stop over

verb

To interrupt one's journey for a short (sometimes overnight) stay.

“Near-synonyms: drop by, pop in, stop off (all sometimes synonymous)”

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Meanings

verbstop over (third-person singular simple present stops over, present participle stopping over, simple past and past participle stopped over)

present singular third person stops over · participle present stopping over · participle past stopped over · past stopped over

  1. intransitiveTo interrupt one's journey for a short (sometimes overnight) stay.

    Near-synonyms: stay over, lay over, lie over, stop off (all sometimes synonymous); see also Thesaurus:sojourn

    Synonyms: stay over, lay over, lie over, stop off, keep, lodge, quarter, sleep over

  2. intransitiveTo stop by.

    Near-synonyms: drop by, pop in, stop off (all sometimes synonymous)

    Synonyms: drop by, pop in, stop off

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo interrupt one's journey for a short (sometimes overnight) stay.

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stay overlay overlie overstop offkeeplodgequartersleep oversojournstaystay overstopstop offtarry

verbTo stop by.

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drop bypop instop off

More synonyms by meaning

verbinterrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight

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lay over
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stopstop over

verbinterrupt a trip

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stop
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interruptdisruptbreak up
Also see
lay overlodgesleep oversojournstay overstopstop offtarry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

stop over. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stop%20over

MLA

“stop over.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stop%20over. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stop over,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stop%20over.

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