What are the antonyms for DESIST?
- drive, proceed, ingest, persist, institute, begin, initiate, restart, propel, endure, keep on, start, have, keep up, enter upon, progress, actuate, inaugurate, consume, stir, finish, continue, carry on, commence, persevere, advance, go on, set about, impel, complete, resume, originate.
Synonyms for DESIST
- passed on,
- termination,
- avoid,
- lay off,
- packed in,
- steer clear of,
- by-passed,
- Amnestying,
- stay away,
- Reprobated,
- Refusing,
- lifeless,
- throw in towel,
- relinquish,
- stoppage,
- slow,
- thinking twice,
- shrink from,
- skipped town,
- discontinuation,
- evade,
- Flinched,
- cancel,
- run for cover,
- renounce,
- setting aside,
- burn out,
- make excuses,
- stand still,
- not budge,
- reprobates,
- ending,
- draws close,
- cut,
- passing on,
- left alone,
- kick over,
- sluggish,
- lay by,
- blow the whistle on,
- Forgone,
- put lid on,
- Prorogate,
- check,
- come to standstill,
- winding down,
- put the lid on,
- throwing in the towel,
- suspend,
- stop work,
- drop it,
- spare,
- take a break,
- by-passing,
- throw up,
- cut it out,
- leave alone,
- call a day,
- drop anchor,
- deadlock,
- fall away,
- result,
- cutout,
- not do,
- Prorogued,
- turn deaf ear to,
- dropping anchor,
- put end to,
- throw in the towel,
- blow whistle on,
- keep off,
- bring to end,
- passed up,
- sew up,
- forswear,
- beg to be excused,
- hang it up,
- shut up,
- gave in,
- inert,
- hold,
- abandon,
- calls it quits,
- faked out,
- stops briefly,
- put an end to,
- stepped aside,
- close down,
- be over,
- stop short,
- sideline,
- terminated,
- take ten,
- eschew,
- intermit,
- take the cure,
- nixing,
- terminus,
- abjure,
- take oath,
- culminate,
- forfeit,
- cease fire,
- put a cork in,
- not think of,
- break,
- stay,
- kick,
- ease up,
- melt,
- refrain from,
- abate,
- Shying,
- left out,
- Cinching,
- take a breather,
- go on the wagon,
- abolition,
- knock off,
- hold off,
- stale,
- be temperate,
- caves in,
- abeyance,
- shun,
- draw close,
- not buy,
- expiration,
- Amnestied,
- come to an end,
- caving in,
- end,
- call time,
- inactive,
- shakes off,
- leave,
- steering clear of,
- knock it off,
- exterminates,
- turned away,
- conclude,
- Regretted,
- skip out on,
- taking the cure,
- resign,
- break off,
- put to bed,
- halt,
- call it quits,
- give in,
- give the slip,
- lie by,
- turn down,
- Reprobating,
- curb,
- give up,
- decline,
- stagnant,
- lose,
- stop briefly,
- abstain from,
- running out,
- faire,
- come off,
- Shied,
- go cold turkey,
- turn aside,
- By-pass,
- drawing close,
- close,
- by-passes,
- balk,
- desist,
- sat out,
- shut down,
- stop,
- packs in,
- turning away,
- discontinue,
- drop like a hot potato,
- give,
- stand aloof,
- hang fire,
- abdicate,
- bring to an end,
- don't buy,
- ultimates,
- remit,
- interrupt,
- withdraw,
- sit out,
- cool it,
- skip town,
- shies,
- lay low,
- fake out,
- prorogues,
- turned aside,
- draw to close,
- sewed up,
- turn away,
- takes a breather,
- cessation,
- have done with,
- cede,
- forgoing,
- stopping,
- nol-pros,
- terminate,
- motionless,
- standstill,
- call it a day,
- completion,
- circumlocute,
- Proroguing,
- top off,
- Ultimated,
- dissolution,
- Respiting,
- turned back on,
- Paused,
- Forbore,
- Intermitted,
- cease,
- send off,
- blow off,
- waive,
- pause,
- stay out,
- abatement,
- study at stop,
- turn back on,
- leave out,
- drop,
- come to a standstill,
- defunct,
- Ultimating,
- discontinuance,
- escape,
- hang up,
- falling away,
- cease and desist,
- sidelined,
- keep clear,
- bag it,
- Cinched,
- issue,
- step aside,
- think twice,
- desist from,
- turn one's back on,
- spurn,
- numb,
- leave off,
- Intermitting,
- fending off,
- quit,
- abort,
- shuffle off,
- Hesitated,
- give over,
- wind-up,
- idle,
- eased up,
- giving over,
- pass on,
- put on hold,
- fail,
- let go,
- passes on,
- break it up,
- laid low,
- Remitted,
- take the pledge,
- immobile,
- wash hands of,
- Shelving,
- conclusion,
- belay,
- dead,
- scrub,
- upset apple cart,
- kick the habit,
- stem,
- surrender,
- not move,
- be inactive,
- inanimate,
- ward off,
- Avast,
- yield,
- let pass,
- get on the wagon,
- putting to death,
- turning aside,
- refuse,
- melt down,
- give thumbs down to,
- shake off,
- hold back,
- closed down,
- turn thumbs down,
- topped off,
- shake and bake,
- Escaping,
- static,
- swear off,
- Respited,
- total,
- quiet,
- be quiet,
- lay,
- swearing off,
- nonliving,
- avert,
- leaving out,
- stalemate,
- pack in,
- run its course,
- drop like hot potato,
- hand over,
- close up,
- go easy,
- took the pledge,
- disuse,
- quit cold,
- not budget,
- forbear,
- pass up,
- let be,
- interpose,
- lay down,
- Withdrew,
- not accepted,
- wash one's hands of,
- putting on hold,
- not accept,
- surcease,
- acknowledge defeat,
- take five,
- give notice,
- sign off,
- stopped briefly,
- impasse,
- recede,
- buckle under,
- standing still,
- wind down,
- ran its course,
- rest,
- beg off,
- take the oath,
- intervenes,
- falls away,
- shut off,
- give a rest,
- not care to,
- abstain,
- turn from,
- leaves out,
- refrain,
- suspension,
- cave in,
- put to death,
- forgo,
- prorogue,
- hold at bay,
- bring to standstill,
- taking a break,
- finale,
- stick,
- bring down curtain,
- send regrets,
- quit cold turkey,
- keep from,
- refuse to receive,
- closing down,
- sacrifice,
- not hear of,
- leaf,
- turns away,
- call off.
