Definition for Pause:

• To cause to stop or rest; - used reflexively.

Synonyms for Pause:

• n.

  •
  • give up,
  • interim,
  • drop,
  • continuation,
  • prolongation,
  • lapse,
  • hesitancy,
  • stopover,
  • breather.
  •
  • andante,
  • steadiness,
  • allegro,
  • ceaselessness,
  • truce,
  • deadlock,
  • clef,
  • persistence,
  • interregnum,
  • ARR,
  • bar,
  • adagio,
  • lull.
  •
  • deactivate,
  • disengage,
  • cut,
  • confuse,
  • flick,
  • flash,
  • disable,
  • immobilize,
  • cannibalize.
  •
  • abide,
  • tarry,
  • bide,
  • continue,
  • linger.
  •
  • decide,
  • vacillate,
  • control,
  • dither,
  • wobble,
  • lever,
  • knob,
  • stagger,
  • panel,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • dial,
  • console,
  • release.
  •cessation (noun)
  • closure,
  • stoppage,
  • ending,
  • abandonment,
  • cessation,
  • interruption,
  • standstill,
  • termination,
  • discontinuance,
  • hiatus.
  •coffee break (noun)
  • tea break.
  •deadlock (noun)
  • stalemate,
  • gridlock.
  •ending (noun)
  • cessation.
  •gap (noun)
  • Interspace.
  •inactivity (noun)
  • rest.
  •interruption (noun)
  • interlude,
  • postponement,
  • suspension,
  • hitch,
  • relief,
  • interval.
  •layover (noun)
  • stopover.
  •leisure (noun)
  • leisure.
  •pause (noun)
  • hesitate,
  • intermit,
  • suspension,
  • break,
  • interruption,
  • intermission.
  •rest (noun)
  • breather.
  •scruple (noun)
  • scruple.
  •stalemate (noun)
  • impasse.
  •stop (noun)
  • discontinuation,
  • standstill,
  • discontinuity.
  •time (noun)
  • break,
  • suspension,
  • interruption,
  • intermission.
  •wait, delay (noun)
  • comma,
  • hesitancy,
  • gap,
  • cutoff,
  • recess,
  • interregnum,
  • breathing space,
  • freeze,
  • layoff,
  • discontinuance,
  • interruption,
  • interval,
  • rest,
  • interim,
  • respite,
  • abeyance,
  • break,
  • hesitation,
  • lacuna,
  • stopover,
  • gridlock,
  • hush,
  • standstill,
  • breathing spell,
  • downtime,
  • pausation,
  • intermission,
  • deadlock,
  • stand,
  • letup,
  • lapse,
  • hiatus,
  • caesura,
  • happy hour,
  • halt,
  • hitch,
  • stay,
  • interlude,
  • suspension,
  • stillness,
  • coffee break,
  • cessation,
  • lull,
  • stoppage,
  • rest period.

• v.

