Synonyms of give over

give over

verb

1

as in to stop

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end

his wife suggested that he give over working such long hours if it was making him so unhappy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stop
• cease
• end
• halt
• quit
• leave off
• shut off
• cut off
• cut out
• have done with
• lay off
• pack (up or in)
• break up
• delay
• suspend
• break off
• drop
• desist (from)
• finish
• can
• discontinue
• conclude
• knock off
• break
• put the kibosh on
• close (down)
• complete
• check
• hold back
• block
• hinder
• stay
• pause
• ruin
• clamp down
• rein (in)
• deactivate
• hold
• abort
• brake
• impede
• stem
• dam
• obstruct
• suppress
• stamp
• destroy
• turn back
• blockade
• detain
• arrest
• stunt
• kill
• scuttle
• squash
• dissolve
• squelch
• abolish
• call
• snuff
• demolish
• annul
• kibosh
• stanch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• carry on
• continue
• run on
• keep up
• proceed
• follow through (with)
• advance
• progress
• drive
• stir
• propel
• actuate
• impel

2

as in to leave

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another

gave over his entire savings to an investor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leave
• hand
• give
• transfer
• entrust
• delegate
• turn over
• deliver
• hand over
• pass
• relinquish
• transmit
• commend
• recommend
• trust
• commit
• confide
• vest
• grant
• loan
• lend
• deal (out)
• repose
• consign
• submit
• assign
• confer
• distribute
• turn in
• bequeath
• furnish
• divide
• will
• dispense
• supply
• hand in
• yield
• disperse
• surrender
• hand down
• hand on
• release
• advance
• recommit
• retransfer
• redeliver
• retransmit

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keep
• hold
• retain
• withhold
• possess
• receive
• own
• accept
• take over
• hold back
• reserve
• take
• occupy
• detain
• take in

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of give over

Beyond America's VetDogs, the Amazin' Mets Foundation has given over $22 million to nonprofits in their own backyard and beyond, wherever a Met steps to the plate or takes the mound. — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 25 June 2026

That entire entertainment district will be given over to World Cup activities, with restaurants, bars and the market courtyard broadcasting the 104 matches. — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 2 June 2026

There is evidence that this tendency, known as the endowment effect, was favored by natural selection when bargains were risky in a pre-modern world, a time when giving over one item, in trade for another, might risk getting nothing at all from an untrustworthy trading partner. — Owen D. Jones, The Conversation, 26 May 2026

All our political capacities are given over to this one monopoly of the nation-state, which has stripped us of every other kind. — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026