quitting

The word “quitting” has 2 syllables: quit-ting

It's pronounced as /ˈkwɪtɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for quitting?

In the thesaurus, “quitting” has 293 synonyms and 130 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for quitting along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for quitting

abandoning
abandonment
abating
abdication
abjuring
abolishing
aborting
absconding
acquiescing
acquitting
acting
adieu
adjourning
annulling
arresting
bagging
bailing
bailing out
balancing
bearing
beating it
behaving
biting the dust
blinking
blockading
blocking
booking
bow out
bowing
braking
breaking
breaking down
breaking off
breaking up
budging
buggering off
bugging off
bugging out
calling
canning
capitulating
carrying
ceasing
checking
chucking
clamping down
clearing
clearing off
clearing out
closing
collecting
completing
comporting
composing
conceding
concluding
conducting
constraining
containing
controlling
curbing
cutting off
cutting out
damming
deactivating
dead-ending
decamping
decampment
deferring
delaying
delivering
demeaning
demolishing
departing
departure
deporting
deserting
desertion
desisting
destroying
detaining
determining
diaspora
digging out
discarding
discharging
discontinuing
disembarkation
disowning
disregarding
dissolving
distancing
ditching
dropping
dumping
dying
ebbing
egress
egression
elapsing
embarkation
embarkment
emigrating
emigration
ending
escape
escaping
evacuating
evacuation
exit
exiting
exodus
expatriation
expiring
faltering
farewell
finishing
fleeing
flight
flinging
flying
footing
forgetting
forsaking
getaway
getting
getting off
getting out
giving in
giving notice
giving over
giving up
going
going away
going off
going out
goodbye
halting
handing over
handling
hanging it up
having done with
hegira
hesitant
hesitating
hindering
hitting the road
holding
holding back
ignoring
impeding
impersonating
inhibiting
irresolute
jettisoning
junking
kiboshing
killing
knocking off
knuckling under
lapsing
laying off
leave
leave-taking
leaving
leaving off
letting up
lighting out
liquidating
marooning
meeting
migration
mizzling
moderating
modulating
moving
neglecting
notice
obstructing
outgo
parting
passage
passing
pausing
paying
paying off
paying up
peeling off
playing
ponying up
powder
pulling out
pulling stakes
pulling up stakes
pushing off
pushing on
putting the kibosh on
quieting
recession
recompensing
rejecting
relenting
relinquishing
relinquishment
removal
removing
renouncing
renunciation
repressing
repudiating
restraining
retirement
retiring
retreat
retreating
ruining
running along
running away
sacrificing
sailing
saying uncle
scarpering
scatting
scramming
scrapping
scuttling
separation
setting forth
setting out
setting-out
settling
shedding
shutting off
skipping
snuffing
squashing
squelching
stalling
stampede
stamping
stanching
standing
start
starting
staunching
staying
stemming
stepping out
stopping
stranding
striking out
stunting
submitting
subsiding
succumbing
suppressing
surrender
surrendering
suspending
takeoff
taking a hike
taking a powder
taking a walk
taking leave
taking off
tapering off
tempering
tendering
terminating
termination
throwing away
throwing in the sponge
throwing in the towel
throwing out
throwing up
turning back
vacating
vacation
vacillating
vamoosing
vanishing act
walking away from
walking out
walking out on
walkout
waning
wavering
winding down
winding up
withdrawal
withdrawing
wrapping up
yielding

Antonyms for quitting

abidance
abiding
acting up
actuating
advancing
advent
agreement
appearance
approach
approaching
arrival
arriving
assured
battling
beginning
biding
breasting
carrying on
certain
closing
combating
combatting
coming
commencing
confronting
contending
continuation
continuing
countering
cutting up
dedicated
defying
determined
dogged
drawing out
driving
dwelling
enduring
entrance
extending
facing
fighting
firm
going
greeting
hanging in
hanging on
harboring
having
hell-bent
hello
hitting
holding
holding off
holding on
holding up
impatience
impelling
ingress
insistent
intent
intolerance
keeping
keeping up
landing
lasting
leftover
lingering
lodging
maintaining
meeting
misbehaving
misconducting
nearing
objecting
opposing
owning
patient
perduring
persevering
persistent
persisting
pertinacious
positive
possessing
preserving
proceeding
progressing
prolonging
propelling
protracting
reaching
reclaiming
redeeming
remaining
renewing
reopening
repelling
repudiating
rescuing
reserving
residual
resistance
resistant
resisting
resolute
resolved
restarting
resuming
retaining
running on
saving
settling
showing up
single-minded
starting
stay
staying
stirring
sure
taking on
tarrying
tenacious
thwarting
turning up
unfaltering
unhesitating
unwavering
withholding
withstanding

Meanings of quitting

verb
1. To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
2. To repay (someone) for (something).
3. To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).
4. To conduct or acquit (oneself); to behave (in a specified way).
5. To carry through; to go through to the end.
6. To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
7. To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
8. To abandon, renounce (a thing).
9. To leave (a place).
10. To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
11. To stop, give up (an activity) (usually gerund or verbal noun).
12. To close (an application).
noun
1. The deliberate ending of something.
2. The ceasing of a habit, especially smoking cigarettes or other addictive behaviors.
3. The termination of employment, initiated by the employee.

Example Sentences

She's been quitting smoking for months now, but it's been a struggle.
Quitting a job without another lined up can be risky but sometimes necessary for personal growth.
He realized that quitting the project was not an option if he wanted to achieve his goals.
Despite the challenges, she remained committed and never considered quitting her studies.
Quitting isn't failure, it's recognizing when something isn't working and having the courage to change course.

On this page you'll find 423 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to quitting, such as: abandoning, abandonment, abating, abdication, abidance, abiding, abjuring.

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