Approach
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good approach | good stop |
| best | best approach | best stop |
| better | better approach | better stop |
| entire | entire approach | entire stop |
| Other adjectives: serious, cold, classic, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- It can also sense the approach of Morkin and redirects more and more Ice Fear at him to try and stop him reaching it not realising he's immune.
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It even becomes a deep purple when he slices so finely that time starts to approach a full stop.
Source: Colour Coded Timestop - As you approach the death star numerous imperial fighters and Darth Vader himself will try to stop you.
Source: Video Game / X Wing Fighter
Cite this Source
Stop and Approach. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/approach/stop
Approach & Stop. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/approach/stop>.
Stop or Approach. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/approach/stop.
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