Refer and Stop

Refer

Refer verb - To have a relation or connection.

Stop is an antonym for refer in seek information topic.

Stop

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

Refer is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

Common collocations

man refer man stop man
people refer people stop people
death refer death stop death
time refer time stop time
Other words: characters, everyone.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Case 5: Turnabout Substitution For a lot of the case except when Poole is suspected, Apollo and others refer to the killer only as a man to stop you from guessing Rhea's the killer.
  • Manga / 20th Century Boys Deadly Euphemism: Members of the Friend cult always say someone is "banished" (the word in Japanese can also refer to when you stop being someone's friend).
  • Invoked, possibly, on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, when Kourtney tries to get Khloe◊ to stop reading blogs that refer to her as a "whale," stating that the people making the criticisms are probably overweight themselves.
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Stop and Refer. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/refer/stop
Refer & Stop. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/refer/stop>.
Stop or Refer. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/refer/stop.
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