quit

/kwˈɪt/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. put an end to a state or an activity
   “Quit teasing your little brother”
2. give up or retire from a position
   “The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month”
3. go away or leave
4. turn away from; give up
   “I am foreswearing women forever”
5. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
   “In the second round, the challenger gave up”

Synonyms for quit

• discontinue
• stop
• cease
• give up
• lay off
• leave office
• step down
• resign
• depart
• take leave
• foreswear
• renounce
• relinquish
• drop out
• fall by the wayside
• drop by the wayside
• throw in
• throw in the towel
• chuck up the sponge

Words that rhyme with quit

• hit
• split
• fit
• pit
• bit
• sit
• submit
• remit
• admit
• shit
• spit
• commit
• knit
• permit
• slit
• retrofit
• grit
• kit
• outfit
• transmit
• unfit
• brit
• cockpit
• counterfeit
• emit
• flit
• lit
• tit
• wit
• acquit