The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word STOP , but the solution may also be END which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Cease crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STOP | 38 % | 4 |
| HALT | 20 % | 4 |
| END | 15 % | 3 |
| QUIT | 10 % | 4 |
| DESIST | 8 % | 6 |
| LETUP | 3 % | 5 |
| AVAST | 3 % | 5 |
| SIGNOFF | 1 % | 7 |
| COMETOAHALT | 1 % | 11 |
| DIE | 1 % | 3 |
| STOPIT | 1 % | 6 |
Why may END be the right solution?
The word "cease" means to stop or come to an end, which is synonymous with the word "end." Therefore, "END" is the correct solution.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cease
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stop
- discontinue
- terminate
- quit
- lay off
- give up
- end
- finish
- desist
- cessation
- discontinuance
- stoppage
Crossword Answer definitions
STOP noun- A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
- An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
- That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
- A device intended to block the path of a moving object
- A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
- A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
- A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
- One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
- A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
- The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
- A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
- A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
- An f-stop.
- The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
- A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
- To cease moving.
- To not continue.
- To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
- To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
- To cause (something) to come to an end.
- To close or block an opening.
- (often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
- To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
- To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
- To punctuate.
- To make fast; to stopper.
- A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
- Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STOP
- "__ the music!"
- Depot
- Halt
- Octagon message
- Organ piece
- Railroad-crossing word
- Scrub a mission
- Cease movement
- Discontinue
- Glottal __
More clues leading to the result HALT
- "Hold it right there!"
- Sentry's command
- Sentry's cry
- Cease!
- Cut off
- Military command
- Stop in your tracks
- Stop!
- Watch word
- Stop
More clues leading to the result END
- Break off
- Curling division
- Deep or dead follower
- Finale
- Finis
- Finish
- He may be offensive
- Last gasp
- Sign off
- Wind up
More clues leading to the result QUIT
- Cry "uncle!"
- Throw in the towel
- Walk out
- Resign
- Swear off
- Terminate a session, for example
- Call it a day
- Pack it in
- Stop saying "Sorry," perhaps?
- Withdraw
More clues leading to the result DESIST
- "Knock it off!"
- Cut it out
- Cease's partner
- Stop
- Cease and___: stop
- Call it quits
- Partner of cease
- Give it up
- Surcease
- Knock it off
More clues leading to the result LETUP
More clues leading to the result AVAST
- "Halt, salt!"
- Popeye's "halt"
- Stop! At sea
- Captain's command
- Hook's "stop"
- Nautical cry
- "Stop, sailor!"
- Seafarer's interjection
- Shout on Talk Like a Pirate Day
- "Cease!"
More clues leading to the result SIGNOFF
- Cease communicating.
- Cease
- Stop transmitting
- "Good night, Chet," "Good night, David," e.g.
- Broadcast ender
- Stop broadcasting
More clues leading to the result COMETOAHALT
More clues leading to the result DIE
- Gambling cube
- Tool and ____ set
- Trivial Pursuit need
- __-hard
- "The ___ is cast." (Caesar)
- Conk out
- It's one you roll
- Cube with dots?
- Gaming cube
- Monopoly cube