stop
Definitions
Noun
- The event of something ending
- The act of stopping something
- A brief stay in the course of a journey
- The state of inactivity following an interruption
- A spot where something halts or pauses
- A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
- A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
- A mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
- A restraint that checks the motion of something
- An obstruction in a pipe or tube
Verb
- Come to a halt, stop moving
- Put an end to a state or an activity
- Stop from happening or developing
- Interrupt a trip
- Cause to stop
- Prevent completion
- Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- Seize on its way
- Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- Render unsuitable for passage
- Stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
Fragment
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "stop".
# | Word | Syllables | Freq |
---|---|---|---|
1 | stopped | 1 | 129 |
2 | stop | 1 | 120 |
3 | stopping | 2 | 14 |
4 | stops | 1 | 8 |
5 | shortstop | 2 | 7 |
6 | christopher | 3 | 5 |
7 | stopper | 2 | 2 |
8 | non-stop | 2 | 1 |
9 | nonstop | 2 | 1 |
10 | stopover | 3 | 1 |
11 | stopovers | 3 | 1 |
12 | stoppage | 2 | 1 |
13 | stoppages | 3 | 1 |
14 | aristophanes | 5 | 0 |
15 | backstop | 2 | 0 |
16 | bookstop | 2 | 0 |
17 | bookstops | 2 | 0 |
18 | christoph | 2 | 0 |
19 | christophe | 2 | 0 |
20 | christophel | 3 | 0 |
21 | christopher's | 3 | 0 |
22 | christophersen | 4 | 0 |
23 | christopherson | 4 | 0 |
24 | christopoulos | 4 | 0 |
25 | dechristopher | 4 | 0 |
26 | kristopher | 3 | 0 |
27 | kristopher's | 3 | 0 |
28 | non-stops | 2 | 0 |
29 | nonstops | 2 | 0 |
30 | stop-gap | 2 | 0 |
31 | stopa | 2 | 0 |
32 | stopgap | 2 | 0 |
33 | stopher | 2 | 0 |
34 | stopka | 2 | 0 |
35 | stoplight | 2 | 0 |
36 | stoplights | 2 | 0 |
37 | stoppel | 2 | 0 |
38 | stoppers | 2 | 0 |
39 | stopwatch | 2 | 0 |
40 | stopwatches | 3 | 0 |
41 | unstoppable | 4 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "stop".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "stop".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "stop" in a sentence.
# | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "stop" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "stop" in the same piece of text.
# | Word | Syllables | Freq |
---|---|---|---|
1 | smokers | 2 | 2 |
2 | designed | 2 | 2 |
3 | eventually | 5 | 2 |
4 | effort | 2 | 2 |
5 | ford | 1 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 22
Fragments: 41
Sound Alikes: 4
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 2
Statistically Associated: 5
Consonant Matches: 2
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
‘Gee, I Don’t Know How We Can Stop This’: Republicans Prepare to Push Trump on Putin
Jun 6, 2025 Politico
Jun 6, 2025 Politico
Ground stop canceled at Denver International Airport after dozens of flights delayed
Jun 5, 2025 CBS News
Jun 5, 2025 CBS News
Opinion | Trump Is Helping Human Rights Abusers. I’m Suing to Stop Him.
Jun 6, 2025 The New York Times
Jun 6, 2025 The New York Times