stall - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a tactic used to mislead or delay

Synonyms

• stall
• stalling

More generic

• obstruction

More specific

• stonewalling

Noun

small area set off by walls for special use

Synonyms

• booth
• cubicle
• kiosk
• stall

More generic

• closet

More specific

• call box
• confessional
• phone booth
• polling booth
• prompt box
• prompter's box
• shower bath
• shower stall
• telephone booth
• telephone box
• telephone kiosk
• tolbooth
• tollbooth
• tollhouse
• voting booth

Noun

small individual study area in a library

Synonyms

• carrel
• carrell
• cubicle
• stall

More generic

• alcove
• bay

Related

• depository library
• library

Noun

a booth where articles are displayed for sale

Synonyms

• sales booth
• stall
• stand

More generic

• booth

More specific

• coffee stall
• newsstand

Noun

a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed

Synonyms

• stall

More generic

• compartment

Related

• horse barn
• stable
• stalls

Noun

seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater

Synonyms

• stall

More generic

• seating
• seating area
• seating room
• seats

Noun

a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge

Synonyms

• stall

More generic

• malfunction

Verb

deliberately delay an event or action

Synonyms

• stall

More generic

• delay
• detain
• hold up

Verb

come to a stop

Synonyms

• conk
• stall

More generic

• halt
• stop

Verb

cause an engine to stop

Synonyms

• stall

More generic

• stop

Verb

cause an airplane to go into a stall

Synonyms

• stall

More generic

• stop

Verb

experience a stall in flight, of airplanes

Synonyms

• stall

More generic

• halt
• stop

Verb

put into, or keep in, a stall

Synonyms

• stall

More generic

• shelter

Verb

postpone doing what one should be doing

Synonyms

• dilly-dally
• dillydally
• drag one's feet
• drag one's heels
• procrastinate
• shillyshally
• stall

More generic

• delay

More specific

• procrastinate

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