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Pronunciation:
[ ɹɪfɹˈe͡ɪn], [ ɹɪfɹˈeɪn], [ ɹ_ɪ_f_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n]
Referring to a repetition of words, Refrain is a commonly used term in writing and speech. Other synonyms for refrain include abstain, avoid, cease, desist, forgo, resist, stop, and withhold. Each of these words can be applied in different contexts depending on the situation and the intention behind the writer or speaker's message. For example, "abstain" is often used in the context of avoiding a negative behavior or addiction, while "withhold" implies a conscious decision to hold back or keep something private. Regardless of the chosen synonym, the aim of the writer or speaker remains the same: to convey a message that avoids repetitive, unnecessary phrasing.
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Synonyms for Refrain:
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n.
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- can't bring yourself to do something ,
- let nature take its course ,
- make no move ,
- omit to do something .
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- adage ,
- aphorism ,
- axiom ,
- battle cry ,
- binomial ,
- catchphrase ,
- cheer ,
- citation ,
- cite ,
- cliche ,
- restraint .
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- dactyl ,
- foot ,
- heroic couplet ,
- hexameter ,
- iamb ,
- iambic ,
- pentameter .
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v.
• abstain- denied oneself ,
- denies oneself ,
- denying oneself ,
- fence sat ,
- fence sit ,
- fence sits ,
- fence sitting ,
- fence-sat ,
- fence-sits ,
- fencesat ,
- fencesit ,
- fencesits ,
- fencesitting ,
- gave go by ,
- gave the go by ,
- give go by ,
- gives go by ,
- gives the go by ,
- giving go by ,
- giving the go by ,
- go on wagon ,
- go the wagon ,
- go wagon ,
- goes on the wagon ,
- goes on wagon ,
- goes the wagon ,
- goes wagon ,
- going on the wagon ,
- going on wagon ,
- going the wagon ,
- going wagon ,
- keeping from ,
- keeps from ,
- kept from ,
- passes up ,
- passing up ,
- re fuse ,
- re fused ,
- re fuses ,
- re fusing ,
- re-fuse ,
- re-fused ,
- re-fuses ,
- re-fusing ,
- sat fence ,
- sat hands ,
- sat on fence ,
- sat on hands ,
- sat on one hands ,
- sat on one's hands ,
- sat on ones hands ,
- sat on the fence ,
- sat one hands ,
- sat one's hands ,
- sat ones hands ,
- sat the fence ,
- sate fence ,
- sate hands ,
- sate on fence ,
- sate on hands ,
- sate on one hands ,
- sate on one's hands ,
- sate on ones hands ,
- sate on the fence ,
- sate one hands ,
- sate one's hands ,
- sate ones hands ,
- sate out ,
- sate the fence ,
- sit fence ,
- sit hands ,
- sit on hands ,
- sit on one hands ,
- sit on ones hands ,
- sit one hands ,
- sit one's hands ,
- sit ones hands ,
- sit the fence ,
- sits fence ,
- sits hands ,
- sits on fence ,
- sits on hands ,
- sits on one hands ,
- sits on one's hands ,
- sits on ones hands ,
- sits on the fence ,
- sits one hands ,
- sits one's hands ,
- sits ones hands ,
- sits out ,
- sits the fence ,
- sitting fence ,
- sitting hands ,
- sitting on fence ,
- sitting on hands ,
- sitting on one hands ,
- sitting on one's hands ,
- sitting on ones hands ,
- sitting on the fence ,
- sitting one hands ,
- sitting one's hands ,
- sitting ones hands ,
- sitting out ,
- sitting the fence ,
- take cure ,
- take pledge ,
- takes cure ,
- takes pledge ,
- takes the cure ,
- takes the pledge ,
- taking cure ,
- taking pledge ,
- taking the pledge ,
- took cure ,
- took pledge ,
- took the cure ,
- went on the wagon ,
- went on wagon ,
- went the wagon ,
- went wagon .