  •cease (verb)
  • close,
  • stop,
  • culminate,
  • quit,
  • forbear,
  • cease,
  • stay,
  • desist,
  • discontinue,
  • suspend,
  • halt,
  • remit,
  • terminate,
  • break,
  • refrain,
  • interrupt,
  • end,
  • abandon.
  •ceases (verb)
  • refrain,
  • cease,
  • quit,
  • halt,
  • stop,
  • abandon,
  • interrupt,
  • discontinue,
  • suspend,
  • stay,
  • terminate,
  • remit,
  • culminate,
  • break,
  • close,
  • end,
  • desist.
  •hesitate (verb)
  • falter,
  • hesitate,
  • delay,
  • recoil,
  • shrink,
  • balk,
  • wait.
  •interrupt (verb)
  • postpone,
  • snag,
  • recess,
  • relieve,
  • reprieve.
  •rest (verb)
  • fix,
  • stand,
  • mark time,
  • rest,
  • quiet,
  • calm,
  • vegetate,
  • becalm,
  • settle,
  • stagnate,
  • slumber,
  • subside,
  • still,
  • tranquilize,
  • sleep,
  • settle down.
  •stative (verb)
  • hesitate.
  •stop (verb)
  • hold,
  • freeze.
  •wait, delay (verb)
  • cease,
  • deliberate,
  • drop,
  • shake,
  • hold back,
  • think twice,
  • catch one's breath,
  • interrupt,
  • take ten,
  • hesitate,
  • desist,
  • break it up,
  • reflect,
  • take five,
  • suspend,
  • come to standstill,
  • waver,
  • stop briefly,
  • sideline,
  • take a breather,
  • call time,
  • take a break,
  • discontinue,
  • put on hold.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • drop,
  • remain,
  • tentativeness,
  • give up,
  • forsake,
  • discontinuity,
  • truce,
  • apostrophe,
  • indecisiveness,
  • lay off,
  • lacuna,
  • think twice,
  • stopping,
  • time lag,
  • irresolution,
  • irresoluteness.
  •
  • plateau,
  • timidness,
  • lull,
  • indecision,
  • vacillate,
  • to and fro,
  • remission,
  • vacillation,
  • bide.
  •
  • lapse,
  • linger,
  • hold up,
  • safety,
  • tarry,
  • discontinuation,
  • timidity.
  •
  • breathe,
  • dial,
  • stagger,
  • lever,
  • wobble,
  • treble,
  • lag,
  • console.
  •
  • knob,
  • abide.
  •
  • panel.
  •
  • release,
  • control.
  •break
  • layover.
  •deadlock
  • stalemate.
  •defer
  • procrastinate.
  •deferment
  • surcease.
  •delay
  • hesitation,
  • hesitancy.
  •disagree
  • demur.
  •falter
  • Shilly-shally,
  • stammer.
  •hang back
  • hang off.
  •hesitate
  • stutter,
  • think about,
  • pull back,
  • think twice,
  • be reluctant,
  • hold off,
  • be irresolute.
  •interval
  • interim,
  • letup,
  • interregnum.
  •lay over
  • stopover.
  •linger
  • loiter.
  •pause
  • breath.
  •postponement
  • deferment.
  •procrastinate
  • hang fire.
  •recess
  • adjournment.
  •remain
  • put on hold.
  •respite
  • coffee break.
  •rest
  • be quiet.
  •stalemate
  • impasse.
  •standstill
  • deadlock.
  •stop
  • come to standstill.
  •stutter
  • hem and haw.
  •Other relevant words:
  • span,
  • relaxation,
  • bust,
  • check,
  • hole,
  • qualm,
  • halftime,
  • recrudesce,
  • time off,
  • breathing space,
  • happen,
  • shutoff,
  • stammer,
  • timely,
  • soften,
  • day off,
  • part,
  • Haver,
  • safety,
  • give way,
  • Interspace,
  • forbear,
  • think twice about,
  • wince,
  • scruple,
  • straddle the fence,
  • prisonbreak,
  • unhesitatingly,
  • vacation,
  • take a breather,
  • jam,
  • exactly,
  • shift,
  • bashfulness,
  • be loath,
  • timidity,
  • block,
  • apostrophe,
  • early,
  • instantly,
  • holdup,
  • coffee break,
  • breathing place,
  • dilly-dally,
  • go against,
  • have qualms,
  • reveal,
  • discontinuity,
  • stop for breath,
  • baulk,
  • console,
  • steadiness,
  • let pass,
  • deliberate,
  • lightly,
  • intermezzo,
  • direct,
  • Stickling,
  • stop to consider,
  • put in order,
  • presently,
  • demure,
  • shrinking,
  • good luck,
  • right,
  • collected,
  • ceaselessness,
  • prolongation,
  • interpose,
  • dangling,
  • plateau,
  • lag,
  • stutter,
  • forsake,
  • erupt,
  • come apart,
  • detente,
  • linger,
  • blockage,
  • high time,
  • abruptly,
  • let be,
  • adagio,
  • standing still,
  • stand still,
  • sign,
  • put on hold,
  • discover,
  • caesura,
  • strain,
  • pronto,
  • boundary,
  • notation,
