Thesaurus:avast

Thesaurus

avast

English

Interjection

Sense: a call to stop or cease an activity

Synonyms

• avast! (nautical)
• cut it out!
• enough!
• give it a break!
• halt!
• have done!
• hold!
• hold fast!
• knock it off!
• leave off!
• not so fast!
• soft    [⇒ thesaurus] (archaic)
• stay!
• stop    [⇒ thesaurus]!
• whoa!

See also

• Thesaurus:desist

Further reading

• “142. cessation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “avast” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.