Entry Word: adjourn

Function: verb

Meaning: to bring to a formal close for a period of time <the meeting was adjourned by the chairperson until further notice>

Synonyms recess, suspend

Related Words break off, discontinue, intermit, interrupt; defer, hold off, postpone, put off, reserve, shelve, table; abort, call off, cancel, dissolve, terminate; break up, close, conclude, wind up, wrap up

Near Antonyms inaugurate, launch, open; carry on, continue, draw out, extend, proceed, prolong; renew, reopen, resume; convene, convoke