VERB | stative | quit, discontinue, stop, cease, give up, lay off | put an end to a state or an activity |
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social | quit, leave office, step down, resign | give up or retire from a position | |
motion | quit, depart, take leave | go away or leave | |
possession | quit, foreswear, renounce, relinquish | turn away from | |
competition | quit, drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, chuck up the sponge | give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope |
Sounds | kwih't | |
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Rhymes | acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... |
Meaning | put an end to a state or an activity. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s VERB-ing | |
Model | They quit moving | |
Example | "Quit teasing your little brother" | |
Synonyms | discontinue, stop, cease, give up, lay off | |
Narrower | break | Give up |
call it quits, call it a day | stop doing what one is doing | |
cheese | Used in the imperative (get away, or stop it) | |
drop, knock off | stop pursuing or acting | |
leave off | stop using | |
pull the plug | prevent from happening or continuing | |
retire, withdraw | Withdraw from active participation | |
shut off, close off | stem the flow of | |
sign off | Cease broadcasting | |
Opposite | continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve | Keep or maintain in unaltered condition |
Spanish | acabar, cesar, dejar, descatalogar, descontinuar, discontinuar, parar, terminar | |
Catalan | aturar, cessar, deixar, descatalogar, discontinuar, finalitzar, parar |
Meaning | Give up or retire from a position. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | leave office, step down, resign | |
Narrower | fall | Lose office or power |
retire | go into retirement | |
top out | Give up one's career just as one becomes very successful | |
vacate, resign, renounce, give up | Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | |
Broader | leave, depart, pull up stakes | Remove oneself from an association with or participation in |
Opposite | take office | assume an office, duty, or title |
Spanish | dejar, dimitir, renunciar, resignar | |
Catalan | dimitir |
Meaning | go away or leave. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | depart, take leave | |
Narrower | beat a retreat | depart hastily |
congee | depart after obtaining formal permission | |
decamp, break camp | Leave a camp / camp / camp / camp | |
plump out | depart suddenly | |
walk out of | Leave, usually as an expression of disapproval | |
Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
Opposite | stay | Remain behind |
Spanish | escapar, irse, marchar, partir |
Meaning | turn away from; give up. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | foreswear, renounce, relinquish | |
Narrower | disclaim | renounce a legal claim or title to |
Broader | abandon, give up | Give up with the intent of never / never claiming again |
Spanish | despedirse, relinquir, renunciar |
Meaning | Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, chuck up the sponge | |
Opposite | enter, participate | Become a participant |
Spanish | abandonar, arrojar la toalla, dejar, desistir, rendirse, retirarse, tirar la toalla | |
Catalan | abandonar, deixar, desistir, llençar la tovallola, rendir-se, retirar-se | |
Nouns | quitter | a person who gives up too easily |
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