elapses

The word “elapses” has 3 syllables: e-laps-es

It's pronounced as /ɪˈlæpsɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for elapses?

In the thesaurus, “elapses” has 33 synonyms and 7 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for elapses

  • abates
  • bites the dust
  • breaks down
  • breaks off
  • breaks up
  • ceases
  • closes
  • concludes
  • cuts out
  • dead-ends
  • determines
  • dies
  • discontinues
  • ends
  • expires
  • finishes
  • gives over
  • goes
  • halts
  • knocks off
  • lapses
  • leaves off
  • lets up
  • passes
  • pauses
  • quits
  • stalls
  • stays
  • stops
  • suspends
  • terminates
  • winds down
  • winds up

Antonyms for elapses

  • continues
  • draws out
  • extends
  • hangs on
  • persists
  • prolongs
  • protracts

Meanings of elapses

  • verb
    1. (of time) To pass or move by.

Example Sentences

  • As time elapses, the urgency of the task becomes more apparent.
  • The process becomes smoother as experience elapses over the years.
  • The clock ticks away, and every second that elapses brings us closer to the deadline.
  • Once the allotted time elapses, the system will automatically shut down.
  • The situation may change significantly as more time elapses.

On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to elapses, such as: abates, bites the dust, breaks down, breaks off, breaks up, ceases, closes.

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

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dead ends

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  • ceases
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  • expressways
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  • roads
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  • thoroughfares
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  • turnpikes
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  • winds up

halts

  • Mexican standoffs
  • abates
  • abeyances
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  • annuls
  • arrestments
  • arrests
  • backs down
  • baffles
  • balances
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  • dies
  • difficulties
  • dilemmas
  • discontinuances
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  • dodders
  • draws up
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  • elapses
  • endings
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  • expires
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  • fetches up
  • finishes
  • fixes
  • flounders
  • gives over
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  • gridlocks
  • hangs back
  • has done with
  • haws
  • hedges
  • hems
  • hesitates
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  • hitches
  • hobbles
  • holds
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  • holds up
  • holes
  • impasses
  • impedes
  • interruptions
  • jams
  • kiboshes
  • kills
  • knocks off
  • lapses
  • layoffs
  • lays off
  • leaves off
  • lets up
  • letups
  • limps
  • lingers
  • logjams
  • lurches
  • mop-ups
  • morasses
  • moratoria
  • moratoriums
  • obstructs
  • offsets
  • oscillates
  • passes
  • pauses
  • phaseouts
  • pickles
  • pinches
  • plights
  • ponders
  • predicaments
  • problems
  • procrastinates
  • pulls up
  • pussyfoots
  • puts the kibosh on
  • quagmires
  • quandaries
  • quits
  • represses
  • ruins
  • scruples
  • scuttles
  • shambles
  • shilly-shallies
  • shuffles
  • shutdowns
  • shutoffs
  • shuts off
  • snags
  • snuffs
  • spots
  • squashes
  • squelches
  • staggers
  • stalemates
  • stalls
  • stamps
  • stanches
  • standoffs
  • standstills
  • staunches
  • stays
  • stems
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  • stoppages
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  • stunts
  • suppresses
  • surceases
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  • turns back
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  • wabbles
  • waffles
  • waits
  • wavers
  • weighs
  • winds down
  • winds up
  • wobbles

lapses

  • abates
  • abeyances
  • arrestments
  • arrests
  • bites the dust
  • bloomers
  • bloopers
  • blunders
  • bobbles
  • boners
  • boo-boos
  • boobs
  • breakdowns
  • breaks
  • breaks down
  • breaks off
  • breaks up
  • bricks
  • ceases
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  • checks
  • clangers
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  • closes
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  • collapses
  • comedowns
  • concludes
  • conclusions
  • crashes
  • cutoffs
  • cuts out
  • dead-ends
  • declines
  • descents
  • determines
  • dies
  • disappointments
  • discontinuances
  • discontinuations
  • discontinues
  • downfalls
  • downs
  • elapses
  • endings
  • ends
  • errors
  • expirations
  • expires
  • falls
  • faults
  • finishes
  • flubs
  • fluffs
  • foul-ups
  • frustrations
  • fumbles
  • gaffes
  • gaffs
  • gives over
  • goes
  • goofs
  • halts
  • howlers
  • inaccuracies
  • interruptions
  • knocks
  • knocks off
  • layoffs
  • leaves off
  • letdowns
  • lets up
  • letups
  • meltdowns
  • misapprehensions
  • miscalculations
  • miscomprehensions
  • misconceptions
  • misconstructions
  • miscues
  • misdescriptions
  • misimpressions
  • misinterpretations
  • misjudgments
  • misreadings
  • misstatements
  • missteps
  • mistakes
  • misunderstandings
  • mop-ups
  • moratoria
  • moratoriums
  • offsets
  • oversights
  • passes
  • pauses
  • phaseouts
  • pratfalls
  • quits
  • recessions
  • regressions
  • relapses
  • retrogressions
  • reversals
  • reverses
  • reversions
  • ruins
  • screwups
  • setbacks
  • shutdowns
  • shutoffs
  • slips
  • slipups
  • snafus
  • stalls
  • standstills
  • stays
  • stoppages
  • stops
  • stumbles
  • surceases
  • suspends
  • suspensions
  • terminates
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  • trips
  • turnabouts
  • turnarounds
  • undoings
  • winds down
  • winds up

