Synonyms for Refrain:

• n.

  •
  • let nature take its course,
  • make no move,
  • neglect,
  • omit to do something,
  • can't bring yourself to do something.
  •
  • cheer,
  • cite,
  • binomial,
  • cliche,
  • adage,
  • battle cry,
  • restraint,
  • citation,
  • catchphrase,
  • aphorism,
  • axiom.
  •
  • iamb,
  • pentameter,
  • dactyl,
  • quatrain,
  • hexameter,
  • canto,
  • foot,
  • couplet,
  • iambic,
  • heroic couplet.
  •catchword (noun)
  • by words,
  • by word.
  •chorus (noun)
  • Undersong,
  • strain,
  • theme.
  •chorus of musical piece (noun)
  • tune,
  • burden.
  •communication (noun)
  • refrain,
  • chorus.
  •cut out (noun)
  • cut.
  •litany (noun)
  • re citation,
  • in vocations,
  • re-petitions,
  • in-vocation,
  • re-citation,
  • re-petition,
  • re-citations,
  • re petitions,
  • in vocation,
  • re citations,
  • in-vocations,
  • re petition.
  •melody (noun)
  • melodiousness,
  • assonances,
  • tunefulness,
  • assonance,
  • euphony,
  • diapason,
  • lyrics,
  • Melodies,
  • musicality.
  •music (noun)
  • operas,
  • moderns,
  • rock and roll,
  • classicals,
  • bebop,
  • singing,
  • populars,
  • instrumentals,
  • heavy metal,
  • plainsong,
  • ragtime.

• v.

