Synonyms for intermit
Definitions
- v. 1
To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
The bell doth toll for him, that thinks it doth; and though it intermit again, yet from that minute, that that occasion wrought upon him, he is united to God.
Forms
- Past participle
- intermitted
e.g. intermitted → breaked, paused, ceased, suspended…
Example sentences
- cease Very few countries could cease trading with China.
- pause In Lojban, the dot "." is a pause or glottal stop.
- suspend The principal decided to suspend Lorenzo for a week.
- interrupt I don't want to interrupt Tom while he's speaking.
By length
- 5 letters
- break1, pause1, cease1, abate2
- 7 letters
- suspend2
- 9 letters
- interrupt3
- 11 letters
- discontinue4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abate2 = 2 syllables).