stop over

Questions about stop over

What does stop over mean?

stop over means "interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for stop over?

Close synonyms include lay over, stop. 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 stop over a common word?

stop over is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.