STALL Synonyms: 176 Similar and Opposite Words

stall 1 of 2

verb

Definition of stall

as in to stop

to bring (something) to a standstill endless complaints stalled the process of selecting the winning design for the memorial

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as in to die

to stop functioning the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside

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start (up)

stall

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noun

as in booth

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as in delay

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Recent Examples of stall

Verb

One of the key questions investigators are working to answer is why the control center appeared to be unaware that a train remained stalled on the tracks ahead of a train moving at 120 mph. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 Federal efforts to make child care more affordable have repeatedly stalled, leaving families to cover the cost. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Noun

In third grade, bullies pulled her hair and shoved her into a bathroom stall, breaking two of her fingers. — Nancy Jo Sales, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 Unable to source the same pigs in America, the Ventura stall opted to use heritage black pork instead. — Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stall

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Verb

That said, some conditions that fully heal or are free of treatment and symptoms for a certain period of time may stop being labeled as pre-existing, depending on the provider.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Fowler later diagnosed her as comatose before a deputy commissioner ordered the execution stopped.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of stop

Verb

Kate Whiteman, the woman who first filed a lawsuit against the men, died in late 2025 at age 45 in Australia.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Rent played its first preview off-Broadway, at the New York Theatre Workshop, on January 25, 1996—the same day that Jonathan Larson, its 35-year-old composer and librettist, died suddenly at his home in Manhattan.

— Vogue, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of die

Noun

Brad White has seen a lot of Georgia football from the coaching booth, including one game against Bulldogs’ quarterback Gunner Stockton that left a mark.

— Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 29 Oct. 2026
This December, the doors will travel to Richard Saltoun’s booth at the Untitled Art, Miami Beach fair.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of booth

Noun

But with hundreds of thousands of ballots already returned and hundreds of thousands more moving through the mail over the weekend, the legal fight still could cause delays.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
Kenya’s own top-flight football league and national teams, for instance, have been riddled with challenges ranging from leadership wrangles to payment delays.

— Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of delay

Verb

Those steps include halting any activity that contributed to the discovery until tribal communities are consulted.

— Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026
This is a movie about selective memory, centered on a fortysomething film director named Shinpei (Kato Shinsuke) whose career has been prematurely halted by early-onset dementia.

— Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of halt

Verb

Both helicopters crashed into a private farm field southeast of McMinnville.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
The Ritz-Carlton Spa floats out over the crashing waves, with its six pod-like pavilions inspired by traditional Malay fishing traps, or ‘bubus’.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of crash

Noun

Cardboard boxes and paper bags of food items being stored directly on floor of walk-in cooler and dry storage area.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Compliance can amount to little more than proof that boxes were checked, even when the experience itself can feel exclusionary.

— Maribeth Romslo, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of box

Noun

Schaefer stayed on the ice for the first half of the extra period before Nashville's Filip Forsberg tripped him, forcing the period's first stoppage.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
The crisis at Manchester United deepened with a 3-0 home loss to Bournemouth in the Premier League, while Italian champion Inter Milan needed two goals in stoppage time to regain the Serie A lead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

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