All hold antonyms
hold
H h verb hold
- exclude β Deny (someone) access to or bar (someone) from a place, group, or privilege.
- hang up β the way in which a thing hangs.
- desert β A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- want β to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- 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.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- offer β to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- free β enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- loose β free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- unfasten β to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
- untie β to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- 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.
- allow β If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- quit β to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- cancel β If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- mistrust β lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
- 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.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- follow β to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- lack β something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
- need β a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
- reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- liberate β to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- loosen β to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- aid β Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist β If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- permit β to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- disbelieve β to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- forsake β to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.
- cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
noun hold
- weakness β the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
- dispossession β to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
- release β to lease again.