The phrase "keep on" typically means to continue doing something or to persist in a certain action. However, some antonyms for this phrase include stop, halt, quit, exit, or discontinue. These words indicate a cessation or cessation of activity, rather than a continuation. Other antonyms may include pause, break, rest, or relax, indicating a temporary interruption or rest period before resuming the activity. In some contexts, "keep on" may also carry a negative connotation of persistence despite negative consequences or objections, in which case antonyms may include retreat, surrender, or withdraw. Ultimately, the antonym for "keep on" will depend on the specific context and intended meaning of the phrase.

What are the antonyms for Keep on?

• v.

  • abandon, renounce
  • leaf
  ,
  • leave
  .
  • abide
  • quit
  ,
  • refuse
  ,
  • stop
  .
  • adjourn
  • Prorogued
  ,
  • Proroguing
  ,
  • Shelving
  ,
  • de lay
  ,
  • de laying
  ,
  • de lays
  ,
  • de-lay
  ,
  • de-laying
  ,
  • de-lays
  ,
  • dis continue
  ,
  • dis continued
  ,
  • dis continues
  ,
  • dis continuing
  ,
  • dis-continue
  ,
  • dis-continued
  ,
  • dis-continues
  ,
  • dis-continuing
  ,
  • held over
  ,
  • hold off
  ,
  • hold over
  ,
  • holding over
  ,
  • holds off
  ,
  • holds over
  ,
  • post pone
  ,
  • post pones
  ,
  • post-pone
  ,
  • post-pones
  ,
  • pro rogue
  ,
  • pro rogues
  ,
  • pro roguing
  ,
  • pro-rogue
  ,
  • pro-rogued
  ,
  • pro-rogues
  ,
  • pro-roguing
  ,
  • prorogue
  ,
  • prorogues
  ,
  • put off
  ,
  • re cessed
  ,
  • re cesses
  ,
  • re cessing
  ,
  • re strain
  ,
  • re strained
  ,
  • re straining
  ,
  • re strains
  ,
  • re-cess
  ,
  • re-cessed
  ,
  • re-cessing
  ,
  • re-strain
  ,
  • re-strained
  ,
  • re-straining
  ,
  • re-strains
  .
  • cease
  • Intermitted
  ,
  • Intermitting
  ,
  • bring an end
  ,
  • bring end
  ,
  • bring to an end
  ,
  • bring to end
  ,
  • bringing an end
  ,
  • bringing end
  ,
  • bringing to an end
  ,
  • bringing to end
  ,
  • brings an end
  ,
  • brings end
  ,
  • brings to an end
  ,
  • brings to end
  ,
  • brought an end
  ,
  • brought end
  ,
  • brought to an end
  ,
  • brought to end
  ,
  • call a day
  ,
  • call day
  ,
  • call it a day
  ,
  • call it day
  ,
  • call it quits
  ,
  • call quits
  ,
  • called a day
  ,
  • called day
  ,
  • called it a day
  ,
  • called it day
  ,
  • called it quits
  ,
  • called quits
  ,
  • calling a day
  ,
  • calling day
  ,
  • calling it a day
  ,
  • calling it day
  ,
  • calling it quits
  ,
  • calling quits
  ,
  • calls a day
  ,
  • calls day
  ,
  • calls it a day
  ,
  • calls it day
  ,
  • calls it quits
  ,
  • calls quits
  ,
  • came an end
  ,
  • came end
  ,
  • came to an end
  ,
  • came to end
  ,
  • come an end
  ,
  • come end
  ,
  • come to an end
  ,
  • come to end
  ,
  • comes an end
  ,
  • comes end
  ,
  • comes to an end
  ,
  • comes to end
  ,
  • coming an end
  ,
  • coming end
  ,
  • coming to an end
  ,
  • coming to end