  •abstain (verb)
  • sitting fence,
  • giving go by,
  • sate on one hands,
  • go on wagon,
  • going wagon,
  • goes on the wagon,
  • sit hands,
  • sit on ones hands,
  • sitting one hands,
  • going on wagon,
  • sat on hands,
  • takes the pledge,
  • re-fuses,
  • sit ones hands,
  • fencesits,
  • takes the cure,
  • denies oneself,
  • sat on one's hands,
  • go wagon,
  • fencesitting,
  • sit on one hands,
  • fence sit,
  • re fuse,
  • give go by,
  • went wagon,
  • takes pledge,
  • sitting on fence,
  • sate out,
  • sate on hands,
  • sate one's hands,
  • fence sitting,
  • sitting the fence,
  • sitting on hands,
  • sitting on one hands,
  • sate the fence,
  • re-fuse,
  • sitting hands,
  • sits one hands,
  • sits on one's hands,
  • fencesit,
  • goes on wagon,
  • kept from,
  • sat ones hands,
  • sits on the fence,
  • re-fused,
  • sits on fence,
  • sate on fence,
  • sitting one's hands,
  • sitting ones hands,
  • fence sat,
  • sat on one hands,
  • sits out,
  • re-fusing,
  • sits hands,
  • takes cure,
  • taking pledge,
  • gave go by,
  • go the wagon,
  • gives go by,
  • sate fence,
  • goes the wagon,
  • passes up,
  • denying oneself,
  • goes wagon,
  • denied oneself,
  • sat on ones hands,
  • sitting on ones hands,
  • took cure,
  • went the wagon,
  • sat one hands,
  • sate one hands,
  • sit one's hands,
  • passing up,
  • sat on fence,
  • sate ones hands,
  • sit on hands,
  • fence-sits,
  • sate hands,
  • sits the fence,
  • sate on the fence,
  • going the wagon,
  • took the cure,
  • re fuses,
  • going on the wagon,
  • sitting on one's hands,
  • keeps from,
  • sits on hands,
  • gives the go by,
  • sits fence,
  • re fused,
  • sat the fence,
  • sit one hands,
  • fencesat,
  • take cure,
  • took pledge,
  • sate on one's hands,
  • fence sits,
  • gave the go by,
  • sits ones hands,
  • sit the fence,
  • sitting out,
  • sitting on the fence,
  • take pledge,
  • sat on the fence,
  • sat one's hands,
  • sits one's hands,
  • giving the go by,
  • sat fence,
  • went on wagon,
  • taking cure,
  • sat hands,
  • sit fence,
  • taking the pledge,
  • re fusing,
  • sits on ones hands,
  • sits on one hands,
  • went on the wagon,
  • fence-sat,
  • keeping from,
  • sate on ones hands.
  •cease (verb)
  • close,
  • interrupt,
  • culminate,
  • break,
  • quit,
  • abandon,
  • remit,
  • halt,
  • stay,
  • terminate,
  • end,
  • desist,
  • discontinue,
  • pause,
  • suspend.
  •curb (verb)
  • keeps tight rein on,
  • co-oking,
  • cooled off,
  • sub-dues,
  • bring screeching halt,
  • entrammels,
  • brought screeching halt,
  • re strain,
  • holding down,
  • sending up,
  • hog tie,
  • bringing screeching halt,
  • boxed in,
  • entrammeled,
  • holds down,
  • co oking,
  • sub-due,
  • entrammeling,
  • keeps lid on,
  • re strains,
  • Bitting,
  • kept lid on,
  • co oked,
  • keeping tight rein on,
  • re-strain,
  • re straining,
  • sub dues,
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • re-strains,
  • brought to screeching halt,
  • co-oked,
  • boxing in,
  • reining in,
  • re-straining,
  • re-strained,
  • cools off,
  • keeping lid on,
  • kept tight rein on,
  • cools down,
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • re strained,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • sub due,
  • holds in.
  •decline (verb)
  • dont buy,
  • begs be excused,
  • re probated,
  • re-probated,
  • re probating,
  • by passed,
  • dis-approve,
  • de clines,
  • dis approving,
  • begs to be excused,
  • dont bought,
  • by passing,
  • dis-missed,
  • re-probating,
  • by pass,
  • begging be excused,
  • don't buys,
  • begged to be excused,
  • dis-approves,
  • begging to be excused,
  • re probates,
  • dis approves,
  • turned thumbs down,
  • de-cline,
  • dont buying,
  • not accepts,
  • dis approved,
  • re probate,
  • sent regrets,
  • turning thumbs down,
  • don't buying,
  • de-clines,
  • dont buys,
  • dis approve,
  • don't bought,
  • by passes,
  • begged be excused,
  • sending regrets,
  • re-probate,
  • beg be excused,
  • dis missed,
  • re-probates,
  • dis-approved,
  • not accepting,
  • dis-approving,
  • dis-missing,
  • dis missing,
  • nixed,
  • de cline,
  • turns thumbs down,
  • sends regrets.
  •do without; keep from doing (verb)
  • renounce,
  • not do,
  • check,
  • be temperate,
  • pass,
  • arrest,
  • inhibit,
  • avoid,
  • restrain,
  • leave off.
  •eschew (verb)
  • shied away from,
  • swears off,
  • letted well enough alone,
  • not touches,
  • has no truck with,
  • having no truck with,
