What's another word for
What's the opposite of
Meaning of the word
Words that rhyme with
Sentences with the word
Translate
From English
To English
to
Afrikaans
Albanian
Amharic
Arabic
Armenian
Azerbaijani
Basque
Belarusian
Bengali
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Catalan
Cebuano
Chichewa
Chinese
Corsican
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Esperanto
Estonian
Farsi
Filipino
Finnish
French
Frisian
Galician
Georgian
German
Greek
Gujarati
Haitian Creole
Hausa
Hebrew
Hindi
Hmong
Hungarian
Icelandic
Igbo
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Javanese
Kannada
Kazakh
Khmer
Korean
Kurdish
Kyrgyz
Lao
Latin
Latvian
Lithuanian
Luxembourgish
Macedonian
Malagasy
Malay
Malayalam
Maltese
Maori
Marathi
Mongolian
Burmese
Nepali
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Romanian
Russian
Samoan
Scots Gaelic
Serbian
Sesotho
Shona
Sinhala
Slovak
Slovenian
Somali
Spanish
Sundanese
Swahili
Swedish
Tajik
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu
Uzbek
Vietnamese
Welsh
Xhosa
Yiddish
Yoruba
Zulu
Find Words
All Words
2-Letter Words
3-Letter Words
4-Letter Words
5-Letter Words
6-Letter Words
7-Letter Words
8-Letter Words
9-Letter Words
10-Letter Words
11-Letter Words
12-Letter Words
13-Letter Words
14-Letter Words
Starting With
Ending With
Containing Exactly
Containing the Letters
Words With Friends
Scrabble
Crossword / Codeword
Use * for blank tiles (max 2)
Use * for blank spaces
Advanced Word Finder
Find the
Plural
Singular
Past Tense
Present Tense
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
of
Pronounce the word
in
Afrikaans
Albanian
Arabic
Bengali
Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hindi
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latin
Malay
Malayalam
Marathi
Nepali
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Uzbek
Vietnamese
Welsh
Find Names
Meaning of the name
Origin of the name
Names meaning
Names starting with
Names of origin
Synonyms
Antonyms
Definitions
Rhymes
Sentences
Translations
Find Words
Word Forms
Pronunciations
☀
Appearance
✓
Use device theme
✓
Dark theme
✓
Light theme
What is another word for
refrain from
?
Need
synonyms for refrain from
? Here's a list of
similar words
from our
thesaurus
that you can use instead.
Contexts
▼
▲
To cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
To let someone down by abandoning or neglecting them
To deny or be denied (of something)
To delay action until a particular time or event
To refuse to do something because one is too proud
To ban or refrain from using
… more ▼
▲
Verb
▲
To cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
wean
stop
halt
cease
discontinue
desist from
quit
forbear from
break off
cut out
call a halt to
call it a day
give up
abandon
abstain from
leave off
knock off
pack in
suspend
desist
forsake
lay off
pass up
preclude
relinquish
renounce
resist
skip
steer clear of
belay
bypass
finish
keep from
stay away from
ax
US
axe
UK
back off from
can
check out from
drop
forgo
give over
hold off
pack up
pull out of
put a stop to
refuse
rein in
restrain from
shrink from
swear off
unaccustom
withhold from
call it quits on
detach
jack in
kibosh
put an end to
surcease from
eschew
avoid
forbear
abstain
kick
do without
end
go without
shun
forswear
refrain
dispense with
break
abjure
forego
pass on
terminate
reject
conclude
spurn
decline
surcease
keep off
leave alone
cut off
break up
repudiate
waive
wind up
shy from
not touch
leave out
call it quits
bring to an end
bring to a halt
curb
intermit
check
deny oneself
skip out on
turn down
restrain oneself from
lay off of
shut off
let up
stop oneself from
give a wide berth to
pass
withdraw
evade
escape
disavow
ditch
give something a miss
resist the temptation to
prevent oneself from
get off
not give in to
pull the plug on
rebuff
dismiss
snub
cancel
interrupt
abolish
deny
get rid of
do away with
prevent
disapprove
close
scrap
dodge
cut
elapse
phase out
shirk
determine
knock back
restrain
yield
reprobate
kill
pause
sacrifice
keep
give the chop
stay
get around
say no to
baulk at
fail
shake
prohibit
culminate
sit out
kick the habit
dead-end
check oneself
fight shy of
have done with
have nothing to do with
balk at
quit cold
cut it out