  ,
  • cut it out
  ,
  • cuts it out
  ,
  • cutting it out
  ,
  • gave over
  ,
  • give over
  ,
  • gives over
  ,
  • giving over
  ,
  • intermit
  ,
  • intermits
  ,
  • pack in
  ,
  • packed in
  ,
  • packing in
  ,
  • packs in
  ,
  • quit cold turkey
  ,
  • quits cold turkey
  ,
  • quitted cold turkey
  ,
  • quitting cold turkey
  ,
  • sur cease
  ,
  • sur ceased
  ,
  • sur ceases
  ,
  • sur-cease
  ,
  • sur-ceased
  ,
  • sur-ceases
  ,
  • sur-ceasing
  .
  • conclude
  • Cinched
  ,
  • Cinching
  ,
  • Ultimated
  ,
  • Ultimating
  ,
  • bring down curtain
  ,
  • bringing down curtain
  ,
  • brings down curtain
  ,
  • brought down curtain
  ,
  • draw close
  ,
  • draw to close
  ,
  • drawing close
  ,
  • drawing to close
  ,
  • draws close
  ,
  • draws to close
  ,
  • drew close
  ,
  • drew to close
  ,
  • put bed
  ,
  • put lid on
  ,
  • put the lid on
  ,
  • puts bed
  ,
  • puts the lid on
  ,
  • puts to bed
  ,
  • putting bed
  ,
  • putting lid on
  ,
  • putting to bed
  ,
  • topped off
  ,
  • topping off
  ,
  • tops off
  ,
  • ultimates
  .
  • continue
  • cease
  ,
  • complete
  ,
  • desist
  ,
  • discontinue
  ,
  • end
  ,
  • finish
  ,
  • halt
  .
  • delay, hold off
  • suspend
  .
  • desist
  • Forbore
  ,
  • Paused
  ,
  • Re sign
  ,
  • give up
  ,
  • had done with
  ,
  • haddest done with
  ,
  • hadst done with
  ,
  • has done with
  ,
  • hast done with
  ,
  • hath done with
  ,
  • have done with
  ,
  • having done with
  ,
  • not did
  ,
  • not do
  ,
  • re signed
  ,
  • re signing
  ,
  • re signs
  ,
  • re-sign
  ,
  • re-signed
  ,
  • re-signing
  ,
  • re-signs
  .
  • do without; keep from doing
  • refrain
  .
  • finish, come to an end
  • conclude
  .
  • forbear
  • de cline
  ,
  • de clines
  ,
  • de-cline
  ,
  • de-clines
  ,
  • go easy
  ,
  • goes easy
  ,
  • going easy
  ,
  • keep from
  ,
  • keeps from
  ,
  • kept from
  ,
  • went easy
  ,
  • with held
  ,
  • with hold
  ,
  • with holding
  ,
  • with holds
  ,
  • with-held
  ,
  • with-hold
  ,
  • with-holds
  .
  • halt
  • blew the whistle on
  ,
  • blew whistle on
  ,
  • blow the whistle on
  ,
  • blow whistle on
  ,
  • blowing the whistle on
  ,
  • blowing whistle on
  ,
  • blows the whistle on
  ,
  • blows whistle on
  ,
  • bring standstill
  ,
  • bring to standstill
  ,
  • bringing standstill
  ,
  • bringing to standstill
  ,
  • brings standstill
  ,
  • brings to standstill
  ,
  • brought standstill
  ,
  • brought to standstill
  ,
  • cease fire
  ,
  • ceased fire
  ,
  • ceases fire
  ,
  • ceasing fire
  ,
  • close down
  ,
  • closed down
  ,
  • closes down
  ,
  • closing down
  ,
  • cool it
  ,
  • cooled it
  ,
  • cooling it
  ,
  • cools it
  ,
  • drop anchor
  ,
  • dropped anchor
  ,
  • dropping anchor
  ,
  • drops anchor
  ,
  • dropt anchor
  ,
  • held at bay
  ,
  • hold bay
  ,
  • holding at bay
  ,
  • holding bay
  ,
  • holds at bay
  ,
  • holds bay
  ,
  • put a cork in
  ,
  • put cork in
  ,
