Word Meanings - CEASE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased "To cease from strife." Prov. xx. 3. 2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away. The poor shall never cease out of the land. Deut. xv. 11. Syn. -- To intermit;

Additional info about word: CEASE

1. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased "To cease from strife." Prov. xx. 3. 2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away. The poor shall never cease out of the land. Deut. xv. 11. Syn. -- To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CEASE)

• Abandon
• Leave
• forsake
• desert
• renounce
• cease
• relinquish
• discontinue
• castoff
• resign
• retire
• quit
• forego
• forswear
• depart from
• vacate
• surrender
• abjure
• repudiate
• Abstain
• Refrain
• forbear
• refuse
• demur
• avoid
• stop
• keep back
• desist
• withhold
• scruple
• Desist
• Cease
• drop
• abstain
• leave off
• Die
• Expire
• depart
• perish
• decline
• decease
• disappear
• wither
• languish
• wane
• sink
• fade
• decay
• Pause Cease
• suspend
• intermit
• stay
• wait
• hesitate

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of CEASE)

• Rise
• grow
• increase
• flourish
• luxuriate
• vegetate
• expand
• enlarge
• Grant
• afford
• yield
• concede
• acquiesce

Related words: (words related to CEASE)

• DISAPPEARING
  p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear. Disappearing carriage , a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing
• DEMURE
  good manners); de of + murs, mours, meurs, mors, F. m, fr. L. mores manners, morals ; or more prob. fr. OF. meür, F. mûr mature, ripe in a phrase preceded by de, as de 1. Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest
• RESIGNATION
  1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission. 2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as,
• DESERTER
  One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion.
• LEAVE-TAKING
  Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak.
• VACATE
  Etym: 1. To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house. 2. To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of
• FORSAKE
  1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity. If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments. Ps. lxxxix. 30. 2. To renounce; to
• FORSWEARER
  One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.
• LEAVED
  Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long- leaved.
• ABSTAIN
  To hinder; to withhold. Whether he abstain men from marrying. Milton.
• EXPAND
  To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy. Dryden.
• FORSAKER
  One who forsakes or deserts.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• PERISHMENT
  The act of perishing. Udall.
• DEPARTURE
  The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another. Bouvier. (more info) 1. Division; separation; putting away. No other remedy . . . but absolute departure. Milton.
• DEPARTMENT
  1. Act of departing; departure. Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton. 2. A part, portion, or subdivision. 3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. Superior to Pope in Pope's
• PERISHABILITY
  Perishableness.
• YIELDABLE
  Disposed to yield or comply. -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Hall.
• RESIGNED
  Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur. A firm, yet cautious mind; Sincere, thought prudent; constant, yet resigned. Pope.
• DEPARTMENTAL
  Pertaining to a department or division. Burke.
• INDESERT
  Ill desert. Addison.
• BELEAVE
  To leave or to be left. May.
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• DECAY
  To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay;
• YIELD
  pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be
• IMMIGRANT
  One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant. Syn. -- See Emigrant.
• MISDESERT
  Ill desert. Spenser.
• DISCONTINUE
  To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school