wink out
knock something on the head
back out of
not continue
stop oneself
bring to a stop
do not
help
hold back
not accept
kick over
cease to indulge in
let alone
lapse
miss out on
hold back from
buck
expire
turn aside from
go
die
withhold
scrub
spell
rest
resign
stop doing
lie by
give a rest
not do
call a stop to
endure
dispense
intervene
disconnect
separate
interpose
disunite
disjoin
dissever
part
bridle
omit
bag it
blow off
inhibit
restrain yourself
decline to
go easy
keep away from
manage without
close out
come to a close
close down
cut short
shut down
back off
die down
not do anymore
quit cold turkey
set aside
lay aside
disregard
discount
nix
deselect
overlook
throw out
miss
negative
ignore
give the thumbs down to
not take advantage of
not heed
sew up
get on the wagon
wrap up
hang it up
take the cure
pack it in
abort
resign from
leave
drop out of
put off
manage not to
repulse
elude
demur
demur at
brush aside
disclaim
disdain
duck
abnegate
abdicate
avert
opt out
refuse to take advantage of
send one's regrets
look down one's nose at
opt out of
give the thumbs down
give the red light
shake one's head
gainsay
shy
disaffirm
finesse
scape
renege on
stay clear of
turn your back on
let well enough alone
weasel out of
have no truck with
shy away from
shuffle out of
keep clear of
stay away
sidestep
circumvent
steer clear
shake off
withstand
skirt
hinder
interfere with
head off
fend off
stave off
negate
make up for
get out of
nullify
obviate
ward off
neutralize
US
block
impede
counterbalance
break the habit of
arrest
neutralise
UK
counteract
anticipate
come to an end
complete
bring to a close
dissolve
call off
round off
round out
call a halt
be over
disappear
draw to a close
chuck
annul
vanish
adjourn
settle
scratch
consummate
throw up
withdraw from
dump
desert
revoke
finalize
US
wrap
abate
finalise
UK
bite the dust
retire from
finish off
end up
wind down
top off
cry off
run out
fade away
die away
nip in the bud
put the kibosh on
discard
obstruct
stall
stem
fade
renege
depart
bar
evaporate
liquidate
rescind
repeal
do
recess
exit
duck-shove
funk
back out
run away from
skive off
dwindle
throw away
evanish
escape from
crown
ultimate
duck out of
wriggle out of
slide out of
cast off
finish with
bring to a standstill
walk out on
cast aside
cease to exist
run its course
get done
say goodbye to
come to a stop
melt away
become invalid
come to a halt
clean up
die out
bring to a conclusion
be through with
put the lid on
become void
pass away
come to the end
finish up
blow over
become obsolete
come to a standstill
fizzle out
bring to an untimely end
peter out
stand down from
give up on
disrupt
give something up
ebb
relent
forlet
come off
wane
disturb
resolve
go cold turkey
sunder
cinch
subside
stop trying
be at an end
be no longer valid
evanesce
jack it in
close off
bring to end
bring
call
recall
retreat
drop out
discharge
accomplish
cut into
break into
throw in the towel
throw in the sponge
cap
bring down curtain
draw to close
put a period to
put to bed
play out
staunch
put paid to
dispose of
switch off
prorogue
clear
pull the plug
knock it off
pull up
stop midstream
shutter
clinch
fold up
be put to bed
cut loose
button up
button down
put a lid on
get shut of
get shot of
give notice
eliminate
extinguish
fold
log off
transpire
hang up
carry out
bring to fruition
come to a conclusion
round up
carry through
set the seal on
go dead
trail off
go by
tail off
shelve
freeze
remit
forfeit
tie up loose ends
curtail
give the go by
divorce
jilt
postpone
avoid doing something
take the pledge
be temperate
go on the wagon
slip away
be no more
fly by
put a sock in
blow the whistle on
put a cork in
disown
stop dead
disinherit
stop short
part with
part from
dust off
break with
forget about
leave unfinished
bring to a premature end
stop cold
break short
stop in full flow
eighty-six
write off
wipe out
skive
skirt round
turn
defect
tergiversate
apostatize
tergiverse
apostacize
bilk
rationalize
US
backpedal
welsh
excuse
exclude
debar
throw off
toss over
divorce oneself from
throw over
wash your hands of
sell out
have nothing more to do with
back down
weasel out
get out
use pretext
have alibi
rationalise
UK
cop out
neglect
disqualify
interdict
shuffle off
estop
rule out