  • quiescent,
  • Proximately,
  • playtime,
  • fall apart,
  • reflect,
  • conveniently,
  • kick downstairs,
  • stop briefly,
  • lodge,
  • idle,
  • qualmishness,
  • hurriedly,
  • accent,
  • abide,
  • give,
  • sedate,
  • hesitance,
  • tie,
  • cut,
  • breathing spell,
  • dwell,
  • gaolbreak,
  • bide,
  • spell,
  • give away,
  • point,
  • expressly,
  • split up,
  • lock,
  • take a break,
  • let on,
  • be inactive,
  • slip,
  • rent,
  • bestow,
  • hastily,
  • hesitant,
  • obstruction,
  • irresoluteness,
  • rapidly,
  • let-up,
  • draw up,
  • collapse,
  • precisely,
  • cunctation,
  • fight shy of,
  • knob,
  • reflect on,
  • blench,
  • opening,
  • adjournment,
  • release,
  • serene,
  • indecision,
  • break out,
  • downturn,
  • while,
  • deactivate,
  • impasse,
  • be irresolute,
  • leave off,
  • rift,
  • openly,
  • accordingly,
  • speedily,
  • lessening,
  • cannibalize,
  • equable,
  • measure,
  • time,
  • give out,
  • off-hand,
  • suspension system,
  • burst,
  • catch one's breath,
  • waffle,
  • pausation,
  • entr'acte,
  • in abeyance,
  • lever,
  • bankrupt,
  • cavity,
  • tea break,
  • hesitancy,
  • detention,
  • now,
  • rip,
  • unruffled,
  • holiday,
  • quickly,
  • stagger,
  • geological fault,
  • disable,
  • surcease,
  • indecisiveness,
  • composed,
  • breaking,
  • split,
  • cool,
  • straightway,
  • trip,
  • breathing,
  • procrastination,
  • stopping,
  • fast,
  • lie to,
  • flash,
  • demurral,
  • Incontinently,
  • breakout,
  • bring out,
  • drop,
  • protest,
  • intermission,
  • treble,
  • embargo,
  • off-time,
  • segno,
  • momentarily,
  • break of serve,
  • accent mark,
  • timidness,
  • interim,
  • deferment,
  • weaken,
  • fall off,
  • damp,
  • division,
  • conclude,
  • to and fro,
  • thereupon,
  • separate,
  • shake,
  • back down,
  • stalemate,
  • hang-up,
  • mild,
  • breakage,
  • juncture,
  • key signature,
  • remission,
  • hold on,
  • imperturbable,
  • fall in,
  • temporize,
  • silent,
  • extension,
  • decide,
  • bring to,
  • be undecided,
  • hover,
  • suppress,
  • panel,
  • warmly,
  • shyness,
  • quail,
  • impassive,
  • decline,
  • sideline,
  • break off,
  • waver,
  • logjam,
  • irresolution,
  • stillness,
  • indetermination,
  • intermit,
  • forthwith,
  • placid,
  • break-in,
  • stick at,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • directly,
  • give up,
  • earnestly,
  • lunch break,
  • character,
  • peaceable,
  • immobilize,
  • breathe,
  • flinch,
  • fail,
  • take five,
  • crevice,
  • wobbling,
  • nap,
  • colon,
  • nerveless,
  • demur,
  • lay off,
  • dispassionate,
  • faire,
  • levelling off,
  • fracture,
  • go bad,
  • sober,
  • dot,
  • layoff,
  • bind,
  • tarry,
  • federal case,
  • hang back,
  • comma,
  • lively,
  • go halfway,
  • letup,
  • viz,
  • ARR,
  • hindrance,
  • dawdle,
  • hanging,
  • withdraw,
  • drop-off,
  • loiter,
  • time-out,
  • suddenly,
  • in a flash,
  • relegate,
  • jib,
  • at full tilt,
  • stop in,
  • wavering,
  • remainder,
  • promptly,
  • Delation,
  • relinquish,
  • leave alone,
  • nearly,
  • punctually,
  • explicitly,
  • clef,
  • continue,
  • gridlock,
  • truce,
  • hem and haw,
  • die,
  • expeditiously,
  • Deferring,
  • soon,
  • advertise,
  • ligature,
  • demote,
  • boggle,
  • commit,
  • time signature,
  • finish,
  • snap off,
  • without hesitation,
  • spare,
  • Fastly,
  • ponder,
  • abate,
  • fault,
  • stretch,
  • slacken,
  • leisure,
  • contiguously,
  • signature,
  • develop,
  • hold up,
  • reduction,
  • intermittence,
  • accurately,
  • pull back,
  • swell,
  • divulge,
  • yield,
  • in real time,
  • modesty,
  • properly,
  • rupture,
  • in a jiffy,
  • keep,
  • get around,
  • dampen,
  • retreat,
  • disconnect,
  • blackout,
  • gulf,
  • summarily,
  • stay of execution,
  • sojourn,
  • moderation,
  • peacefulness,
  • visit,
  • entirely,
  • word boundary,
  • symbol,
  • shy,
  • violate,
  • come,
  • arrest,
  • leeway,
  • hold back,
  • moratorium,
