Synonyms for discontinue
Definitions
- v. 1
To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.
They plan to discontinue that design.
Related words
- Word family
- discontinuation
Forms
- Past participle
- discontinued
e.g. discontinued → ceased, stopped, quitted, abandoned…
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A man quits work on the instant; he may discontinue a practise gradually; he quits suddenly and completely; he stops short in what he may or may not resume; he pauses in what he will probably resume.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- quit The odds are against me, so I think I'll quit now.
- cease Very few countries could cease trading with China.
- abandon Many Armenians were forced to abandon their lands.
- terminate Globalists want to terminate the property till 2030.
By length
- 3 letters
- end1
- 4 letters
- stop1, stay1, hold1, drop1, quit1, halt1
- 5 letters
- break1, cease1
- 6 letters
- arrest2, desist2
- 7 letters
- abandon3, suspend2
- 8 letters
- renounce2, intermit
- 9 letters
- terminate3, interrupt3
- 10 letters
- relinquish3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (arrest2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- discontinuer