Pause in action

Synonyms for "pause in action" (18 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
breakbreatherceasedramatic pause

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
freezehalthold onintermissioninterrupt

Related words (9)

Noun(9 words)
pause for emphasispause to explainpause to illustratestopstop for discussionstoppagesuspendtime outwait

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries
action verbdiscourse markergapinstructional cueinterjectioninterruptionintervalrhetorical devicespeech techniquestop verb

More specific

17 entries
breathercaesuradramatic pausefreezeholdhold oninstructional pauseintermissionpause brieflypause midtaskpause momentarilypause to explainpause to illustratestopteaching pausetime out

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Collocations

16 entries
brief pausebrief pause in actioncommand pause in actiondramatic pauseemergency pause in actiongradual pause in actionmusical restpause brieflypause during activitypause for effectpause in classpause to explainpause to observeshort breaksudden pause in actiontime out

Inflections

5 entries
paused in actionpausespauses in actionpausingpausing in action

Derivations

11 entries
pausablepausalpausationpausepausedpaused in actionpauserpausespauses in actionpausingpausing in action

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