  • swore off,
  • shying away from,
  • lets well enough alone,
  • had no truck with,
  • letting well enough alone,
  • sware off,
  • shies away from,
  • steered clear of,
  • hath no truck with,
  • hadst no truck with,
  • hast no truck with,
  • steers clear of,
  • not touched,
  • haddest no truck with.
  •fast (verb)
  • going hungry,
  • not eats,
  • went hungry,
  • not eating,
  • not ate,
  • goes hungry.
  •forbear (verb)
  • went easy,
  • goes easy,
  • going easy.
  •forego (verb)
  • pre ceded,
  • fore-went,
  • fore-going,
  • fore going,
  • fore-gone,
  • fore went,
  • pre cedes,
  • pre-ceding,
  • pre-cede,
  • fore gone,
  • pre ceding,
  • pre-cedes,
  • pre cede.
  •forgo (verb)
  • leaved alone,
  • sur-rendered,
  • taking oath,
  • took the oath,
  • took oath,
  • leaving alone,
  • re-signed,
  • sur rendering,
  • sur rendered,
  • taking the oath,
  • takes oath,
  • sur-rendering,
  • sur-renders,
  • re signed,
  • re signing,
  • sur-render,
  • leaves alone,
  • re signs,
  • leaved out,
  • re-signs,
  • Re sign,
  • sur renders,
  • takes the oath.
  •hold back/hold off (verb)
  • holds off,
  • de-laying,
  • pre vents,
  • pre-vents,
  • post pone,
  • post-pone,
  • de lays,
  • pre venting,
  • pre-vented,
  • de-lays,
  • de laying,
  • pre-vent,
  • post pones,
  • de lay,
  • pre vent,
  • de-lay,
  • pre-venting,
  • post-pones.
  •leave (verb)
  • gave notice,
  • gives notice,
  • de sert,
  • giving notice,
  • de-sert.
  •resist (verb)
  • puts up fight,
  • counter-acts,
  • putting up fight,
  • dieing hard,
  • counter acting,
  • duelled,
  • put fight,
  • re main,
  • putting fight,
  • stood to,
  • struggled against,
  • struggling against,
  • counter-vailing,
  • dying hard,
  • stands to,
  • counter acts,
  • counter-acting,
  • counter vailing,
  • puts a fight,
  • re-mains,
  • counter vail,
  • counter-vails,
  • puts fight,
  • counter act,
  • counter vailed,
  • re mains,
  • struggles against,
  • counter-act,
  • putting a fight,
  • remains firm,
  • counter acted,
  • re-main,
  • abstained from,
  • counter-acted,
  • counter vails,
  • remained firm,
  • abstaining from,
  • putting up a fight,
  • put a fight,
  • dies hard,
  • counter-vail,
  • holding out against,
  • re mained,
  • stands up to,
  • died hard,
  • remaining firm,
  • puts up a fight,
  • counter-vailed,
  • re maining,
  • standing up to.
  •stop (verb)
  • art over,
  • puts an end to,
  • come a standstill,
  • signed off,
  • blows off,
  • blowing off,
  • cooled it,
  • coming a standstill,
  • cools it,
  • puts end to,
  • wert over,
  • comes to standstill,
  • blew off,
  • putting end to,
  • runs its course,
  • quits cold,
  • hanging up,
  • coming to a standstill,
  • being over,
  • came to standstill,
  • comes standstill,
  • signing off,
  • comes to a standstill,
  • come standstill,
  • hanging it up,
  • quitted cold,
  • cooling it,
  • coming to standstill,
  • is over,
  • came standstill,
  • hanged it up,
  • comes a standstill,
  • hung it up,
  • hangs it up,
  • running its course,
  • are over,
  • were over,
  • wast over,
  • was over,
  • came a standstill,
  • am over,
  • came to a standstill,
  • hanged up,
  • coming standstill,
  • quitting cold,
  • signs off.
  •surcease (verb)
  • sur-ceased,
  • sur-ceasing,
  • sur cease,
  • sur ceasing,
  • sur-cease,
  • re sting,
  • sur ceased,
  • re-sting,
  • sur-ceases,
  • sur ceases.
  •withhold (verb)
  • keep under ones hat,
  • de ducting,
  • de-tains,
  • dis allowing,
  • with holds,
  • held out on,
  • clams up,
  • de-ducted,
  • kept oneself,
  • re press,
  • keeping oneself,
  • keeps to oneself,
  • de-duct,
  • re-serve,
  • re-presses,
  • re serving,
  • kept under one hat,
  • dummying up,
  • de tain,
  • keeping under wraps,
  • keep under one hat,
  • re-pressing,
  • de ducts,
  • holds out on,
  • keeping under hat,
  • dis allow,
  • keeps oneself,
  • keeps under ones hat,
  • keeps under one's hat,
  • keeping under one hat,
  • de tains,
  • re tain,
  • keeps secret,
  • re-serves,
  • keeps under hat,
  • dis allows,
  • de ducted,
  • re served,
  • stopping oneself,
  • keeps under wraps,
  • de-tain,
  • kept to oneself,
  • holding out on,
  • re serve,
  • keep oneself,
  • re-served,
  • re tains,
  • dis-allow,
  • stopped oneself,
  • kept under wraps,
  • with-holding,
  • re pressed,
  • kept under ones hat,
  • de-ducts,
  • with held,
  • keeps under one hat,
  • dis-allowed,
  • keeping under ones hat,
  • dis allowed,
  • sits on,
  • keep under hat,
  • with hold,
