All function antonyms
func·tion
F f noun function
- entertainment — The action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment.
- fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- pastime — something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport: to play cards as a pastime.
- idleness — 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 — absence of action; idleness.
- inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
- inertia — inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- unemployment — the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
- misfunction — malfunction.
- disfunction — dysfunction.
verb function
- cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- idle — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- lose — 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.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- malfunction — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.