adjourning

The word “adjourning” has 3 syllables: ad-journ-ing

It's pronounced as /əˈdʒɝː.nɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for adjourning?

In the thesaurus, “adjourning” has 42 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for adjourning

  • aborting
  • abrogating
  • annulling
  • breaking off
  • breaking up
  • calling
  • calling off
  • closing
  • concluding
  • deferring
  • disbanding
  • discontinuing
  • dispersing
  • dissolving
  • dropping
  • ending
  • halting
  • holding off
  • intermitting
  • interrupting
  • invalidating
  • negating
  • nullifying
  • postponing
  • prorogating
  • proroguing
  • putting off
  • quashing
  • recalling
  • recessing
  • repealing
  • rescinding
  • reserving
  • revoking
  • shelving
  • stopping
  • suspending
  • tabling
  • terminating
  • voiding
  • winding up
  • wrapping up

Antonyms for adjourning

  • assembling
  • calling
  • carrying on
  • continuing
  • convening
  • convoking
  • drawing out
  • extending
  • inaugurating
  • launching
  • mustering
  • opening
  • proceeding
  • prolonging
  • rallying
  • renewing
  • reopening
  • resuming
  • summoning

Meanings of adjourning

  • verb
    1. To postpone.
    2. To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
    3. To end or suspend an event.
    4. To move as a group from one place to another.

Example Sentences

  • The chairman is adjourning the meeting earlier than expected.
  • They were adjourning for lunch when the announcement came.
  • The judge is adjourning the session until new evidence is presented.
  • We are adjourning this discussion to continue it tomorrow.
  • After adjourning, the board members headed to a private dinner.

On this page you'll find 61 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to adjourning, such as: aborting, abrogating, annulling, assembling, breaking off, breaking up, calling.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

tabling

  • aborting
  • abrogating
  • adding
  • adjourning
  • annulling
  • breaking off
  • breaking up
  • calculating
  • calling
  • calling off
  • ciphering
  • closing
  • computing
  • concluding
  • counting
  • deferring
  • disbanding
  • discontinuing
  • dispersing
  • dissolving
  • dividing
  • dropping
  • ending
  • enumerating
  • figuring
  • halting
  • holding off
  • intermitting
  • interrupting
  • invalidating
  • multiplying
  • negating
  • nullifying
  • numbering
  • postponing
  • prorogating
  • proroguing
  • putting off
  • quashing
  • recalling
  • recessing
  • reckoning
  • recomputing
  • refiguring
  • repealing
  • rescinding
  • reserving
  • revoking
  • shelving
  • stopping
  • subtracting
  • summating
  • summing
  • suspending
  • tabulating
  • tallying
  • telling
  • terminating
  • totaling
  • totalizing
  • totalling
  • voiding
  • winding up
  • working out
  • wrapping up

vamoosing

walking out

bailing

bailing out


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