  • with-holds,
  • de-ducting,
  • kept under hat,
  • with holding,
  • dis-allows,
  • re-serving,
  • stopt oneself,
  • de duct,
  • with-held,
  • stops oneself,
  • re-tains,
  • with-hold,
  • dummies up,
  • re-tain,
  • dis-allowing,
  • re pressing,
  • keeping under one's hat,
  • re presses,
  • kept under one's hat,
  • keeping secret,
  • sate on.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bottle out,
  • stand around,
  • music,
  • stand aside,
  • stand by,
  • bother,
  • sit by,
  • demur,
  • stand apart,
  • blow off.
  •
  • miss,
  • keep off,
  • shoutout,
  • skip.
  •
  • lyric,
  • leave.
  •
  • word.
  •
  • keep.
  •cease
  • Intermitting,
  • packs in,
  • call it quits,
  • Intermitted,
  • intermit,
  • call a day,
  • bring to an end,
  • call it a day,
  • quit cold turkey,
  • come to an end,
  • pack in,
  • packed in,
  • calls it quits,
  • bring to end,
  • give over,
  • giving over,
  • cut it out.
  •eschew
  • not touch,
  • not touching,
  • steer clear of,
  • steering clear of,
  • forswear,
  • Forsworn,
  • swearing off,
  • have no truck with,
  • let well enough alone,
  • shy away from,
  • swear off.
  •fast
  • go hungry,
  • not eat,
  • famish,
  • famishes,
  • Famishing.
  •forego
  • foregone.
  •leave
  • give notice.
  •resist
  • hold out against,
  • stood up to,
  • abstains from,
  • held out against,
  • Dueling,
  • stand up to,
  • struggle against,
  • put up a fight,
  • duelling,
  • duel,
  • die hard,
  • standing to,
  • holds out against,
  • put up fight,
  • dueled,
  • remain firm,
  • Hards,
  • stand to,
  • harded,
  • harding.
  •stop
  • hang it up,
  • quit cold,
  • come to a standstill,
  • ran its course,
  • cool it,
  • put an end to,
  • run its course,
  • put end to,
  • come to standstill,
  • sign off,
  • hang up.
  •Other relevant words:
  • leitmotif,
  • syllable,
  • descant,
  • not use,
  • air,
  • tie down,
  • coda,
  • lay off,
  • stand aloof,
  • bespeak,
  • fold,
  • device,
  • Postlude,
  • prevent,
  • bridge,
  • last word,
  • preserve,
  • stave,
  • harmony,
  • codicil,
  • line,
  • tailpiece,
  • stanza,
  • Rifacimento,
  • tag,
  • spare,
  • sequela,
  • hold,
  • sequitur,
  • decoration,
  • dispense with,
  • Anacrusis,
  • rhyme royal,
  • exposition,
  • carry,
  • epilogue,
  • section,
  • musical phrase,
  • intermezzo,
  • choir,
  • pattern,
  • resolution,
  • folderol,
  • not move,
  • subscript,
  • gulp back,
  • phrase,
  • passage,
  • defend,
  • consequence,
  • figure,
  • repetition,
  • back matter,
  • development,
  • ditto,
  • last words,
  • movement,
  • part,
  • lay,
  • period,
  • catch up,
  • dying words,
  • reprise,
  • sequel,
  • persist,
  • postfix,
  • confine,
  • antistrophe,
  • knock it off,
  • abnegate,
  • septet,
  • hold aloof from,
  • interlude,
  • Bis,
  • waive,
  • save,
  • shun,
  • jingle,
  • triplet,
  • aria,
  • motif,
  • quiet,
  • have done with,
  • topic,
  • Tetrastich,
  • cancel,
  • stand-by,
  • second thought,
  • detain,
  • supplement,
  • book,
  • remember,
  • idea,
  • octet,
  • chorus line,
  • faire,
  • measure,
  • bridle,
  • abstain from,
  • division,
  • let pass,
  • bind,
  • subject,
  • recapitulation,
  • bass passage,
  • maintain,
  • Pentastich,
  • afterthought,
  • Ritornello,
  • response,
  • surcease,
  • suffix,
  • have no choice,
  • tercet,
  • repeat,
  • refrain from,
  • be over,
  • Sequelae,
  • sextet,
  • Terza Rima,
  • Repetend,
  • be quiet,
  • stand firm,
  • rechauffe,
  • verse,
  • constrain,
  • convention,
  • colophon,
  • bound,
  • postface,
  • scrub,
  • swan song,
  • statement,
  • reserve,
  • falderal,
  • solo,
  • follow-up,
  • treble,
  • Monostich,
  • envoy,
  • distich,
  • echo,
  • variation,
  • cleave,
  • Ottava Rima,
  • follow-through,
  • concept,
  • chant,
  • note,
  • bob,
  • repress,
  • Heptastich,
  • abort,
  • finish,
  • relinquish,
  • break off,
  • rehearsal,
  • chimes,
  • Epode,
  • belay,
  • abjure,
  • deny,
  • let go by,
  • bourdon,
  • snub,
  • postscript,
  • enjoin from,
  • sequent,
  • Melodia,
  • Hexastich,
  • peroration,
  • addendum,
  • melodic line,
  • let be,
  • cantus,
  • have nothing to do with,
  • drop it,
  • be inactive,
  • ornament,
  • restrict,
  • stand aloof from,
  • element,
  • contain,
  • appendix,
  • do without,
  • Tutti,
  • conclusion,
  • parting shot,
  • forebear,
  • octave,
  • sestet,
  • stand still,
  • retain,
  • continuance,
  • continuation,
  • cadence,
  • ensemble,
  • conclude,
  • coir,
  • envoi.