  • break away,
  • compunction,
  • falling out,
  • disruption,
  • lacuna,
  • smooth,
  • interregnum,
  • flick,
  • arrival,
  • remnant,
  • lagging,
  • slowdown,
  • Hinderance,
  • tranquillity,
  • hang fire,
  • wear,
  • hold off,
  • defect,
  • deadlock,
  • have doubts,
  • abatement,
  • dragging,
  • lull,
  • not move,
  • disclose,
  • breath,
  • conk out,
  • cave in,
  • deferral,
  • like now,
  • aptly,
  • persist,
  • stick,
  • repose,
  • tie up,
  • break down,
  • layover,
  • cleft,
  • sandhi,
  • better,
  • lay to,
  • space,
  • distance,
  • therewith,
  • objection,
  • Scrupulosity,
  • Vinculum,
  • be quiet,
  • crack,
  • terminal,
  • jailbreak,
  • be reluctant,
  • PRESA,
  • protraction,
  • easily,
  • hush,
  • duration,
  • prorogation,
  • stand-down,
  • slowness,
  • andante,
  • tear,
  • period,
  • scrupulousness,
  • respite,
  • retardation,
  • endure,
  • infract,
  • specially,
  • level,
  • prison-breaking,
  • faltering,
  • abeyance,
  • without further ado,
  • get out,
  • mark,
  • like lightning,
  • slack,
  • declare,
  • without delay,
  • not do,
  • cancel,
  • Fermata,
  • take breath,
  • minim,
  • closely,
  • transgress,
  • like a shot,
  • slow up,
  • persistence,
  • extend,
  • balance,
  • vacillate,
  • let out,
  • frankly,
  • breach,
  • founder,
  • break it up,
  • breathing time,
  • anchor,
  • half rest,
  • Strain at,
  • hum and haw,
  • dead stop,
  • blockade,
  • expose,
  • abstain,
  • control,
  • discontinuation,
  • open frame,
  • hang off,
  • dillydally,
  • wobble,
  • Custos,
  • intervene,
  • disjoin,
  • dally with,
  • decrease,
  • confuse,
  • cloture,
  • stopover,
  • announce,
  • dark,
  • straight off,
  • chink,
  • think twice,
  • right away,
  • compromise,
  • melt down,
  • shilly-shallying,
  • allow,
  • make bones about,
  • holdover,
  • breather,
  • quarter rest,
  • inactivity,
  • at once,
  • namely,
  • diminution,
  • Boggling,
  • siesta,
  • heave to,
  • think about,
  • remain,
  • call time,
  • stickle,
  • cut back,
  • shy at,
  • duly,
  • go,
  • correctly,
  • offend,
  • wear out,
  • hang on,
  • dally,
  • bump,
  • equivocate,
  • allegro,
  • absolutely,
  • Ceasing,
  • dwindling,
  • take ten,
  • happy hour,
  • smash,
  • tentativeness,
  • cease-fire,
  • dissever,
  • abort,
  • take time out,
  • snap the thread,
  • swiftly,
  • tempo mark,
  • severance,
  • shrink from,
  • debate,
  • fence-sitting,
  • hesitation,
  • fear,
  • vacillation,
  • time lag,
  • unwrap,
  • lead,
  • Faulting,
  • staid,
  • in no time,
  • think over,
  • impart,
  • tergiversate,
  • stall,
  • Pausing,
  • dial,
  • cocktail hour,
  • unbend,
  • suspense,
  • full stop,
  • immediately,
  • readily,
  • come to standstill,
  • reserved,
  • relax,
  • brief stop,
  • be afraid,
  • instantaneously,
  • stop short,
  • gap,
  • happy chance,
  • bide one's time,
  • cutoff,
  • peace,
  • out of hand,
  • slur,
  • stumble,
  • semicolon,
  • afterthought,
  • dither,
  • refresh,
  • extent,
  • diffidence,
  • shortly,
  • downtime,
  • burn out,
  • blunder,
  • fissure,
  • void,
  • disrupt,
  • urgently,
  • stand aloof,
  • shut down,
  • against the clock,
  • bar,
  • ruin,
  • procrastinate,
  • disengage,
  • temporary removal,
  • rest period,
  • lapse,
  • hang in suspense,
  • positively,
  • aperture.

Antonyms for Pause:

• n.

  • wait, delay
    action, advance, go, continuity, start, persistence, continuation, activity.
  • 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.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    action, activity, advance, advancement, alacrity, carry on, certainty, certitude, confidence, continuance, continuation, continue, continuity, decisiveness, determination, eagerness, endurance, extend, extension, persist, persistence, proceed, progress, progression, prolong, prolongation, readiness, resoluteness, resolution, restart, rise, start, stretch, sureness, DO.

• v.

  • wait, delay
    keep on, persist, continue, restart, rise, carry on, DO.