Synonyms for Pause:

• n.

  •
  • cut,
  • cause doubt,
  • confuse,
  • disable,
  • create suspicion,
  • flash,
  • disengage,
  • flip off,
  • flick,
  • create uncertainty,
  • deactivate,
  • cannibalize,
  • immobilize.
  •
  • decide,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • panel,
  • dither.
  •act (noun)
  • pause.
  •adjournment (noun)
  • pro rogations,
  • pro-rogations,
  • putting offs,
  • pro rogation,
  • prorogations,
  • pro-rogation.
  •break (noun)
  • inter-lude,
  • re spite,
  • inter ludes,
  • inter lude,
  • re-spite,
  • re spites,
  • inter-ludes,
  • re-spites,
  • Apneas.
  •cessation (noun)
  • discontinuance,
  • hiatus,
  • closure,
  • cessation,
  • stoppage,
  • standstill,
  • ending,
  • termination,
  • abandonment.
  •coffee break (noun)
  • tea break.
  •deadlock (noun)
  • gridlock,
  • predicaments,
  • quandary,
  • predicament.
  •deferment/deferral (noun)
  • de-ferments,
  • de ferments.
  •detente (noun)
  • pre caution,
  • pre-cautions,
  • pre-caution,
  • pre cautions.
  •discontinuation (noun)
  • dis continuation,
  • dis-continuations,
  • dis-continuation,
  • dis continuations.
  •discontinuity (noun)
  • dis continuities,
  • dis-continuity,
  • dis-continuities,
  • dis continuity.
  •downtime (noun)
  • 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.
  •gap (noun)
  • ravine,
  • cloves,
  • gaps,
  • Interspace.
  •halt (noun)
  • screeching halts.
  •hesitation (noun)
  • 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.
  •inactivity (noun)
  • rest.
  •indecisiveness (noun)
  • in decisiveness,
  • in-decisiveness,
  • in-decisivenesses,
  • in decisivenesses.
  •interim (noun)
  • interregna,
  • take tens,
  • meanwhiles.
  •intermission (noun)
  • quiescency.
  •interruption (noun)
  • hitch,
  • relief,
  • interval,
  • interlude.
  •interspace (noun)
  • inter space,
  • inter-spaces,
  • inter-space,
  • inter spaces.
  •leisure (noun)
  • vacant hour,
  • idle hours,
  • one's own sweet time,
  • leisure,
  • re-creation,
  • requiescence,
  • spare moments,
  • spare moment,
  • unemployment,
  • sabbatical,
  • re-creations.
  •nap (noun)
  • few zs,
  • micro sleeps,
  • few ze,
  • few z',
  • micro-sleeps,
  • micro-sleep,
  • micro sleep,
  • microsleeps,
  • few z.
  •recess (noun)
  • re cesses,
  • re-cesses,
  • re cess,
  • re-cess.
  •rest (noun)
  • breather,
  • somnolence,
  • motionlessness,
  • dreaminess.
  •scruple (noun)
  • reconsideration,
  • scruples,
  • Reluctancy,
  • superego,
  • reconsiderations,
  • Superegos,
  • squeamishness,
  • scruple.
  •stammer (noun)
  • stuttering,
  • stammering.
  •stammering (noun)
  • sputterings.
  •standstill (noun)
  • dead stops,
  • in-actions,
  • in-action.
  •stop (noun)
  • blank wall,
  • brick wall.
  •suspension (noun)
  • concludings,
  • discontinuings,
  • heaveho,
  • heave hos,
  • heave-hos,
  • heavehos,
  • heave ho,
  • disbarments.
  •time-out (noun)
  • time out,
  • short break,
  • timeout.
  •time off (noun)
  • day offs,
  • time-off,
  • mental health days.
  •truce (noun)
  • re-conciliations,
  • winddowns,
  • re-conciliation,
  • winddown,
  • deescalations,
  • wind-downs,
  • de escalations,
  • de escalation,
  • de-escalations,
  • wind downs,
  • temporary peaces,
  • re conciliation.
  •wait, delay (noun)
  • layoff,
  • pausation,
  • hush,
  • break-off,
  • comma,
  • stillness,
  • breathing space,
  • abeyance,
  • caesura,
  • rest period,
  • respite,
  • happy hour.

• v.

