Synonyms for Standstill:

• n.

  •
  • sidestep
  .
  •
  • continue
  .
  • cessation
  • abandonment
  ,
  • cessation
  ,
  • closure
  ,
  • discontinuance
  ,
  • end
  ,
  • ending
  ,
  • hiatus
  ,
  • interruption
  ,
  • termination
  .
  • deadlock
  • predicament
  ,
  • predicaments
  ,
  • quandary
  .
  • event
  • standstill
  .
  • halt
  • screeching halts
  .
  • inaction
  • dormancy
  ,
  • hibernation
  ,
  • idleness
  ,
  • immobility
  ,
  • inaction
  ,
  • lethargy
  ,
  • passiveness
  ,
  • rest
  ,
  • stagnation
  .
  • rest
  • dreaminess
  ,
  • forty winks
  ,
  • motionlessness
  ,
  • re-creation
  ,
  • re-creations
  ,
  • somnolence
  .
  • stop
  • blank wall
  ,
  • brick wall
  .

• Other synonyms:

•
• avoidance
,
• difficulty
,
• evasion
,
• footdragging
,
• stasis
.
•
• delay
,
• discontinuation
,
• inertia
,
• quiescent
,
• suspended animation
.
•
• failure
.

• Other relevant words:

• Becalming
,
• Brokenly
,
• Ceased
,
• Ceasing
,
• Gorgonize
,
• Hard-shell
,
• Interpel
,
• Moveless
,
• Stillstand
,
• Stoping
,
• Unstop
,
• Uti possidetis
,
• Vegetating
,
• abandon
,
• abdicate
,
• abeyance
,
• absolute
,
• adjourn
,
• affiliation
,
• afterwards
,
• aground
,
• arrest
,
• arrive
,
• artless
,
• ascetic
,
• association
,
• at a loss
,
• at a nonplus
,
• at a stand
,
• at a standstill
,
• at anchor
,
• at bay
,
• at rest
,
• austere
,
• aux abois
,
• bad
,
• ban
,
• bandstand
,
• bar
,
• barbarously
,
• base
,
• basic
,
• basis
,
• be past
,
• becalm
,
• becalmed
,
• becalms
,
• become fixed
,
• bell
,
• blind alley
,
• block
,
• boggle
,
• bond
,
• booth
,
• bottom
,
• box
,
• break
,
• bring to
,
• calm
,
• cataleptic
,
• cease
,
• ceaselessly
,
• ceases
,
• chaste
,
• check
,
• checkmate
,
• close
,
• come to
,
• conclusion
,
• conservative
,
• continually
,
• continuously
,
• corner
,
• crippled
,
• crudely
,
• cul
,
• cul de sac
,
• cut
,
• cut short
,
• cut-off
,
• cutoff
,
• dam
,
• deactivate
,
• dead end
,
• dead set
,
• dead stop
,
• dead-end street
,
• deadlock
,
• defer
,
• depart
,
• derail
,
• desist
,
• die away
,
• die-hard
,
• disable
,
• disconnect
,
• discontinue
,
• disintegrate
,
• disturb
,
• draw
,
• drop
,
• dying down
,
• ebb
,
• ebbing
,
• elementary
,
• endgame
,
• endlessly
,
• evacuate
,
• everyday
,
• extremity
,
• falteringly
,
• fetch up
,
• finally
,
• fix
,
• fixed
,
• flounder
,
• for good
,
• freeze
,
• frugal
,
• full stop
,
• go
,
• graveled
,
• gridlock
,
• grim
,
• grinding halt
,
• grotesquely
,
• gun
,
• halter
,
• halting
,
• haltingly
,
• halts
,
• hang
,
• hard up
,
• heavy
,
• hesitantly
,
• hinder
,
• hold back
,
• hole
,
• homely
,
• immobilize
,
• immotile
,
• immovable
,
• impasse
,
• impede
,
• inactive
,
• inactivity
,
• incapacitate
,
• incessantly
,
• indecisively
,
• inflexible
,
• intense
,
• intermission
,
• intermit
,
• interrupt
,
• intransigent
,
• intromit
,
• irreconcilable
,
• irresolutely
,
• jerkily
,
• keep back
,
• lace
,
• lamely
,
• lay off
,
• leave off
,
• link
,
• lock
,
• lockout
,
• logjam
,
• mate
,
• modest
,
• motionless
,
• neat
,
• nonplused
