All motoring antonyms
mo·tor·ing
M m verb motoring
- walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
- stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- stand — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- mismanage — Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- check — Check is also a noun.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- release — to lease again.
- free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- land — Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.
- go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- back up — If someone or something backs up a statement, they supply evidence to suggest that it is true.