forestall
forbid
vacate
give the slip
forget
bail
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
forfend
deter
make impossible
ward
make impracticable
body-swerve
not attend
let something slide
scrimshank
lose sight of
play truant from
creep
skimp on
parry
leave something undone
dog
cheat
be lax about
be remiss about
lie down on job
fence
not attend to
slough off
cop out of
bob off
bludge
pay no attention to
pay little attention to
be gone from
be done with
brush off
bail from
go away from
clear out from
depart from
bow out of
break off with
walk out of
disappear from
move from
abscond from
exit from
run along from
take off from
step aside from
set out from
absent oneself from
more ❯
Verb
▲
To let someone down by abandoning or neglecting them
fail
abandon
desert
forsake
leave
betray
disregard
neglect
ditch
reject
discard
relinquish
discount
jettison
dump
ignore
repeal
forget
renounce
abdicate
disclaim
quit
jilt
abort
disown
revoke
screw
disavow
drop
maroon
escape
rescind
abscond from
abstain from
bail on
break with
cheat on
disappear from
escape from
flee from
fly from
retire from
withdraw from
back out on
be disloyal to
be gone from
be unfaithful to
break up with
do away with
go away from
run away from
run out on
set out from
take oneself off from
turn your back on
walk out on
disillusion
disappoint
fail to support
disenchant
leave stranded
fall short of expectation
let someone down
stab in the back
leave in the lurch
leave high and dry
cast off
cast aside
strand
give up
bin off
leave behind
wash your hands of
chuck
throw over
kiss goodbye
let go of
leave hanging
give someone the big E
hang out to dry
give someone the push
forgo
discontinue
desist from
kick
repudiate
surrender
have done with
back out of
walk away from
walk away
turn back on
cut off
give the elbow
stop
forswear
cease
cut out
vacate
exit
end
knock off
leave off
resign from
pack in
lay off
depart
abjure
scrap
axe
UK
yield
shun
scrub
depart from
leave flat
dispense with
orphan
take off from
brush off
cut loose
ax
US
run away
pull out of
break off with
give someone the air
divorce oneself from
end relations with
blow off
clear out from
bail out on
have nothing more to do with
sacrifice
rat on
forbear from
swear off
stand down from
jack in
give something up
take your leave of
resign
change one's tune
take the oath
drift away
spurn
show the door
leave all alone
make an orphan
leave alone
leave parentless
forbear
give notice to
kiss off
evacuate
set aside
withdraw
bail
junk
give up the ship
flake out
cop out
let someone stew in their own juice
leg it
storm out
drop out
fly the coop
dispose of
bail out
opt out of
chicken out
take a powder
take a walk
bow out
beach
bail from
say goodbye to
get out of
finish
move from
bow out of
walk out of
be done with
drop out of
step aside from
exit from
absent oneself from
run along from
check out from
call it quits
split from
stop having
renege on
stop using
cancel
terminate
empty
flee
halt
abnegate
break
disinherit
scratch
shelve
can
remit
interrupt
forfeit
move out from
move out of
bail out from
head out from
slip out
decamp
make vacant
make empty
clear from
walk out
hightail
eject from
run off from
clear
pull out from
disacknowledge
break off
divorce
part with
lay off of
cry off
throw up
eighty-six
shut off
finish with
dust off
part from
wipe out
call off
shake
write off
break up
give over
forget about
pack up
cut off without a penny
refuse to acknowledge
refuse to recognize
send packing
more ❯
Verb
▲
To deny or be denied (of something)
go without
abstain from
abstain
cut out
deny oneself
forgo
give up
go hungry
lack
lack for something
need
suffer deprivation
swear off
want
be deprived
be in need
be in want
be without
do without
fall short
go short
not have
be deprived of
abandon
drop
kick
sit out
withhold from
pass up
pass on
leave out
say goodbye to
yield
relinquish
give something a miss
part with
sacrifice
keep from
Verb
▲
To delay action until a particular time or event
hold off
pause
wait
defer
delay
hold back
postpone
hang back
hang fire
put something off
sit tight
take no action
avoid doing something
play a waiting game
keep from doing something
bide your time
hold your horses
lie in wait
stall
put on hold
keep your shirt on
