All goings-on antonyms
go·ings-on
G g noun goings-on
- cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- origin — something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin.
- start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- nothing — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- nothingness — the state of being nothing.
- zero — the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- insignificance — the quality or condition of being insignificant; lack of importance or consequence.
- meaninglessness — without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
- inaction — absence of action; idleness.
- 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.
- inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
- inertia — inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
- stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
- indolence — the quality or state of being indolent.
- denial — A denial of something is a statement that it is not true, does not exist, or did not happen.
- refusal — an act or instance of refusing.
- rejection — the act or process of rejecting.
- disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
- misunderstanding — failure to understand correctly; mistake as to meaning or intent.
- failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- avocation — Your avocation is a job or activity that you do because you are interested in it, rather than to earn your living.
- recreation — the act of creating anew.
- 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.
- whole — 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.
- commencement — The commencement of something is its beginning.
- source — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- improbability — the quality or condition of being improbable; unlikelihood.
- plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- unlikelihood — the state of being unlikely; improbability.
- beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.