All intermit synonyms

verb intermit

• meddle — to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• rule out — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• file — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
• terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
• refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• desist — If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• break off — If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
• suspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
• prolong — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
• waive — to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• hold up — 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.
• stall — a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
• shelve — to place (something) on a shelf or shelves.
• adjourn — If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
• postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
• set aside — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
• defer — If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
• restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• put off — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• 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.
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• stem — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, considered as a group of academic or career fields (often used attributively): degree programs in STEM disciplines; teaching STEM in high school.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
• intrude — to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
• pardon — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
• wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
• dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• soften — to make soft or softer.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• cancel — 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.
• modulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
• weaken — to make weak or weaker.
• reprieve — to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
• condone — If someone condones behaviour that is morally wrong, they accept it and allow it to happen.