- abandon ,
- break ,
- close ,
- culminate ,
- discontinue ,
- end ,
- halt ,
- interrupt ,
- pause ,
- quit ,
- remit ,
- stay ,
- suspend ,
- terminate .
- Bitting ,
- boxed in ,
- boxing in ,
- bring screeching halt ,
- bringing screeching halt ,
- bringing to screeching halt ,
- brings screeching halt ,
- brings to screeching halt ,
- brought screeching halt ,
- brought to screeching halt ,
- co oked ,
- co oking ,
- co-oked ,
- co-oking ,
- cooled off ,
- cools down ,
- cools off ,
- entrammeled ,
- entrammeling ,
- entrammels ,
- hog tie ,
- holding down ,
- holds down ,
- holds in ,
- keeping lid on ,
- keeping tight rein on ,
- keeps lid on ,
- keeps tight rein on ,
- kept lid on ,
- kept tight rein on ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- reining in ,
- sending up ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues .
- beg be excused ,
- begged be excused ,
- begged to be excused ,
- begging be excused ,
- begging to be excused ,
- begs be excused ,
- begs to be excused ,
- by pass ,
- by passed ,
- by passes ,
- by passing ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- dis approve ,
- dis approved ,
- dis approves ,
- dis approving ,
- dis missed ,
- dis missing ,
- dis-approve ,
- dis-approved ,
- dis-approves ,
- dis-approving ,
- dis-missed ,
- dis-missing ,
- don't bought ,
- don't buying ,
- don't buys ,
- dont bought ,
- dont buy ,
- dont buying ,
- dont buys ,
- nixed ,
- not accepting ,
- not accepts ,
- re probate ,
- re probated ,
- re probates ,
- re probating ,
- re-probate ,
- re-probated ,
- re-probates ,
- re-probating ,
- sending regrets ,
- sends regrets ,
- sent regrets ,
- turned thumbs down ,
- turning thumbs down ,
- turns thumbs down .
- had no truck with ,
- haddest no truck with ,
- hadst no truck with ,
- has no truck with ,
- hast no truck with ,
- hath no truck with ,
- having no truck with ,
- lets well enough alone ,
- letted well enough alone ,
- letting well enough alone ,
- not touched ,
- not touches ,
- shied away from ,
- shies away from ,
- shying away from ,
- steered clear of ,
- steers clear of ,
- sware off ,
- swears off ,
- swore off .
- fore going ,
- fore gone ,
- fore went ,
- fore-going ,
- fore-gone ,
- fore-went ,
- pre cede ,
- pre ceded ,
- pre cedes ,
- pre ceding ,
- pre-cede ,
- pre-cedes ,
- pre-ceding .
- Re sign ,
- leaved alone ,
- leaved out ,
- leaves alone ,
- leaving alone ,
- re signed ,
- re signing ,
- re signs ,
- re-signed ,
- re-signs ,
- sur rendered ,
- sur rendering ,
- sur renders ,
- sur-render ,
- sur-rendered ,
- sur-rendering ,
- sur-renders ,
- takes oath ,
- takes the oath ,
- taking oath ,
- taking the oath ,
- took oath ,
- took the oath .
- de lay ,
- de laying ,
- de lays ,
- de-lay ,
- de-laying ,
- de-lays ,
- holds off ,
- post pone ,
- post pones ,
- post-pone ,
- post-pones ,
- pre vent ,
- pre venting ,
- pre vents ,
- pre-vent ,
- pre-vented ,
- pre-venting ,
- pre-vents .
