp,
- sitting through,
- re-maining,
- remains standing,
- in habiting,
- sits out,
- holding the fort,
- wert left,
- stays in,
- held fort,
- sits through,
- am left,
- keeps on,
- out-live,
- re-sides,
- out-lives,
- in-habits,
- staid behind,
- stays over,
- put hold,
- in habited,
- in-habiting,
- stays put,
- out-living,
- out lives.
- fix,
- still,
- tranquilize,
- sleep,
- subside,
- settle down,
- vegetate,
- stagnate,
- slumber,
- becalm,
- quiet,
- calm,
- settle,
- mark time.
- are located,
- were located,
- is valid,
- wast situated,
- are valid,
- was situated,
- wast located,
- wert situated,
- am located,
- wert located,
- art valid,
- being situated,
- be-long,
- be longing,
- being located,
- wast valid,
- be longs,
- being valid,
- be-longing,
- art situated,
- am valid,
- wert valid,
- art located,
- be longed,
- were situated,
- be-longed,
- be-longs,
- are situated,
- was valid,
- am situated,
- was located,
- were valid.
- hangs in,
- out-stayed,
- out stays,
- sweats out,
- staid out,
- out stayed,
- hanged in,
- stayed out,
- stays out,
- re-spiting,
- re spiting,
- establishing oneself,
- out-stay,
- re spited,
- out-stays,
- hung in,
- sweats it out,
- sweated it out,
- out staying,
- putting down roots,
- staying out,
- sweating it out,
- establishes oneself,
- re-spited,
- out stay,
- sweated out,
- out-staying,
- puts down roots,
- established oneself.
- holding phone,
- loses time,
- takes time,
- taking time,
- lost time,
- hold phone,
- goofing around,
- warming chair,
- take one time,
- took time,
- takes one time,
- holding the phone,
- goofed around,
- held phone,
- took one time,
- stopt over,
- take ones time,
- warming a chair,
- taking ones time,
- goofs around,
- warmed chair,
- holds the phone,
- takes one's time,
- warm chair,
- losing time,
- warmed a chair,
- taking one time,
- takes ones time,
- took one's time,
- took ones time,
- warms chair,
- stopped over,
- holds phone,
- held the phone,
- stops over,
- warms a chair.
- fence straddle,
- run hot cold,
- yo yos,
- fence-straddles,
- is indecisive,
- changing mind,
- changed mind,
- yo yoing,
- running hot cold,
- ran hot and cold,
- runs hot and cold,
- yo yoed,
- art indecisive,
- fencestraddle,
- ran hot cold,
- yoyoing,
- wert indecisive,
- fencestraddles,
- was indecisive,
- were indecisive,
- changes mind,
- yoyoed,
- fence straddling,
- wast indecisive,
- yo yo,
- fencestraddled,
- fence-straddled,
- pussyfoots around,
- yo-yoing,
- are indecisive,
- pussyfooting around,
- yoyos,
- fence straddles,
- yo-yoed,
- fence straddled,
- pussyfooted around,
- being indecisive,
- runs hot cold,
- fencestraddling.
- take a breather,
- take a break,
- sideline,
- stop briefly,
- reflect,
- call time,
- deliberate,
- catch one's breath,
- hold back,
- break it up,
- take five,
- shake.
- de liberating,
- was unable to decide,
- art unable to decide,
- de-liberating,
- wast unable decide,
- de-liberates,
- is unable to decide,
- are unable decide,
- being unable to decide,
- be unable decide,
- wast unable to decide,
- is unable decide,
- dilly dally,
- was unable decide,
- am unable to decide,
- de liberate,
- were unable decide,
- art unable decide,
- de liberates,
- de liberated,
- being unable decide,
- de-liberated,
- am unable decide,
- wert unable decide,
- are unable to decide,
- de-liberate,
- wert unable to decide,
- were unable to decide.
Other synonyms:
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- drop,
- sit out,
- adjourn,
- throw aside,
- pack up,
- master switch,
- mothball,
- lacuna,
- move over,
- pack in,
- timespan,
- toggle switch,
- lie over,
- slippage,
- time lag,
- apostrophe,
- think twice,
- lay off,
- grace period,
- time-switch,
- forsake,
- back away,
- discontinuity,
- response time,
- tear away.
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- lull,
- holding pattern,
- indecision,
- pull out,
- cooling-off period,
- safety catch,
- remission,
- vacillation,
- safety valve,
- fast forward,
- plateau,
- bide,
- to and fro.
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- discontinuation,
- rewind,
- linger,
- safety,
- timidity.
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- knob.
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•
- notice.
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- catch.
- stay back,
- dropping behind,
- shrink back,
- drop behind,
- lag behind,
- drops behind,
- hang off,
- lagging behind,
- drop back.
