Words Like REFRAIN

We have put together a list of words that are similar to REFRAIN.

16 Alternative Words Similar to refrain

1 Chorus Noun      Synonym Words Like Chorus
2 Music Noun      Synonym Words Like Music
3 Forbear Verb      Synonym Words Like Forbear
4 Abstain Verb      Synonym Words Like Abstain
5 Desist Verb      Synonym Words Like Desist
6 Act Verb      Antonym Words Like Act
7 Consume Verb      Antonym Words Like Consume
8 Refrained Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Refrained
9 Refraining Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Refraining
10 Restrain Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Restrain
11 Curb Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Curb
12 Save Verb      Hyponym Words Like Save
13 Help Verb      Hyponym Words Like Help
14 Leave Verb      Hyponym Words Like Leave
15 Avoid Verb      Hyponym Words Like Avoid
16 Fast Verb      Hyponym Words Like Fast

1 examples of refrain

1 she could not forbear weeping

10 definitions of refrain

1 To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
2 To abstain from.
3 To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
4 The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.
5 the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
6 resist doing something
7 choose not to consume
8 To hold oneself back; forbear: refrained from swearing.
9 Archaic To restrain or hold back; curb.
10 A phrase, verse, or group of verses repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza.
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