fill time
be patient
waver
vacillate
dither
linger
hesitate
shilly-shally
falter
dally
teeter
haver
stagger
swither
wobble
dawdle
halt
temporize
US
scruple
wabble
put off
demur
temporise
UK
dilly-dally
drag your heels
lag
drag your feet
procrastinate
shy away
hover
be indecisive
hum and haw
fluctuate
oscillate
equivocate
hedge
alternate
stumble
be doubtful
ponder
be unsure
be uncertain
stop
pussyfoot
hang
seesaw
be hesitant
hem and haw
mammer
tergiversate
shillyshally
think about
dillydally
baulk
UK
debate
be reluctant
boggle
doubt
be unwilling
weigh
think twice
balk
US
pull back
sit on fence
flounder
deliberate
straggle
stay back
shrink back
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
play for time
drag
adjourn
suspend action
prolong
kick the can down the road
tarry
retard
cool
goldbrick
stay
put off doing something
loiter
use delaying tactics
postpone action
be dilatory
poke
defer action
let something slide
protract
take a raincheck
be undecided
more ❯
Verb
▲
To refuse to do something because one is too proud
scorn
be above
refuse to
consider it beneath one
not lower oneself to
Verb
▲
To ban or refrain from using
boycott
ban
blacklist
embargo
bar
avoid
black
blackball
cut off
reject
shun
debar
snub
spurn
interdict
prohibit
proscribe
veto
outlaw
exclude
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
refuse
strike
shut out
withhold patronage
abstain from
pass up
place an embargo on
stay away from
turn your back on
brush off
cold-shoulder
pass by
have nothing to do with
ice out
impose sanctions
steer clear of
give a wide berth to
refuse to take part in
wash your hands of
hold aloof from
disallow
forbid
stop
banish
block
preclude
prevent
make illegal
enjoin
rule out
ignore
put an embargo on
restrict
expel
repudiate
inhibit
restrain
criminalize
US
illegalize
suppress
criminalise
UK
freeze out
put an end to
put a stop to
give the cold shoulder
omit
remove
suspend
disclude
taboo
obviate
disbar
sideline
occlude
halt
censure
disqualify
throw out
penalize
US
penalise
UK
keep out
thumbs down
blank
cut out
declare ineligible
cancel
declare illegal
officially forbid
send to Coventry
close down
leave out in the cold
impede
check
obstruct
vote against
hinder
discount
consider undesirable
rusticate
sentence
doom
refuse to employ
hit list
lock out
deny access to
oust
put on hit list
coldshoulder
refuse to admit
leave out
shut the door on
hand someone the frozen mitt
leave in the cold
evict
cashier
drum out
disfellowship
get rid of
force out
condemn
misdemeanorize
felonize
give the cold shoulder to
kill
negative
dismiss
overrule
eliminate
turn down
quash
except
nix
down
squash
nullify
rule against
decline
deny
pass
shoot down
cut
defeat
disapprove
negate
dissent
discountenance
burn
bate
give the thumbs down to
give thumbs down
declare null and void
pass on
not go for
put down
throw away
refuse permission to
put the kibosh on
give the red light to
estop
close out
count out
set aside
ward off
pass over
exile
cast out
excommunicate
eject
bounce
forfend
out
extrude
kick out
turf out
boot out
turn out
drive away
drive out
rebuff
forestall
censor
rout
zing
chase
freeze
run off
chase out
drive off
scorn
other
dispel
push out
discard
thwart
override
circumvent
limit
avert
abolish
revoke
recant
put paid to
close one's doors to
not consider
deter
forget about
shut off
shut out of
neglect
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
give the brush
slight
stiff-arm
turn back on
disown
overturn
countermand
reverse
invalidate
bottle up
keep lid on
box in
hang up
put half nelson on
hold up
spike
jam up
pour cold water on
cork
throw cold water on
lock up
tie up
stymie
disclaim
abjure
disavow
throw
say no to
disacknowledge
dislodge
keep back
expropriate
defenestrate
give the bum's rush
show out
give the old heave-ho
chuck out
put out
force to leave
throw someone out on their ear
heave-ho
throw out on the streets
give the heave-ho
show the door
toss out on ear
heave out
send packing
expatriate
deport
oppose
repatriate
extradite
displace
transport
relegate
discharge
isolate
do away with
send away
shake off
extradict
expulse
see the back of
sequester
chase away
declare taboo
shut down
put the chill on
say no
more ❯
Find more words!
