What is another word for cease?

Common synonyms for cease include discontinue, stop, give up, quit, lay off, break, break off.

What is the past tense of cease?

The past tense of cease is ceased.

Words that rhyme with cease include police, release, increase, piece, peace, greece.

/sis/noun, verb1 syllable

Cease means: put an end to a state or an activity.

verb, as in put an end to a state or an activity

discontinue, stop, give up, quit, lay off, break, break off

verb, as in have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

also used for cease

hold, absolve, complete, conclude, consummate, do, arrest, absist, belay, blin, cess, cheese it, come to an end

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verb

put an end to a state or an activity“Quit teasing your little brother”

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical“the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed”

noun

(‘cease’ is a noun only in the phrase ‘without cease’) end

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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You never cease to astonish me, my dear.Nuel
If everyone got rich under capitalism, the system would cease to function.shekitten
Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.fekundulo
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.Adelpa
When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.Wu
When money ceases to have value, the entire system stops working.mailohilohi
After a certain age, life ceases to be a game for grownups.Nuel
When measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.Ooneykcall

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