- think about,
- pulls back,
- Floundered,
- be irresolute,
- thinks about,
- stutter,
- pulled back,
- Hesitated,
- thought about,
- sit on fence,
- shy away,
- be unwilling,
- thinking twice,
- pull back,
- pulling back,
- be reluctant,
- thinking about,
- hold off.
- procrastinate,
- Filibustering,
- Shying,
- withhold,
- interpose,
- drop anchor,
- be located,
- Shied,
- held down,
- blow the whistle on,
- loiter,
- reined in,
- blow off,
- cease fire,
- close down,
- Idled,
- Harnessing,
- closed down,
- goof around,
- bring to end,
- Forbore,
- Respiting,
- Repulsing,
- limp,
- fence-straddling,
- abide,
- Respited,
- wiggle-waggle,
- hold down,
- dropping anchor,
- have done with,
- sweating out,
- Intermitted,
- rein in,
- keeping back,
- playing for time,
- get there,
- bottlenecking,
- YOYO,
- idles,
- bring to an end,
- outstay,
- dithering,
- outstays,
- pull up,
- Stickling,
- giving over,
- be indecisive,
- lose time,
- call it a day,
- shies,
- Sauntered,
- stop over,
- reins in,
- haul up,
- be valid,
- stay out,
- desist,
- withholds,
- come to an end,
- remain,
- hobble,
- hesitate,
- filibustered,
- take exception,
- closing down,
- hold up,
- be defective,
- fetch up,
- break off,
- Bitted,
- come to a stop,
- kept back,
- refrain from,
- tooling,
- standing still,
- blow whistle on,
- is located,
- shillyshally,
- inhibits,
- fence-straddle,
- holds back,
- yo-yos,
- slowed down,
- Stickled,
- put end to,
- hang in,
- slacken pace,
- calls it quits,
- neutralize,
- cool it,
- pass time,
- slow down,
- plays for time,
- dithered,
- surcease,
- is situated,
- vacillate,
- stickle,
- bring to standstill,
- take time,
- put down roots,
- outstaying,
- hold in,
- keep from,
- warm a chair,
- give up,
- not do,
- call it quits,
- Whiffling,
- running hot and cold,
- take one's time,
- pussyfoot around,
- keeps back,
- tarry,
- go easy,
- Interrupting,
- Forgone,
- be unable to decide,
- establish oneself,
- stand,
- keep back,
- stickles,
- outstayed,
- be situated,
- put a cork in,
- pussyfoot,
- tooled,
- check,
- come to a halt,
- reach a standstill,
- holding in,
- sweat out,
- stand still,
- hang back,
- hold at bay,
- Intermitting,
- held in,
- stammer,
- put an end to,
- call a day,
- Loitered,
- sweat it out,
- bag it,
- Whiffle,
- yo-yo,
- Whiffled,
- taking one's time,
- remonstrate,
- hold the phone,
- discontinue,
- waver,
- change mind,
- get no place fast,
- stopping over,
- give over,
- intervenes,
- intermit,
- forbear,
- Limped,
- taking exception,
- bottlenecked,
- play for time,
- be long,
- run hot and cold.
- be dilatory,
- let slide,
- give run around,
- drag one's feet,
- hang fire,
- hanging fire,
- hangs fire,
- play a waiting game,
- drag feet,
- give the run around.
- stay put,
- stay over,
- Roosted,
- was left,
- be left,
- Bunking,
- hold over,
- hold the fort,
- putting on hold,
- make camp,
- stay behind,
- hang out,
- Roosting,
- sit through,
- nested,
- Bivouacked,
- staying put,
- remain standing,
- Lasted,
- held over,
- put on hold,
- staying over,
- bivouacking,
- stay in,
- Bunked,
- sat out,
- bivouacs,
- nesting,
- bivouac.
Paraphrases for Pause:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
Pausing.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Adverb
pauses.
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Adverb
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
hinges.
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Noun, singular or mass
interruption, suspension, adjournment, discontinuation, stoppage, cessation, interval, standstill, outage, postponement, stopover, blackout, termination.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Adjective
time-out.
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Noun, singular or mass
hiatus, discontinuance, disruption, let-up, time-out.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Pause:
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n.
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wait, delay
action, go, activity, advance, continuity.
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Other antonyms:
extension, progression, confidence, institute, prolongation, initiate, progress, certainty, determination, continuation, readiness, persistence, originate, sureness, begin, eagerness, resoluteness, commence, enter upon, endurance, decisiveness, inaugurate, alacrity, set about, certitude, firmness, start, resolution.
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wait, delay
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v.
Homophones for Pause:
- paws.
Hypernym for Pause:
n.
v.
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stative
scruple, hem and haw.
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stative
Hyponym for Pause:
n.
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act
inactivity.
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time
time interval, interval.
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act
v.
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stative
delay.
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stative