  •abide (verb)
  • sticked around,
  • stuck around,
  • sticks around,
  • sticking around.
  •cease (verb)
  • interrupt,
  • end,
  • quit,
  • abandon,
  • cease,
  • remit,
  • terminate,
  • suspend,
  • culminate,
  • close,
  • refrain.
  •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.
  •demur (verb)
  • 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.
  •desist (verb)
  • 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.
  •discontinue (verb)
  • 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.
  •forbear (verb)
  • 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.
  •halt (verb)
  • 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.
  •hang back (verb)
  • 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.
  •hesitate (verb)
  • delay,
  • recoil,
  • wait,
  • balk,
  • shrink,
  • falter.
  •hold up (verb)
  • 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.
  •interrupt (verb)
  • postpone,
  • snag,
  • reprieve,
  • relieve.
  •loiter (verb)
  • 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.
  •procrastinate (verb)
  • 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.
  •pull up (verb)
  • 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.
  •remain (verb)
  • 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.
  •rest (verb)
  • fix,
  • still,
  • tranquilize,
  • sleep,
  • subside,
  • settle down,
  • vegetate,
  • stagnate,
  • slumber,
  • becalm,
  • quiet,
  • calm,
  • settle,
  • mark time.
  •stammer (verb)
  • re peat,
  • re-peats,
  • re-peat,
  • re peats.
  •stand (verb)
  • 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.
  •stay (verb)
  • 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.
  •stop (verb)
  • hold,
  • freeze.
  •tarry (verb)
  • 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.
  •vacillate (verb)
  • 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.
  •wait, delay (verb)
  • 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.
  •waver (verb)
  • 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:

  •
  • 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.
  •
  • lull,
  • holding pattern,
  • indecision,
  • pull out,
  • cooling-off period,
  • safety catch,
  • remission,
  • vacillation,
  • safety valve,
  • fast forward,
  • plateau,
  • bide,
  • to and fro.
  •
  • discontinuation,
  • rewind,
  • linger,
  • safety,
  • timidity.
  •
  • lag,
  • stagger,
  • dial,
  • console,
  • treble,
  • switch,
  • lever,
  • wobble,
  • breathe.
  •
  • knob.
  •
  • notice.
  •
  • release,
  • control.
  •
  • catch.
  •abide
  • Paused,
  • stick around.
  •deadlock
  • stalemate.
  •disagree
  • demur.
  •hang back
  • stay back,
  • dropping behind,
  • shrink back,
  • drop behind,
  • lag behind,
  • drops behind,
  • hang off,
  • lagging behind,
  • drop back.
  •hesitate
  • 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.
  •hold up
  • prorogue,
  • Proroguing,
  • set back,
  • held up,
  • prorogues,
  • Prorogued.
  •interval
  • letup.
  •lay over
  • stopover.
  •procrastinate
  • 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.
  •remain
  • 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.
  •rest
  • stretch out,
  • Resting,
  • lie still,
  • be quiet,
  • be supported,
  • stretched out.
  •stalemate
  • standoff,
  • impasse.
  •stammer
  • Stammered.
  •stop
  • come to a standstill,
  • hang it up,
  • be over,
  • hang up,
  • ran its course,
  • quit cold,
  • come to standstill,
  • run its course,
  • sign off.
  •stutter
  • hem and haw.

Paraphrases for Pause:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Pausing.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    lull, respite, breather.
  • Adverb
    pauses.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    hinges.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    interruption, suspension, adjournment, discontinuation, stoppage, cessation, interval, standstill, outage, postponement, stopover, blackout, termination.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    time-out.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    hiatus, discontinuance, disruption, let-up, time-out.

Antonyms for Pause:

• n.

  • wait, delay
    action, go, activity, advance, continuity.
  • 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.

• v.

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

Homophones for Pause:

• paws.

Hypernym for Pause:

• n.

  • act
    hesitation, halt, intermission, break, falter, respite, time out, waver, freeze, faltering, recess.
  • time
    rest period, halftime, rest, relief, dead air, caesura, respite, lull, time-out, wait, blackout, time lag, lapse, delay, hold, postponement, letup.

• v.

  • stative
    scruple, hem and haw.

Hyponym for Pause:

• n.

  • act
    inactivity.
  • time
    time interval, interval.

• v.

  • stative
    delay.