  • puts a cork in
  ,
  • puts cork in
  ,
  • re sting
  ,
  • re-sting
  ,
  • stands still
  ,
  • stood still
  .
  • know
  • misinterpret
  ,
  • misunderstand
  .
  • leave
  • de sert
  ,
  • de-sert
  ,
  • gave notice
  ,
  • give notice
  ,
  • gives notice
  ,
  • giving notice
  ,
  • sur rendered
  ,
  • sur rendering
  ,
  • sur renders
  ,
  • sur-render
  ,
  • sur-rendered
  ,
  • sur-rendering
  ,
  • sur-renders
  .
  • pause
  • brake it up
  ,
  • break it up
  ,
  • breaking it up
  ,
  • breaks it up
  ,
  • broke it up
  ,
  • call time
  ,
  • called time
  ,
  • calls time
  ,
  • came standstill
  ,
  • came to standstill
  ,
  • catch breath
  ,
  • catch one breath
  ,
  • catch ones breath
  ,
  • come standstill
  ,
  • come to standstill
  ,
  • comes standstill
  ,
  • comes to standstill
  ,
  • coming standstill
  ,
  • coming to standstill
  ,
  • de liberate
  ,
  • de liberated
  ,
  • de liberates
  ,
  • de liberating
  ,
  • de-liberate
  ,
  • de-liberated
  ,
  • de-liberates
  ,
  • de-liberating
  ,
  • put hold
  ,
  • put on hold
  ,
  • puts hold
  ,
  • putting hold
  ,
  • putting on hold
  ,
  • sidelined
  ,
  • sidelining
  ,
  • stop briefly
  ,
  • stopped briefly
  ,
  • stopping briefly
  ,
  • stops briefly
  ,
  • stopt briefly
  ,
  • take a break
  ,
  • take a breather
  ,
  • take breather
  ,
  • take five
  ,
  • take ten
  ,
  • takes a break
  ,
  • takes break
  ,
  • takes five
  ,
  • taking a break
  ,
  • taking a breather
  ,
  • taking break
  ,
  • taking five
  ,
  • taking ten
  ,
  • think twice
  ,
  • thinking twice
  ,
  • thinks twice
  ,
  • thought twice
  ,
  • took a break
  ,
  • took a breather
  ,
  • took break
  ,
  • took five
  ,
  • took ten
  .
  • persevere
  • be lazy
  ,
  • idle
  .
  • refrain
  • am temperate
  ,
  • are temperate
  ,
  • art temperate
  ,
  • be temperate
  ,
  • being temperate
  ,
  • go on the wagon
  ,
  • go on wagon
  ,
  • go the wagon
  ,
  • go wagon
  ,
  • goes on the wagon
  ,
  • goes on wagon
  ,
  • goes the wagon
  ,
  • goes wagon
  ,
  • going on the wagon
  ,
  • going on wagon
  ,
  • going the wagon
  ,
  • going wagon
  ,
  • is temperate
  ,
  • pass up
  ,
  • passed up
  ,
  • passes up
  ,
  • passing up
  ,
  • sate out
  ,
  • sit out
  ,
  • sits out
  ,
  • sitting out
  ,
  • take cure
  ,
  • take pledge
  ,
  • take the cure
  ,
  • take the pledge
  ,
  • takes cure
  ,
  • takes pledge
  ,
  • takes the cure
  ,
  • takes the pledge
  ,
  • taking cure
  ,
  • taking pledge
  ,
  • taking the cure
  ,
  • taking the pledge
  ,
  • took cure
  ,
  • took pledge
  ,
  • took the cure
  ,
  • took the pledge
  ,
  • was temperate
  ,
  • wast temperate
  ,
  • went on the wagon
  ,
  • went on wagon
  ,
  • went the wagon
  ,
  • went wagon
  ,
  • were temperate
  ,
  • wert temperate
  .
  • remain
  • depart
  ,
  • forge
  ,
  • go
  ,
  • move
  .
  • stop a proceeding
  • adjourn
  .
  • stop, finish
  • terminate
  .
  • suspend
  • de bar
  ,
  • de barred
  ,
  • de barring
