Synonyms for freeze
- verb
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Seize up — of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning)
2. Halt — to cause someone to become motionless
immobilize, immobilise UK, halt dated
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).
Since the last update, the program freezes after a few minutes of use.
- v. 2
To cause someone to become motionless.
- n. 1
A period of intensely cold weather.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- freezes → frosts, chills, lock-ups…
Example sentences
- hang Recently, you've been depressing to hang out with.
- seize You have to seize the opportunity with both hands.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| freeze | falling | |
| hang | rising | |
| seize | steady | |
| immobilize | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- stop1, hang1, halt1
- 5 letters
- block1, chill1, blank1, frost1, seize1
- 6 letters
- arrest2, benumb
- 7 letters
- suspend2, congeal2
- 8 letters
- solidify4
- 10 letters
- immobilize4, immobilise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (arrest2 = 2 syllables).