Stop and Wait out

Opposite meaning terms

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

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Wait out is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

Definitions of Stop not found.

Stop is an antonym for wait out in endure topic.

And a nuclear holocaust can't stop the arms race, because now the Americans have to move people into mine shafts as they wait out the radioactivity on the surface.

Source: Lensman Arms Race

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Wait out and Stop. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/wait_out

Stop & Wait out. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/wait_out>.

Wait out or Stop. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/wait_out.

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