check

v

1. stop, arrest, stay, stall, bring to a standstill; halt, pause, hesitate, balk, brake; put a stop or an end to, terminate, end, quash, quell, squash, Inf. put the kibosh on, nip in the bud; cut, cut back on, decrease, diminish, reduce, lessen, curtail, abridge.

2. restrain, hold back, control, limit, circumscribe, confine, restrict, Law. enjoin; hinder, hamper, block, obstruct, oppilate, inhibit; impede, retard, slow, handicap; curb, repress, constrain, contain, suppress, hold in, withhold; prevent, bar, debar, forbid, proscribe, Law. estop.

3. chain, fetter, shackle, hobble, trammel, bridle, rein, harness; choke, gag, muzzle, smother.

4. verify, corroborate, validate, authenticate, confirm, substantiate, support; investigate, research, Archaic. indagate, explore, survey, study; inquire into, probe, search into, look into; examine, inspect, test, scrutinize, peruse, look over.

5. check out

Informal. take a look at, Sl. take a gander at, Inf. give [s.o.] the once-over; assess, Inf. size up.

6. correspond, agree, jibe, prove right, tally, check out; conform, harmonize, fall in with, dovetail.

7. check up on

oversee, supervise, overlook, Inf. keep tabs on, monitor, regulate.

n

8. stop, stay, prevention, preclusion, Law. estoppel; prohibition, forbiddance, disallowance, Law. injunction, Law. enjoinment; proscription, ban, embargo.

9. restraint, control, retardation, Chem. retardant; repression, inhibition, constraint; restriction, limitation, curb; damper, dampener, damp; bridle, bit, rein, checkrein, check line.

10. obstacle, deterrent, hindrance, impedient, trammel, balk; obstruction, oppilation, blockage, impediment, stopper; bar, barrier, barricade; block, stumbling block, catch, snag, hitch, drawback, liability; dam, dike, retaining wall, wall, stone wall.

11. arrest, standstill, halt, stoppage; cessation, ceasing, discontinuation, discontinuance; suspension, abeyance; delay, holdover, deferment, deferral, postponement.

12. repulse, rebuff, rejection, setback, reverse, reversal; upset, checkmate, defeat, rout; impasse, dead end, stalemate, deadlock; difficulty, opposition, flak; disappointment, frustration, bafflement, nonplus.

13. test, test run, control test, trial, trial run, dry run, check-out; inspection, examination, exploration, search, probe, investigation; scrutiny, perusal, study, research, Archaic. indagation; verification, check-back, corroboration, validation, substantiation, authentication, confirmation.

14. criterion, standard, norm; measure, gauge, rule, yardstick; guideline, canon, principle; pattern, model, type, example, bench mark.

15. bill, tab; ticket, stub, receipt, scrip, coupon, token, tessera, Chiefly Brit. counterfoil; certificate, voucher, chit; label, Brit. docket; credentials, identification, ID, authorization, papers, pass.