,
• nonplussed
,
• obstruct
,
• old-line
,
• opposed to change
,
• outage
,
• outdoor stage
,
• pack it in
,
• palsied
,
• paralyse
,
• paralysis
,
• paralyze
,
• paralyzed
,
• pass away
,
• pedestal
,
• peg
,
• pin
,
• pinched
,
• plain
,
• point of view
,
• power down
,
• preservative
,
• prevent
,
• prohibition
,
• pure
,
• puzzled
,
• quiescence
,
• quiet
,
• quit
,
• rack
,
• relinquish
,
• remit
,
• renounce
,
• resign
,
• rest period
,
• restful
,
• restrain
,
• rigid
,
• rigorous
,
• sales booth
,
• sedentary
,
• self-destruct
,
• set
,
• severe
,
• shut down
,
• silent
,
• simple
,
• sit-down strike
,
• sleeping
,
• slow
,
• stable
,
• stagnant
,
• stalemate
,
• stall
,
• stanch
,
• stand
,
• stand-off
,
• standing still
,
• standoff
,
• standpat
,
• standpoint
,
• stands
,
• stationary
,
• staunch
,
• stay-at-home
,
• stem
,
• stern
,
• stick
,
• stick at
,
• stick fast
,
• still
,
• stock
,
• stop
,
• stopes
,
• stoppages
,
• stopped up
,
• stopping
,
• stops
,
• straightforward
,
• straitened
,
• stranded
,
• strict
,
• strike
,
• struggle
,
• stuck fast
,
• subsidence
,
• suppress
,
• surcease
,
• suspend
,
• suspension
,
• switch off
,
• tentatively
,
• thrown out
,
• thwart
,
• tie
,
• tie up
,
• transfix
,
• turn off
,
• unassuming
,
• unbending
,
• unceasingly
,
• unceremonious
,
• uncertain
,
• uncertainly
,
• uncompromising
,
• undisturbed
,
• unendingly
,
• unmoved
,
• unruffled
,
• unsophisticated
,
• untraveled
,
• up a tree
,
• usual
,
• vegetative
,
• viewpoint
,
• wait
,
• walkout
,
• wane
,
• waning
,
• wear away
,
• wear off
,
• work stoppage
.
• Other relevant words (noun):
• Downs
,
• Interregnums
,
• breathing spell
,
• halt
,
• interregnum
,
• lockouts
,
• pausation
,
• pause
,
• screeching halt
,
• sit down
,
• sit-down
,
• sit-downs
,
• stay
,
• stoppage
,
• tie-up
,
• time out
,
• walkouts
.

What are the paraphrases for Standstill?

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    status-quo.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    deadlock, stalemate.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stop.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    suspended, stand-by.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    adjournment, alley, blocking, death, halting, impasse, inertia, palsy, pause, recession, sluggishness, stopping, dead-end, deaths.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    moratorium, sufferance.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    arrest, blockade, blockage, cessation, discontinuation, disruption, freeze, gridlock, halt, immobility, interruption, judgment, logjam, morass, moratorium, neutral, paralysis, quagmire, rut, setback, shutdown, slowdown, slump, stagnation, stall, stalling, standoff, stasis, stillness, stoppage, suspension, treadmill, moratoria, cul-de-sac, stand-off.

What are the hypernyms for Standstill?

• Other hypernyms:

  cessation, deadlock, halt, intermission, interruption, moratorium, pause, stalemate, stop, suspension.

What are the hyponyms for Standstill?

• hyponyms for standstill (as nouns)

  • event
    stop, halt.