Definition for Stoppage:

• The act of stopping or arresting progress or motion; the state of being stopped; deduction from pay. Stoppage in transitu, a right to stop goods in the transmission of them when the consignee has become bankrupt.

Synonyms for Stoppage:

• n.

  •
  • come out,
  • cut off,
  • continue,
  • go-slow,
  • general strike,
  • grievance procedure,
  • collective bargaining,
  • direct action,
  • industrial action,
  • go out on strike,
  • action.
  •
  • audit,
  • 1040 form,
  • corporate welfare,
  • chancellor of the exchequer,
  • claw back,
  • the Boston Tea Party,
  • 1099,
  • chargeable,
  • allowance.
  •
  • first half,
  • pregame,
  • quarter,
  • half,
  • overtime,
  • run-in,
  • injury time,
  • halftime,
  • extra time.
  •
  • paralysis,
  • discouragement,
  • sabotage,
  • prevention,
  • proscription.
  •arrest (noun)
  • re-straining,
  • restrainings,
  • stayings,
  • re straining.
  •ban (noun)
  • donts,
  • nonos,
  • a thou shalt nots,
  • re-strictions,
  • off limit,
  • a thou shalt not,
  • no no's,
  • no nos,
  • a thou-shalt-nots,
  • re striction,
  • in junction,
  • nono,
  • out of bound,
  • in-junction,
  • re-striction,
  • in-junctions,
  • out bound,
  • nono's,
  • in junctions,
  • re strictions,
  • out bounds,
  • no no.
  •block (noun)
  • blank walls.
  •blockade (noun)
  • encirclements.
  •cessation (noun)
  • cessation,
  • abandonment,
  • ending,
  • termination,
  • stay,
  • standstill,
  • halt,
  • end,
  • hiatus,
  • discontinuance.
  •check (noun)
  • dis-appointment,
  • re buffs,
  • re-strainer,
  • dis appointments,
  • re buff,
  • re strainer,
  • re-buff,
  • re-buffs,
  • dis-appointments,
  • dis appointment,
  • re-verse,
  • re-strainers,
  • re strainers,
  • re verse,
  • re versal,
  • re-versal.
  •closing (noun)
  • shutdown.
  •cut-off (noun)
  • cutoff.
  •delay (noun)
  • coolingoff periods,
  • lingerings,
  • tieup,
  • prorogations,
  • de-lay,
  • cooling-off periods,
  • dawdlings,
  • pro-rogations,
  • sur-cease,
  • tarryings,
  • hold ups,
  • loiterings,
  • cunctations,
  • cooling off period,
  • sur-ceases,
  • sur ceases,
  • putting offs,
  • de lays,
  • demurrals,
  • coolingoff period,
  • retardments,
  • cooling off periods,
  • pro rogation,
  • showstoppers,
  • de lay,
  • pro rogations,
  • pro-rogation,
  • de-lays,
  • sur cease.
  •discontinuation (noun)
  • dis continuations,
  • dis-continuations,
  • dis-continuation,
  • dis continuation.
  •discontinuity (noun)
  • dis continuity,
  • dis-continuity,
  • dis-continuities,
  • dis continuities.
  •failure (noun)
  • Non-performance,
  • washout,
  • nonfeasance,
  • insolvency,
  • nonsuccess,
  • unsuccessfulness,
  • failings,
  • sinking ship,
  • total loss,
  • loser,
  • lead balloon,
  • lemon,
  • faux pas,
  • nonperformance,
  • implosion,
  • Unsuccess,
  • fiasco,
  • inadequacy,
  • non-success.
  •halt, curtailment (noun)
  • close,
  • abeyance,
  • downtime,
  • sit-down,
  • walkout,
  • stopping,
  • layoff,
  • down,
  • lockout,
  • deduction.
  •hindrance (noun)
  • crimp,
  • mire,
  • dam,
  • catch,
  • encumbrance,
  • choke,
  • restraint,
  • obstacle,
  • clog,
  • resistance,
  • drag,
  • hurdle,
  • impasse,
  • deterrent,
  • tangle,
  • barrier,
  • impedance,
  • constipation,
  • burden,
  • restriction,
  • damper,
  • entanglement,
  • brake,
  • bottleneck,
  • complication,
  • entrapment,
  • jam,
  • frustration,
  • plug,
  • congestion,
  • snag,
  • disadvantage,
  • snarl,
  • bung,
  • bafflement,
  • handicap,
  • opposition,
  • constraint,
  • drawback.
  •pause (noun)
  • rest periods,
  • pausations.
  •prevention (noun)
  • de terences,
  • forestallings,
  • fore stalling,
  • de-terence,
  • deterences,
  • fore-stalling,
  • thwartings,
  • de-terences,
  • de terence.
  •restraint (noun)
  • straitjacket,
  • straitjackets,
  • pinions,
  • pinion.
  •shutdown (noun)
  • closedown.
  •slowdown (noun)
  • falloff,
  • slow-up,
  • decelerations,
  • slackening,
  • downtrend,
  • drop-off,
  • slowup,
  • slow up,
  • deceleration.
  •stammer (noun)
  • stuttering,
  • stammering.
  •stammering (noun)
  • sputterings,
  • stutter.
  •stop (noun)
  • brick wall,
  • cut-off,
  • screeching halt,
  • discontinuity.
  •suspension (noun)
  • de ferments,
  • heave ho,
  • discontinuings,
  • heaveho,
  • heave-hos,
  • disbarments,
  • de-ferment,
  • heavehos,
  • de-ferments,
  • concludings,
  • dis continuing,
  • heave hos,
  • de ferment,
  • dis-continuing.
  •unsuccess (noun)
  • un successes,
  • un-successes,
  • un-success,
  • un success.
  •unsuccessfulness (noun)
  • un successfulnesses,
  • un-successfulnesses,
  • un-successfulness,
  • un successfulness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • breakdown,
  • discontinuation,
  • limitation.
  •
  • tie up.
  •emergence
  • emanation.

Paraphrases for Stoppage:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    pause, arrest, moratoria.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    interruption, discontinuation, standstill, judgment, disruption, termination, shutdown, judgement, stopover, outage, discontinuance, hiatus, adjournment, blackout, decision, strike, cut-off, ruling, break, let-up, shutoff.

Antonyms for Stoppage:

• n.

  • halt, curtailment
    aid, advance, continuation, start, promotion, help, encouragement, beginning, go, assistance.
  • Other antonyms:
    prolongation, extension.

Stoppage Sentence Examples:

• The next step is a stoppage of specie payment - a total degradation of paper as a currency - unusual depression of prices, the ruin of debtors, and the accumulation of property in the hands of creditors and cautious capitalists.

• That " foul in the foot" is caused by the sudden stoppage of some natural evacuation is evident from the following facts: First, the disease is most prevalent in cold, low, marshy countries, where the foot is kept constantly moist.

Homophones for Stoppage:

• setback, sweat bag, stopcock, setophaga, sit back, stapes, stypsis, sea catfish, set-back, sea steps, studbook, stops, scatophagy, set piece, sweatbox, shadowbox, sweet buckeye, stopes, sheatfish, set back, stubbs, staff office, sotto voce, Society Of Jesus, shadow box, statute book, stepwise, steps, shadbush, steepish.