- abstained from ,
- abstaining from ,
- counter act ,
- counter acted ,
- counter acting ,
- counter acts ,
- counter vail ,
- counter vailed ,
- counter vailing ,
- counter vails ,
- counter-act ,
- counter-acted ,
- counter-acting ,
- counter-acts ,
- counter-vail ,
- counter-vailed ,
- counter-vailing ,
- counter-vails ,
- died hard ,
- dieing hard ,
- dies hard ,
- duelled ,
- dying hard ,
- holding out against ,
- put a fight ,
- put fight ,
- puts a fight ,
- puts fight ,
- puts up a fight ,
- puts up fight ,
- putting a fight ,
- putting fight ,
- putting up a fight ,
- putting up fight ,
- re main ,
- re mained ,
- re maining ,
- re mains ,
- re-main ,
- re-mains ,
- remained firm ,
- remaining firm ,
- remains firm ,
- standing up to ,
- stands to ,
- stands up to ,
- stood to ,
- struggled against ,
- struggles against ,
- struggling against .
- am over ,
- are over ,
- art over ,
- being over ,
- blew off ,
- blowing off ,
- blows off ,
- came a standstill ,
- came standstill ,
- came to a standstill ,
- came to standstill ,
- come a standstill ,
- come standstill ,
- comes a standstill ,
- comes standstill ,
- comes to a standstill ,
- comes to standstill ,
- coming a standstill ,
- coming standstill ,
- coming to a standstill ,
- coming to standstill ,
- cooled it ,
- cooling it ,
- cools it ,
- hanged it up ,
- hanged up ,
- hanging it up ,
- hanging up ,
- hangs it up ,
- hung it up ,
- is over ,
- puts an end to ,
- puts end to ,
- putting end to ,
- quits cold ,
- quitted cold ,
- quitting cold ,
- running its course ,
- runs its course ,
- signed off ,
- signing off ,
- signs off ,
- was over ,
- wast over ,
- were over ,
- wert over .
- re sting ,
- re-sting ,
- sur cease ,
- sur ceased ,
- sur ceases ,
- sur ceasing ,
- sur-cease ,
- sur-ceased ,
- sur-ceases ,
- sur-ceasing .
- clams up ,
- de duct ,
- de ducted ,
- de ducting ,
- de ducts ,
- de tain ,
- de tains ,
- de-duct ,
- de-ducted ,
- de-ducting ,
- de-ducts ,
- de-tain ,
- de-tains ,
- dis allow ,
- dis allowed ,
- dis allowing ,
- dis allows ,
- dis-allow ,
- dis-allowed ,
- dis-allowing ,
- dis-allows ,
- dummies up ,
- dummying up ,
- held out on ,
- holding out on ,
- holds out on ,
- keep oneself ,
- keep under hat ,
- keep under one hat ,
- keep under ones hat ,
- keeping oneself ,
- keeping secret ,
- keeping under hat ,
- keeping under one hat ,
- keeping under one's hat ,
- keeping under ones hat ,
- keeping under wraps ,
- keeps oneself ,
- keeps secret ,
- keeps to oneself ,
- keeps under hat ,
- keeps under one hat ,
- keeps under one's hat ,
- keeps under ones hat ,
- keeps under wraps ,
- kept oneself ,
- kept to oneself ,
- kept under hat ,
- kept under one hat ,
- kept under one's hat ,
- kept under ones hat ,
- kept under wraps ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re serve ,
- re served ,
- re serving ,
- re tain ,
- re tains ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- re-serve ,
- re-served ,
- re-serves ,
- re-serving ,
- re-tain ,
- re-tains ,
- sate on ,
- sits on ,
- stopped oneself ,
- stopping oneself ,
- stops oneself ,
- stopt oneself ,
- with held ,
- with hold ,
- with holding ,
- with holds ,
- with-held ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holding ,
- with-holds .
Other synonyms:
- blow off ,
- bother ,
- bottle out ,
- demur ,
- music ,
- sit by ,
- stand apart ,
- stand around ,
- stand aside ,
- stand by .
- keep .
- neglect .
- word .
