terminate

The word “terminate” has 3 syllables: ter-mi-nate

It's pronounced as /ˈtɜr.mə.neɪt/

What is synonym and antonym for terminate?

In the thesaurus, “terminate” has 147 synonyms and 53 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for terminate

abate
acting
ad interim
alternate
annihilate
assassinate
ax
axe
bite the dust
blot out
blow away
bounce
bound
break down
break off
break up
bump off
butcher
can
carry off
cashier
cease
circumscribe
claim
climax
close
close out
complete
conclude
conditional
consummate
contingent
control
croak
crown
cut down
cut out
dead-end
define
delimit
delineate
demarcate
demark
describe
destroy
determine
die
discharge
discontinue
dismiss
dispatch
do away with
do in
downsize
elapse
eliminate
end
ephemeral
eradicate
excess
execute
expedient
expire
exterminate
fell
finish
fire
fleeting
fugitive
furlough
get
give over
go
govern
halt
ice
impermanent
improvised
interim
intermediary
intermediate
kick out
kill
knock off
lapse
lay off
leave off
let up
limit
limited
liquidate
makeshift
massacre
murder
muster out
neutralize
off
pass
pause
perfect
pink-slip
provisional
provisionary
provisory
proxy
put away
put paid to
qualified
quit
release
remove
replaceable
retire
rub out
sack
send packing
separate
shoot
shoot down
short-lived
short-range
short-term
slaughter
slay
smite
snuff
stall
stay
stop
substitute
suspend
take out
temporary
tentative
terminable
throw out
transitional
transitory
trim
turn off
unseat
whack
wind down
wind up
wipe out
wrap up
zap

Antonyms for terminate

animate
begin
commence
continue
contract
dateless
deathless
draw out
employ
endless
enduring
engage
eternal
everlasting
extend
extended
final
fixed
hang on
hire
immortal
inaugurate
keep
lasting
long-range
long-term
open
permanent
perpetual
persist
prolong
protract
raise
recruit
reemploy
rehire
restore
resurrect
resuscitate
retain
revive
set
settled
standing
start
subcontract
take on
timeless
unconditional
undying
unending
unlimited
unqualified

Meanings of terminate

verb
1. To end, especially in an incomplete state.
2. To set or be a limit or boundary to.
3. To kill.
4. To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
5. Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
adjective
1. Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
2. Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
3. Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.

Example Sentences

The company decided to terminate the employee due to repeated violations.
You can terminate the contract with a 30-day notice.
The train will terminate at the central station.
They had to terminate the project because of budget cuts.
The program will automatically terminate after the update is complete.

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