Stop - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 07/09/2026

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Stop.

6 letter answer(s) to stop

ARREST
  2. attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
  3. cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
  4. take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
  5. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
  6. the state of inactivity following an interruption;
DESIST
  1. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
  2. Stop quit

5 letter answer(s) to stop

AVAST
  1. Cease; stop; stay.
CEASE
  2. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
  3. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
  4. STOP
DEPOT
  1. a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"
  2. station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
LETUP
  1. a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"

4 letter answer(s) to stop

CORK
  1. (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
  2. a port city in southern Ireland
  3. a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
  4. close a bottle with a cork
  5. outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
  6. stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"
  7. the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
HALT
  2. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
  3. cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
  4. disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
  5. stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
  6. the event of something ending;
  7. the state of inactivity following an interruption;
STEM
  1. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
  2. a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
  3. a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
  4. cause to point inward; "stem your skis"
  5. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
  6. front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
  7. grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
  8. remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
  9. stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
  10. the tube of a tobacco pipe

3 letter answer(s) to stop

DIE
  2. a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods
  3. a device used for shaping metal
  4. a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
  5. be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame; "I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered"; "We almost died laughing during the show"
  6. cut or shape with a die; "Die out leather for belts"
  7. disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!"
  8. feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery"
  9. languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave"
  10. lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"
  11. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functi
END
  2. (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "no one wanted to play end"
  3. (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
  4. a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town"
  5. a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end"
  6. a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
  7. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
  8. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"
  9. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
  10. either extremity of something that has

7 letter answer(s) to stop

PREVENT
  1. keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
  2. stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"

Frequently asked questions about ‘Stop’

What's the best solution for Stop?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Stop is DIE. Other possible answers include ARREST, AVAST, CEASE, CORK, DEPOT, DESIST, END, HALT, LETUP, PREVENT, STEM.

How many solutions are there for Stop?

We have found 12 possible answers for the crossword clue Stop.

Which crosswords feature clues like Stop?

Clues like Stop often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as The Times Specialist, Financial Times Polymath, The Observer Speedy, The Observer Everyman, The Sun Two Speed, among others.

Other crossword clues with similar answers to 'Stop'

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Get rid of19
Give up17
Take in17
Check16
Cut off16
See 9 Across16
Rear14
Pick up13
Relax13
Complete12
Finish12
Hold back12
Close11
Quit11
Tip11
Cut out10
Cut short10
Conclusion9
Eliminate9
Flower part9
Irish county9
Knock off9
Let up9
Period9
Purpose9
Border8
Destroy8
Last8
Nick8
Objective8
Quash8
Bankrupt7
Come to an end7
Conclude7
Give out7
Ultimate7
Abate6
Boundary6
Break off6
Bring in6
Discontinue6
Dissolve6
Go out6
Halt6
Plant part6
Refrain6
Warehouse6
"Stop!"5
Butt5

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