Paraphrases for Refrain:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    restrain, stop, resist, forego, relinquish, dispense, forgo, renounce, discontinue, avert, fails, withhold, eschew, waive, leave, terminate, deter, discourage, remain, resign, forsake, beware, reject, halt, retain, withdraw.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    abstain, chorus, mantra.
  • Verb, base form
    abstain, desist, cease, abandon, surrender, forbear.

Antonyms for Refrain:

• n.

  • chorus of musical piece
    silence.
  • Other antonyms:
    move, set about, enter upon, start, institute, begin, inaugurate, commence, originate, initiate.

• v.

  • do without; keep from doing
    assist, keep on, carry on, allow, release, aid, use, indulge, go ahead, jump in, help, continue, encourage, let go, DO.
  • stative
    act.

Homophones for Refrain:

• repairman, rope yarn, riparian, reaffirm, reform, reborn, rope burn, River Arno, ribavirin.

Holonyms for Refrain:

• n.

  • communication
    vocal, song.

Hypernym for Refrain:

• n.

  • communication
    tra-la-la, tra-la.

• v.

  • stative
    let alone, spare, leave alone, abstain, help oneself, forbear, help, stand by, leave, save, let it go, leave behind, hold back, sit out.

Hyponym for Refrain:

• n.

  • communication
    music.