All operate antonyms

verb operate

• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• abandon — 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.
• begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
• create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
• overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• retrogress — to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: to retrogress to infantilism.
• start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
• steady — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
• mismanage — Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
• leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
• abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
• destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
• discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
• disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
• dishonour — lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
• dishonor — lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
• give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• 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.
• idle — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• 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.
• miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• receive — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
• refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• release — to lease again.
• remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
• repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.