Synonyms of stopping

stopping 1 of 3

adjective

as in passing

Related Words

• passing
• finishing
• ending
• dying
• terminating
• ceasing
• closing
• concluding
• lapsing
• discontinuing
• quitting
• desisting
• expiring
• winding up
• leaving off
• subsiding
• dying (down)
• waning
• abating
• moderating
• ebbing
• letting up

Dissimilar Words

• remaining
• leftover
• residual
• lingering
• continuing
• lasting
• persisting
• enduring
• abiding
• holding up
• keeping up
• biding
• holding on
• running on
• perduring

stopping

2 of 3

noun

as in halting

Related Words

• halting
• abolition
• ending
• abolishment
• termination
• neutralization
• surrender
• invalidation
• nullification
• annulment
• calling
• relinquishment
• dropping
• abortion
• revocation
• rescission
• voidance
• recall
• repeal
• cancellation
• giving up
• abandonment
• rollback
• reversal
• calling off
• recision

Dissimilar Words

• continuation
• beginning
• initiation
• engagement
• undertaking
• commencement

stopping

3 of 3

verb

present participle of stop

1

as in ceasing

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

the manufacturer will stop selling the toy and will immediately recall all the units that have already been sold

Synonyms & Similar Words

• halting
• ceasing
• ending
• quitting
• dropping
• delaying
• finishing
• discontinuing
• suspending
• concluding
• breaking
• checking
• cutting off
• laying off
• shutting off
• breaking off
• cutting out
• completing
• blocking
• pausing
• leaving off
• packing (up or in)
• giving over
• knocking off
• canning
• breaking up
• ruining
• desisting (from)
• holding
• impeding
• suppressing
• having done with
• staying
• obstructing
• hindering
• putting the kibosh on
• stemming
• deactivating
• aborting
• destroying
• detaining
• calling
• closing (down)
• blockading
• arresting
• killing
• stamping
• abolishing
• dissolving
• braking
• scuttling
• holding back
• squelching
• squashing
• stunting
• demolishing
• damming
• turning back
• snuffing
• clamping down
• stanching
• annulling
• reining (in)
• kiboshing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuing
• carrying on
• proceeding
• advancing
• keeping up
• running on
• progressing
• driving
• stirring
• following through (with)
• propelling
• actuating
• impelling

2

as in stalling

to bring (something) to a standstill

traffic was stopped for over an hour by the overturned truck

Synonyms & Similar Words

• halting
• stalling
• catching
• blocking
• checking
• arresting
• staying
• hindering
• stilling
• impeding
• suspending
• holding
• obstructing
• pulling up
• bringing up
• drawing up
• ending
• holding up
• stemming
• snagging
• detaining
• blockading
• clogging
• balking
• terminating
• fetching up
• concluding
• holding back
• suppressing
• discontinuing
• cutting off
• damming
• baffling
• calling
• bottlenecking
• repressing
• squashing
• stunting
• turning back
• squelching
• reining (in)
• stanching
• choking off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuing
• keeping (on)
• persisting
• carrying on
• moving
• proceeding
• keeping up
• advancing
• running on
• progressing
• marching
• pushing
• driving
• going along
• stirring
• following through (with)
• spurring
• propelling
• faring
• wending
• actuating
• impelling
• goading
• budging

3

as in filling

to close up so that no empty spaces remain

I stopped the mouse hole with plaster

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filling
• packing
• plugging
• blocking
• sealing
• damming
• bunging
• obstructing
• stuffing
• closing (off)
• clogging
• jamming
• occluding
• choking
• clotting
• congesting
• repacking
• caulking
• restuffing
• chinking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excavating
• shoveling
• scooping (out)
• hollowing (out)

4

as in ending

to come to an end

the music stopped but we kept on dancing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ending
• halting
• ceasing
• concluding
• expiring
• passing
• finishing
• terminating
• going
• dying
• closing
• stalling
• determining
• discontinuing
• lapsing
• elapsing
• quitting
• breaking off
• leaving off
• winking (out)
• winding up
• letting up
• breaking up
• pausing
• dead-ending
• biting the dust
• staying
• suspending
• refraining (from)
• laying off (of)
• packing (up or in)
• cutting out
• knocking off
• giving over
• desisting (from)
• breaking down
• abating
• winding down
• petering (out)
• conking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuing
• persisting
• hanging on
• extending
• prolonging
• drawing out
• protracting

5

as in defeating

to achieve a victory over

they were eventually stopped by the best team in the league

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeating
• overcoming
• taking
• mastering
• beating
• getting
• conquering
• dispatching
• subduing
• surmounting
• licking
• succeeding
• trimming
• prevailing (over)
• winning (against)
• upending
• triumphing (over)
• finishing
• getting around
• overmatching
• besting
• getting the better of
• worsting
• doing down
• overbearing
• burying
• crushing
• sweeping
• slaughtering
• scoring
• whipping
• skunking
• surpassing
• exceeding
• overwhelming
• annihilating
• knocking for a loop
• capping
• flattening
• upsetting
• excelling
• bombing
• breaking
• routing
• clobbering
• creaming
• topping
• blowing out
• subjugating
• overthrowing
• smoking
• thrashing
• flourishing
• vanquishing
• blowing away
• edging (out)
• nosing out
• skinning
• pipping
• unseating
• trouncing
• transcending
• walloping
• overpowering
• outdoing
• waxing
• bettering
• outshining
• eclipsing
• knocking over
• drubbing
• shellacking
• outstripping
• outdistancing
• knocking off
• outfighting
• snowing under
• overtopping
• acing (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing (to)
• falling
• going down
• failing
• giving up
• collapsing
• folding
• going under
• flopping
• washing out
• flunking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stopping

Noun

Long-distance passenger trains fly by the area daily, and stopping would be an extra boon for the county seat. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026

Tires below that point will need additional stopping room, increasing the risk of a crash, the group said. — Keith Laing, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026

If there is no stopping, retired park superintendent Bob Krumenaker said what could happen in Big Bend would rival the flooding of Hetch Hetchy Valley a century ago, an event that changed arguments about preserving the environment. — Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Front and rear hydraulic disc brakes deliver precise stopping power. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2026

The spinning flywheel generates gyroscopic forces that keep the robot upright while moving, stopping, or traversing uneven terrain, reports Techeblog. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026

There’s been so much stopping and starting that it’s been hard to get into a real cadence. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026

OpenAI has now built such a stopping mechanism, described in a safety report published the day before its ExploitGym disclosure, after a separate incident in which an unreleased program worked around its restrictions during internal use. — Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Beckham did some stopping at the McKinney Hat Company in McKinney for an authentic piece of Texas headgear. — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026

Verb

After stopping for gas, the suspect takes off with the gas nozzle still attached to the bike. — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Like actual religion, to continue on versus stopping becomes a question of faith. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Hopkins has been working on his run-stopping prowess, the next step in his development to be an every-down player. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026

Its hydrophilic exterior and hydrophobic interior trap and release polyhalides on demand, stopping the leakage cold. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026

His plan calls for stopping new borrowing, paying down the toll authority’s existing debt and ultimately eliminating tolls. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

In announcing the pause, the Army made no mention of stopping the combat missions that Apache helicopters are regularly flying in the war in Iran. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Fix the observation window, the metric and the threshold that would justify scaling or stopping. — Ming Zhu, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

However, that isn’t stopping Miller from attempting to get his preference from Dallas’ fourth-year offensive Swiss army knife. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2026