All act antonyms
act
A a noun act
- idleness β the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
- inaction β absence of action; idleness.
- inactivity β not active: an inactive volcano.
- defeat β If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- failure β an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- cessation β The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
- inertia β inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- quiet β making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- repose β the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- rest β a support for a lance; lance rest.
- stoppage β an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
- suspension β the act of suspending.
- whole β comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- reality β the state or quality of being real.
- misact β anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
verb act
- discontinue β to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- forego β forgo.
- cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- abstain β If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- hesitate β to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- refrain β to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- idle β not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- abandon β If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- forget β to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- quit β to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- leave alone β separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
- follow β to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- lose β to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- direct β to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.