  ,
  • de bars
  ,
  • de-bar
  ,
  • de-barred
  ,
  • de-barring
  ,
  • de-bars
  ,
  • hang up
  ,
  • hanged fire
  ,
  • hanged up
  ,
  • hanging fire
  ,
  • hanging up
  ,
  • hangs fire
  ,
  • hung fire
  ,
  • in activate
  ,
  • in activated
  ,
  • in activates
  ,
  • in activating
  ,
  • in-activate
  ,
  • in-activated
  ,
  • in-activates
  ,
  • inactivate
  ,
  • inactivated
  ,
  • inactivates
  ,
  • laid aside
  ,
  • laid on table
  ,
  • laid on the table
  ,
  • laid over
  ,
  • laid the table
  ,
  • lay aside
  ,
  • lay on the table
  ,
  • lay over
  ,
  • lay table
  ,
  • lay the table
  ,
  • laying aside
  ,
  • laying on table
  ,
  • laying on the table
  ,
  • laying table
  ,
  • lays on table
  ,
  • lays on the table
  ,
  • lays table
  ,
  • lays the table
  ,
  • pinkslip
  ,
  • pro tract
  ,
  • pro tracts
  ,
  • pro-tract
  ,
  • pro-tracts
  ,
  • put a stop to
  ,
  • put an end to
  ,
  • put back burner
  ,
  • put end to
  ,
  • put ice
  ,
  • put on back burner
  ,
  • put on ice
  ,
  • put on the shelf
  ,
  • put shelf
  ,
  • put the shelf
  ,
  • puts a stop to
  ,
  • puts an end to
  ,
  • puts back burner
  ,
  • puts end to
  ,
  • puts ice
  ,
  • puts on back burner
  ,
  • puts on ice
  ,
  • puts on the shelf
  ,
  • puts shelf
  ,
  • puts stop to
  ,
  • puts the shelf
  ,
  • putting a stop to
  ,
  • putting back burner
  ,
  • putting end to
  ,
  • putting ice
  ,
  • putting on back burner
  ,
  • putting on ice
  ,
  • putting on the shelf
  ,
  • putting shelf
  ,
  • putting stop to
  ,
  • putting the shelf
  .
  • terminate
  • Prorogate
  ,
  • de fine
  ,
  • de fined
  ,
  • de fines
  ,
  • de fining
  ,
  • de-fine
  ,
  • de-fined
  ,
  • de-fines
  ,
  • de-fining
  ,
  • dis charge
  ,
  • dis charged
  ,
  • dis charges
  ,
  • dis charging
  ,
  • dis missed
  ,
  • dis missing
  ,
  • dis solve
  ,
  • dis solved
  ,
  • dis solves
  ,
  • dis solving
  ,
  • dis-charge
  ,
  • dis-charged
  ,
  • dis-charges
  ,
  • dis-charging
  ,
  • dis-missed
  ,
  • dis-missing
  ,
  • dis-solve
  ,
  • dis-solved
  ,
  • dis-solves
  ,
  • dis-solving
  ,
  • ex pire
  ,
  • ex-pire
  ,
  • prorogated
  ,
  • prorogates
  ,
  • prorogating
  ,
  • re strict
  ,
  • re-strict
  ,
  • wind down
  ,
  • winded down
  ,
  • winding down
  ,
  • winds down
  ,
  • wound down
  .

• Other relevant words:

• forbear
,
• pause
.

Famous quotes with Keep on

• I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

  Arthur Ashe
• It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.

  Ernie Banks
• My concern is to continue respecting my work as I've done since I began as an actor and I could only do that if I'm strong enough to keep on doing what I think best in an artistic way.

  Javier Bardem
• I'm saying: to be continued, until we meet again. Meanwhile, keep on listening and tapping your feet.

  Count Basie
• Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true.

  Arnold Bennett

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