Select the most appropriate ANTONYM for the given word.
Cease

Start

The most appropriate antonym for the word cease is start.

• Cease means to stop or bring to an end.
• Start means to begin or initiate something.

The other words do not have the same meaning as cease and are therefore not antonyms.

• Peter out means to gradually decrease or fade away.
• Discontinue means to stop doing something.
• Finish means to complete or bring to an end something that has been started.