Thesaurus:desist
English
Verb
Sense: to cease to proceed or act
Synonyms
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- arrest
- call it quits
- stem the tide
- stop short
- stop talking [⇒ thesaurus]
- surrender [⇒ thesaurus]
- quit [⇒ thesaurus]
- —
- call it a day (idiomatic)
- call it a night (idiomatic)
- draw stumps (idiomatic)
- pull up stumps (idiomatic)
- —
- deactivate
- power down
- shut off
- switch off
- turn off
Hypernyms
Various
- delay [⇒ thesaurus]
- hang fire (figuratively)
- intermit
- interpel
- pause [⇒ thesaurus]
- wait [⇒ thesaurus]
See also
Further reading
- “142. cessation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “desist” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.