Other relevant words:
- Bitted ,
- By-pass ,
- Entrammel ,
- Forbore ,
- Forgone ,
- Manacled ,
- Manacling ,
- Paused ,
- Refusing ,
- Reprobated ,
- Reprobating ,
- Shied ,
- Shying ,
- abstain ,
- beg to be excused ,
- box in ,
- boxes in ,
- bring to screeching halt ,
- by-passed ,
- by-passes ,
- by-passing ,
- cease ,
- clam up ,
- clammed up ,
- clamming up ,
- cool down ,
- cool off ,
- cooled down ,
- cooling down ,
- cooling off ,
- curb ,
- decline ,
- deny oneself ,
- don't buy ,
- dummied up ,
- dummy up ,
- eschew ,
- fast ,
- fence-sit ,
- fence-sitting ,
- fettered ,
- forbear ,
- forego ,
- forgo ,
- forgoing ,
- give the go by ,
- give up ,
- go easy ,
- go on the wagon ,
- held down ,
- held in ,
- hobble ,
- hogtie ,
- hold back ,
- hold down ,
- hold in ,
- hold off ,
- hold out on ,
- holding in ,
- holds back ,
- iced ,
- inhibits ,
- keep back ,
- keep from ,
- keep lid on ,
- keep out ,
- keep secret ,
- keep tight rein on ,
- keep to oneself ,
- keep under one's hat ,
- keep under wraps ,
- keeping back ,
- keeping out ,
- keeping to oneself ,
- keeps back ,
- keeps out ,
- kept back ,
- kept out ,
- kept secret ,
- leaf ,
- leash ,
- leave alone ,
- leave out ,
- leaves out ,
- leaving out ,
- left alone ,
- left out ,
- nixing ,
- not accept ,
- not accepted ,
- not hear of ,
- not think of ,
- pass on ,
- pass up ,
- passed on ,
- passed up ,
- passes on ,
- passing on ,
- rein in ,
- reined in ,
- reins in ,
- reprobates ,
- resist ,
- sat out ,
- send regrets ,
- send up ,
- sends up ,
- sent up ,
- shies ,
- sit on ,
- sit on fence ,
- sit on one's hands ,
- sit on the fence ,
- sit out ,
- sitting on ,
- spurn ,
- starve ,
- starves ,
- stop ,
- stop oneself ,
- take oath ,
- take the cure ,
- take the oath ,
- take the pledge ,
- taking the cure ,
- took the pledge ,
- turn down ,
- turn thumbs down ,
- withheld ,
- withhold ,
- withholds .
- Intermitted ,
- Intermitting ,
- bring to an end ,
- bring to end ,
- call a day ,
- call it a day ,
- call it quits ,
- calls it quits ,
- come to an end ,
- cut it out ,
- give over ,
- giving over ,
- intermit ,
- pack in ,
- packed in ,
- packs in ,
- quit cold turkey .
- Forsworn ,
- forswear ,
- have no truck with ,
- let well enough alone ,
- not touch ,
- not touching ,
- shy away from ,
- steer clear of ,
- steering clear of ,
- swear off ,
- swearing off .
