cease-fire cease and desist order • ceaseless · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · cease-fire · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 10 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms. Synonyms: armistice, truce. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · armistice · · Synonym 1 truce · · Synonym 2 Characters · · - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 i latin small letter i U+0069 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073