Unscramble cease

Definition of cease

noun:

• (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end.

verb:

• put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother". Synonyms: discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop. Antonyms: continue.
• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed", "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other", "My property ends by the bushes", "The symphony ends in a pianissimo". Synonyms: end, finish, stop, terminate. Antonyms: begin.

Related words

adjourn, break, cheese, climax, close, conclude, culminate, disappear, discontinue, drop, go, lapse, recess, retire, vanish, withdraw.

Words nearby

case, cense, chase, crease, ease, lease, tease.

Rhymes with

apiece, caprice, cerise, crease, decease, decrease, devries, fleece, grease, greece, increase, lease, nice, niece, obese, obese, peace, piece, police, release.