- Anacrusis ,
- Bis ,
- Epode ,
- Heptastich ,
- Hexastich ,
- Melodia ,
- Monostich ,
- Ottava Rima ,
- Pentastich ,
- Postlude ,
- Repetend ,
- Rifacimento ,
- Ritornello ,
- Sequelae ,
- Terza Rima ,
- Tetrastich ,
- Tutti ,
- abjure ,
- abnegate ,
- abort ,
- abstain from ,
- addendum ,
- afterthought ,
- air ,
- antistrophe ,
- appendix ,
- aria ,
- arrest ,
- avoid ,
- back matter ,
- bass passage ,
- be inactive ,
- be over ,
- be quiet ,
- be temperate ,
- belay ,
- bespeak ,
- bind ,
- bob ,
- book ,
- bound ,
- bourdon ,
- break off ,
- bridge ,
- bridle ,
- burden ,
- cadence ,
- cancel ,
- canto ,
- cantus ,
- carry ,
- catch up ,
- catchword ,
- chant ,
- check ,
- chimes ,
- choir ,
- chorale ,
- chorus ,
- chorus line ,
- cleave ,
- coda ,
- codicil ,
- coir ,
- colophon ,
- concept ,
- conclude ,
- conclusion ,
- confine ,
- consequence ,
- constrain ,
- contain ,
- continuance ,
- continuation ,
- convention ,
- couplet ,
- cut ,
- decoration ,
- defend ,
- deny ,
- descant ,
- detain ,
- development ,
- device ,
- dispense with ,
- distich ,
- ditto ,
- division ,
- do without ,
- drop it ,
- dying words ,
- echo ,
- element ,
- enjoin from ,
- ensemble ,
- envoi ,
- envoy ,
- epilogue ,
- exposition ,
- faire ,
- falderal ,
- figure ,
- finish ,
- fold ,
- folderol ,
- follow-through ,
- follow-up ,
- forebear ,
- gulp back ,
- harmony ,
- have done with ,
- have no choice ,
- have nothing to do with ,
- hold ,
- hold aloof from ,
- idea ,
- inhibit ,
- interlude ,
- intermezzo ,
- jingle ,
- knock it off ,
- last word ,
- last words ,
- lay ,
- lay off ,
- leave off ,
- leitmotif ,
- let be ,
- let go by ,
- let pass ,
- lilt ,
- line ,
- litany ,
- maintain ,
- measure ,
- melodic line ,
- melody ,
- motif ,
- movement ,
- musical phrase ,
- not do ,
- not move ,
- not use ,
- note ,
- octave ,
- octet ,
- ornament ,
- part ,
- parting shot ,
- pass ,
- passage ,
- pattern ,
- period ,
- peroration ,
- persist ,
- phrase ,
- postface ,
- postfix ,
- postscript ,
- preserve ,
- prevent ,
- quatrain ,
- quiet ,
- recapitulation ,
- rechauffe ,
- refrain from ,
- rehearsal ,
- relinquish ,
- remember ,
- renounce ,
- repeat ,
- repetition ,
- repress ,
- reprise ,
- reserve ,
- resolution ,
- response ,
- restrain ,
- restrict ,
- retain ,
- rhyme royal ,
- save ,
- scrub ,
- second thought ,
- section ,
- septet ,
- sequel ,
- sequela ,
- sequent ,
- sequitur ,
- sestet ,
- sextet ,
- shun ,
- snub ,
- solo ,
- spare ,
- stand aloof ,
- stand aloof from ,
- stand firm ,
- stand still ,
- stand-by ,
- stanza ,
- statement ,
- stave ,
- strophe ,
- subject ,
- subscript ,
- suffix ,
- supplement ,
- surcease ,
- swan song ,
- syllable ,
- tag ,
- tailpiece ,
- tercet ,
- tie down ,
- topic ,
- treble ,
- triplet ,
- tune ,
- variation ,
- verse ,
- waive .
- Dueling ,
- Hards ,
- abstains from ,
- die hard ,
- duel ,
- dueled ,
- duelling ,
- harded ,
- harding ,
- held out against ,
- hold out against ,
- holds out against ,
- put up a fight ,
- put up fight ,
- remain firm ,
- stand to ,
- stand up to ,
- standing to ,
- stood up to ,
- struggle against .
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How to use "Refrain" in context?
Refrain is the perfect word to describe the musical style of Simon and Garfunkel. The two band members brought together a unique interpretation of classic folk melodies, resulting in an unmatched blend of pure nostalgia and fresh newness.
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" is a perfect example of their unique style. The song starts with a simple acoustic guitar riff and builds tempo as Simon and Garfunkel's harmony vocals come in. By the time the refrain comes in, the song is full of energy and intensity.
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