Refrain

/ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/

Synonyms for "refrain" (281 found)

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Closest matches (57)

Strong matches (84)

Related words (140)

keep in handknock it offlast wordlast wordslaylay offleave offleave well enough alonelet alonelet go bylet well enough alonelinemeasuremelodiamelodic linemelodymonostichmotifmovementmusical phrase
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Determiner(3 words)
no forceno labelno tearing
Adjective(3 words)
repeated motifuntoucheduntrod
Verb(4 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

17 entries
avoidancechoosedirectivehold outinstructionmusicoptpart of songpreferresistrestraintrhetorical deviceself-controlstand firmtextual elementtextual feature

Showing 16 of 17 words.

More specific

13 entries
catchphrasechorusdaylong fastdietingexplicit requestformal cautionhookleitmotifpartial fastpolite directiverecurrent linesobrietytemperance

Collocations

9 entries
catchy refrainformal refrainmelodic refrainmusical refrainrefrain linerefrain sectionrepeated refrainrhythmic refrainstandard refrain

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Translations

39 translations across 21 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • اِمْتَنَعَ verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • saqınmaq verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • въздържам се verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 戒除 verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • 避免 verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Czech

4 entries
  • upustit verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • vyhnout se verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • vyvarovat se verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • zdržet se verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Danish

2 entries
  • afholde sig verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • afstå verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Dutch

1 entries
  • zich onthouden verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Finnish

1 entries
  • pidättyä verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

French

1 entries
  • s'abstenir verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

German

4 entries
  • Abstand nehmen verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • absehen verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • sich enthalten verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • sich zurückhalten verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Italian

1 entries
  • astenersi verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 差し控える verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • 慎む verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Latin

1 entries
  • parcō verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Māori

1 entries
  • wainamu verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • avholde seg verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • avstå verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Polish

2 entries
  • powstrzymać się verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • powstrzymywać się verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • abster-se (de) verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vzdržati se verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Spanish

3 entries
  • abstenerse verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • inhibirse verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • prescindir verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Swedish

3 entries
  • avhålla sig verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • avstå verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • låta bli verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • утри́матися verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)
  • утри́муватися verb (to abstain (from) — see also abstain)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Please refrain from smoking, while the non-smoking signs are on.

Source: tatoeba (18822)

Please refrain from speaking without permission.

Source: tatoeba (19383)

Please refrain from smoking without permission.

Source: tatoeba (19387)

Please refrain from smoking.

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