quits

passes

  • abates
  • abjures
  • abysses
  • accepts
  • accomplishments
  • achievements
  • actualities
  • actualizations
  • administers
  • advances
  • advertises
  • affirms
  • airs
  • alleges
  • alleys
  • alleyways
  • allows
  • announces
  • approves
  • arises
  • arroyos
  • arterials
  • arteries
  • articulates
  • assays
  • asserts
  • assigns
  • assimilates
  • attainments
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  • authorizes
  • autobahns
  • autoroutes
  • autostradas
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  • avenues
  • avers
  • avoids
  • avouches
  • avows
  • backs down
  • backs off
  • backstreets
  • backtracks
  • barrancas
  • barrancos
  • bashes
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  • befalls
  • beltways
  • bequeaths
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  • bites the dust
  • blabbers
  • blazes
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  • boulevards
  • branches
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  • bystreets
  • byways
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  • causeways
  • ceases
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  • comments
  • commits
  • concludes
  • confers
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  • confirms
  • consigns
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  • consummations
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  • corniches
  • corridors
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  • couloirs
  • coupons
  • cracks
  • crevasses
  • crevices
  • crossroads
  • cul-de-sacs
  • culs-de-sac
  • cuts out
  • cwms
  • dales
  • dead ends
  • dead-ends
  • declares
  • declines
  • decrees
  • defiles
  • delegates
  • delivers
  • dells
  • denies
  • deselects
  • determines
  • detours
  • develops
  • dictates
  • dies
  • digests
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  • disapproves
  • disavows
  • disclaims
  • discontinues
  • discusses
  • disdains
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  • disowns
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  • disperses
  • disproves
  • disputes
  • distributes
  • divides
  • does
  • drags
  • drawls
  • draws
  • drives
  • dual carriageways
  • effects
  • elapses
  • enacts
  • encounters
  • endeavors
  • ends
  • endures
  • entrusts
  • enunciates
  • essays
  • executes
  • experiences
  • expires
  • expressways
  • falls out
  • feels
  • fingers
  • finishes
  • fissures
  • flies
  • flings
  • floodplains
  • flumes
  • follows
  • forbears
  • forbids
  • foreswears
  • formulates
  • formulizes
  • forswears
  • freeways
  • fruitions
  • fulfillments
  • fulfilments
  • furnishes
  • gainsays
  • gaps
  • gasps
  • gets off
  • gets through
  • gills
  • gives
  • gives over
  • gives up
  • glens
  • goes
  • goes down
  • goes off
  • goes on
  • goes over
  • goes through
  • gorges
  • grants
  • gulches
  • gulfs
  • gulleys
  • gullies
  • gutters
  • halts
  • handles
  • hands
  • hands down
  • hands in
  • hands on
  • hands over
  • happens
  • haps
  • has
  • high roads
  • high streets
  • highways
  • holds up
  • holds water
  • hollows
  • ignores
  • interstates
  • intervenes
  • intrusts
  • is
  • kettles
  • kloofs
  • knocks off
  • knows
  • lanes
  • laneways
  • lapses
  • lays down
  • leaves
  • leaves off
  • legislates
  • lends
  • lets up
  • linns
  • lips
  • loans
  • looks
  • main streets
  • makes
  • materializes
  • meets
  • mews
  • motorways
  • mouths
  • murmurs
  • negates
  • negatives
  • nixes
  • notches
  • notes
  • nullahs
  • occurs
  • offers
  • ordains
  • overrules
  • parkways
  • passes muster
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  • pasteboards
  • pauses
  • paws
  • permits
  • phrases
  • pike
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  • places
  • plays
  • posts
  • proceeds
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  • prohibits
  • promulgates
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  • rebuffs
  • rebuts
  • recalls
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  • receives
  • recommends
  • recommits
  • redelivers
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  • refuses
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  • rejects
  • relays
  • releases
  • relinquishes
  • remarks
  • renders
  • reneges
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  • reposes
  • reprobates
  • repudiates
  • results
  • retracts
  • retransfers
  • retransmits
  • revokes
  • ring roads
  • rises
  • roads
  • roadways
  • routes
  • rows
  • saddles
  • sanctions
  • says
  • scorns
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  • secondary roads
  • sees
  • shares
  • shoots
  • shoots down
  • shots
  • shouts
  • shunpikes
  • shut-ins
  • side roads
  • side streets
  • snarls
  • sounds
  • speaks
  • splutters
  • spouts
  • spurns
  • stabs
  • stalls
  • stands up
  • states
  • stays
  • sticks
  • stops
  • streets
  • strivings
  • struggles
  • submits
  • successes
  • suffers
  • superhighways
  • supplies
  • surrenders
  • suspends
  • sustains
  • switchbacks
  • takes
  • takes back
  • talks
  • tastes
  • tells
  • terminates
  • thoroughfares
  • throes
  • through streets
  • throws out
  • throws over
  • thruways
  • tickets
  • tokens
  • traces
  • tracks
  • trails
  • transfers
  • transmits
  • transpires
  • trenches
  • trial and errors
  • trials
  • tries
  • triumphs
  • troughs
  • trusts
  • turnpikes
  • turns down
  • turns in
  • turns out
  • turns over
  • undergoes
  • undertakings
  • unsays
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  • vales
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  • ventilates
  • vents
  • verbalizes
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  • vocalizes
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  • vouchers
  • wadis
  • washes
  • ways
  • whacks
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  • whispers
  • wills
  • winds down
  • winds up
  • withdraws
  • witnesses
  • words
  • works
  • yields

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