Halting the decline of the planet's ecosystems may be the most difficult challenge humanity has ever faced.
Source: tatoeba (2142659)
Halting
Synonyms for "halting" (202 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (41)
Strong matches (60)
Related words (101)
leadenleft-handedleisurelylimpinglumberinglurchingmaimedmaladroitmoderatenonuniformobstructionof two mindspatchypokingpokypompousponderouspreventionramblingrelaxed
Show 75 more words
reluctantroughsaunteringscrappysesquipedalianset upshiftingshilly-shallyingshufflingslackslothfulslowslow as deathslow as molassesslow as slowslow-crawlingslow-footslow-goingslow-leggedslow-movingslow-pacedslow-pokyslow-runningslow-sailingslow-steppedsluggishsnail-pacedsnaillikesnatchyspasmaticspasmicspasmodicspasticspavinedsporadicspottystaggeringstammeringstiffstiltedstrollingstumblingstutteringsuppressiontentativetoddlingtortoiseliketotteringtrudgingturgidturtlelikeuncertainunequalunevenunhandyunhappyunhurriedunmethodicalunmetricalunregularunrhythmicalunsettledunsteadyunsystematicunwieldyvacillatevacillatoryvariableveeringwaddlingwanderingwaveringwobblingwobblywooden
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Synonyms
1 entriesderived
6 entriesform of
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
9 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- заекващ adj (hesitant or broken)
- колеблив adj (hesitant or broken)
Dutch
3 entries- onderbreken adj (hesitant or broken)
- stil houden adj (hesitant or broken)
- stoppen adj (hesitant or broken)
Māori
1 entries- pāremoremo adj (hesitant or broken)
Spanish
3 entries- entrecortado adj (hesitant or broken)
- titubeante adj (hesitant or broken)
- vacilante adj (hesitant or broken)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Concerted governmental action has succeeded in halting the decrease in the language's number of speakers.
Source: tatoeba (5922027)
The runs of Copper River salmon were so low that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game shut down the commercial harvest last month, halting what is usually a three-month season after less than two weeks.
Source: tatoeba (7011495)
The government ordered a countrywide lockdown that included halting all flights and road travel as a prophylactic measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Source: tatoeba (8638645)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.