halt

1. 1.

   the state of inactivity following an interruption

   “the negotiations were in arrest”

   “held them in check”

   “during the halt he got some lunch”

   “the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow”

   “he spent the entire stop in his seat”

   Synonymsarrestcheckhitchstaystopstoppage

   Broaderinaction

   Narrowercounterchecklogjam
2. 2.

   the event of something ending

   “it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill”

   Synonymsstop

   Broaderending

   Narrowercessationstand
3. 3.

   an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement

   “a halt in the arms race”

   “a nuclear freeze”

   Synonymsfreeze

   Broaderpause

1. 1.

   disabled in the feet or legs

   “a crippled soldier”

   “a game leg”

   Synonymscrippledhaltinglamegimpygame

   Similarunfit

Other forms of halt

plural

halts·

past tense

halted·

present participle

halting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about halt

What does halt mean?

halt means "cause to stop". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in halt?

halt has 1 syllable: halt. In IPA it is /ˈhɔlt/.

What is another word for halt?

Close synonyms include hold, arrest, stop, stop, block. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is halt a common word?

halt is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.