Stop and Turning

Opposite meaning words

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

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Turning is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

Turning noun - A movement in a new direction.

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Stop is an antonym for turning in topics: use, adapt.

Nearby Words: turn, turned, turner, turnery

human	human stop	human turning
full	full stop	full turning
better	better stop	better turning
complete	complete stop	complete turning
Other adjectives: instant, dead, male, serious, bad, main, key, major, next, several, comic, giant, sudden.

Due to what this does to their self-control and sanity, their encounter alternates between the two of them half a minute away from full-blown sex, trying to stop and turning violent.

Source: Series / Grimm
He follows this trope (without actually saying anything) in the subway station when he decides to stop running from Smith, turning and fighting him instead.

Source: Film / The Matrix
However, instead of turning on Judy as you'd expect, the dolls appear to truly listen to Judy and stop hurting Ralph.

Source: Film / Dolls

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Turning and Stop. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/turning

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