| Main Entry: | refrain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chorus of musical piece |
Synonyms: |
burden, melody, music, song, strain, theme, tune, undersong |
| Notes: | refrain means to choose not to do something or partake of something; restrain means to immobilize by force or to forbid an action |
| Main Entry: | refrain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do without; keep from doing |
Synonyms: |
abstain, arrest, avoid, be temperate, cease, check, curb, desist, eschew, forbear, forgo, give up, go on the wagon, halt, inhibit, interrupt, keep, leave off, not do, pass, pass up, quit, renounce, resist, restrain, sit out, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold |
Antonyms: |
do, go ahead, jump in |
| Main Entry: | abnegate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | renounce |
Synonyms: |
abstain, decline, forbear, forgo, give up, refrain, reject |
| Main Entry: | abstain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back from doing |
Synonyms: |
abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold |
Antonyms: |
indulge, use |
| Main Entry: | catchword |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | motto |
Synonyms: |
byword, catchphrase, household word, maxim, password, refrain, shibboleth, slogan, watchword |
| Main Entry: | cease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, conclude |
Synonyms: |
back off, break off, bring to an end, call it a day, call it quits, close, close out, come to an end, culminate, cut it out, desist, die, discontinue, drop, end, fail, finish, give over, halt, intermit, knock off, leave off, pack in, quit, quit cold turkey, refrain, shut down, stay, surcease, terminate, wind up |
| Notes: | cease means to put an end to a state or an activity, to stop - while seize means to take hold of, to grab |
Antonyms: |
begin, commence, continue, go, initiate, keep on, start |
| Main Entry: | curb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repress, restrict |
Synonyms: |
abstain, bit, bottle up, box in, bridle, bring to screeching halt, check, clog, constrain, contain, control, cook*, cool down, cool off, deny, entrammel, fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold back, hold down, hold in, ice*, impede, inhibit, keep lid on, keep tight rein on, leash, manacle, moderate, muzzle, refrain, rein in, restrain, retard, scrub, send up, shackle, subdue, suppress, tame, tie, tie up, withhold |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, encourage, foster, help |
| Main Entry: | decline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say no |
Synonyms: |
abjure, abstain, avoid, balk, beg to be excused, bypass, demur, deny, desist, disapprove, dismiss, don't buy, forbear, forgo, gainsay, nix, not accept, not hear of, not think of, pass on, refrain, refuse, reject, renounce, reprobate, repudiate, send regrets, shy, spurn, turn down, turn thumbs down |
Antonyms: |
accept, say yes |
| Main Entry: | eschew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have nothing to do with |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abjure, abstain, avoid, double, duck, elude, evade, forgo, forswear, give up, have no truck with, let well enough alone, not touch, refrain, renounce, sacrifice, shun, shy, shy away from, steer clear of, swear off |
Antonyms: |
embrace, like, love |
| Main Entry: | fast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go without food |
Synonyms: |
abstain, deny oneself, diet, famish, forbear, go hungry, not eat, refrain, starve |
Antonyms: |
eat, glut, gorge, stuff |