Synonyms for quit
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kwit |
| Phonetic Transcription : kwɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for quit Other synonyms for the word quit
- abdicate
- blow
- book
- bow out
- call it a day
- call it quits
- check out
- cut it out
- cut out
- decamp
- desert
- desist
- end
- evacuate
- exit
- forsake
- get off
- get on the wagon
- give notice
- give over
- go away from
- halt
- hang it up
- kick over
- kick the habit
- knock off
- leave
- leave flat
- leave hanging
- leave off
- pack in
- pull out
- push off
- quit cold
- relinquish
- renounce
- resign
- retire
- run out on
- secede
- sew up
- surcease
- surrender
- suspend
- take a walk
- take off
- take the cure
- terminate
- throw over
- vacate
- walk out on
- wind up
- withdraw
- wrap up
- yield
Définition of quit
Origin :- c.1200, "free, clear" (of debt, etc.), from Old French quite, quitte "free, clear, entire, at liberty; discharged; unmarried," from Medieval Latin quitus, quittus, from Latin quietus "free" (in Medieval Latin "free from war, debts, etc."), also "calm, resting" (see quiet (adj.)).
- verb abandon, leave
- verb stop doing something
- He doesn't look a bit healthy and hasn't since he quit eating breakfast.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Say, I don't expect to quit cussin' him fur another thirty days yet.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- And then Antonio offers to "quit the fine for one-half his goods."
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- When I discovered that I was unfit to hold that trust any longer, I quit.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- It was either stay and keep on working, with that chance, or—quit.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- They did not quit the little mound until the sun had fairly disappeared.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- "She'll quit if she falls dead," replied the other man, quietly.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- If I could a-headed him once, just got to him once—I tried it when we turned into the straight—he'd have quit.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- The Black would've quit if ye'd ever got to his throat-latch; he's soft, that's what he is.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Say, pard, I'd a-been wearin' diamon's if I could quit when I was 'head of de game.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
Antonyms for quit
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