Another word for
Opposite of
Meaning of
Rhymes with
Sentences with
Find word forms
Translate from English
Translate to English
Words With Friends
Scrabble
Crossword / Codeword
Words starting with
Words ending with
Words containing exactly
Words containing letters
Pronounce
Find conjugations
Find names
From Afrikaans
From Albanian
From Amharic
From Arabic
From Armenian
From Azerbaijani
From Basque
From Belarusian
From Bengali
From Bosnian
From Bulgarian
From Catalan
From Cebuano
From Chichewa
From Chinese
From Corsican
From Croatian
From Czech
From Danish
From Dutch
From Esperanto
From Estonian
From Farsi
From Filipino
From Finnish
From French
From Frisian
From Galician
From Georgian
From German
From Greek
From Gujarati
From Haitian Creole
From Hausa
From Hebrew
From Hindi
From Hmong
From Hungarian
From Icelandic
From Igbo
From Indonesian
From Irish
From Italian
From Japanese
From Javanese
From Kannada
From Kazakh
From Khmer
From Korean
From Kurdish
From Kyrgyz
From Lao
From Latin
From Latvian
From Lithuanian
From Luxembourgish
From Macedonian
From Malagasy
From Malay
From Malayalam
From Maltese
From Maori
From Marathi
From Mongolian
From Burmese
From Nepali
From Norwegian
From Polish
From Portuguese
From Punjabi
From Romanian
From Russian
From Samoan
From Scots Gaelic
From Serbian
From Sesotho
From Shona
From Sinhala
From Slovak
From Slovenian
From Somali
From Spanish
From Sundanese
From Swahili
From Swedish
From Tajik
From Tamil
From Telugu
From Thai
From Turkish
From Ukrainian
From Urdu
From Uzbek
From Vietnamese
From Welsh
From Xhosa
From Yiddish
From Yoruba
From Zulu
To Afrikaans
To Albanian
To Amharic
To Arabic
To Armenian
To Azerbaijani
To Basque
To Belarusian
To Bengali
To Bosnian
To Bulgarian
To Catalan
To Cebuano
To Chichewa
To Chinese
To Corsican
To Croatian
To Czech
To Danish
To Dutch
To Esperanto
To Estonian
To Farsi
To Filipino
To Finnish
To French
To Frisian
To Galician
To Georgian
To German
To Greek
To Gujarati
To Haitian Creole
To Hausa
To Hebrew
To Hindi
To Hmong
To Hungarian
To Icelandic
To Igbo
To Indonesian
To Irish
To Italian
To Japanese
To Javanese
To Kannada
To Kazakh
To Khmer
To Korean
To Kurdish
To Kyrgyz
To Lao
To Latin
To Latvian
To Lithuanian
To Luxembourgish
To Macedonian
To Malagasy
To Malay
To Malayalam
To Maltese
To Maori
To Marathi
To Mongolian
To Burmese
To Nepali
To Norwegian
To Polish
To Portuguese
To Punjabi
To Romanian
To Russian
To Samoan
To Scots Gaelic
To Serbian
To Sesotho
To Shona
To Sinhala
To Slovak
To Slovenian
To Somali
To Spanish
To Sundanese
To Swahili
To Swedish
To Tajik
To Tamil
To Telugu
To Thai
To Turkish
To Ukrainian
To Urdu
To Uzbek
To Vietnamese
To Welsh
To Xhosa
To Yiddish
To Yoruba
To Zulu
English
French
Afrikaans Word
Albanian Word
Arabic Word
Bengali Word
Chinese Word
Croatian Word
Czech Word
Danish Word
Dutch Word
English Word
Finnish Word
French Word
German Word
Greek Word
Hindi Word
Hungarian Word
Icelandic Word
Indonesian Word
Italian Word
Japanese Word
Korean Word
Latin Word
Malay Word
Malayalam Word
Marathi Word
Nepali Word
Norwegian Word
Polish Word
Portuguese Word
Romanian Word
Russian Word
Serbian Word
Slovak Word
Spanish Word
Swahili Word
Swedish Word
Tamil Word
Telugu Word
Thai Word
Turkish Word
Ukrainian Word
Uzbek Word
Vietnamese Word
Welsh Word
All words
2-letter words
3-letter words
4-letter words
5-letter words
6-letter words
7-letter words
8-letter words
9-letter words
10-letter words
11-letter words
12-letter words
13-letter words
14-letter words
Plural of
Singular of
Past tense of
Present tense of
Verb for
Adjective for
Adverb for
Noun for
Meaning of name
Origin of name
Names meaning
Names starting with
Names of origin
refrain from
Use * for blank tiles (max 2)
Advanced Search
Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces
Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder
See Also
What is the opposite of refrain from
?
Sentences with the word refrain from
Words that rhyme with refrain from
What is the past tense of refrain from
?
Use our
Synonym Finder
Nearby Words
refrain from eating
refrain from food
refrain from hurting
refraining
refraining from
refraining from eating
refrainers
refrainer
refrained from hurting
refrained from food
refrained from eating
refrained from
Find Synonyms
refrain from
go
Word Tools
Finders & Helpers
Apps
More
Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2023