| Main Entry: | caesura |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interruption |
Synonyms: |
break, interval, pause, rest, stop |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interruption of activity |
Synonyms: |
apnea, blow, breather, breathing space, caesura, coffee break, cutoff, downtime, halt, hiatus, interlude, intermission, interval, lacuna, layoff, letup, lull, pause, recess, respite, rest, suspension, ten, time off, time out |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
Antonyms: |
continuation, continuity |
| Main Entry: | gap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, breach |
Synonyms: |
aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, clove, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, defile, difference, disagreement, discontinuity, disparity, divergence, divide, division, fracture, gorge, gulch, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, inconsistency, interlude, intermission, interruption, interspace, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, notch, opening, orifice, pause, ravine, recess, rent, respite, rest, rift, rupture, separation, slit, slot, space, vacuity, void |
Antonyms: |
closure |
| Main Entry: | pause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wait, delay |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, break, break-off, breathing space, breathing spell, caesura, cessation, coffee break, comma, cutoff, deadlock, discontinuance, downtime, freeze*, gap, gridlock, halt, happy hour, hesitancy, hesitation, hiatus, hitch*, hush, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interval, lacuna, lapse, layoff, letup, lull, pausation, recess, respite, rest, rest period, stand, standstill, stay, stillness, stopover, stoppage, suspension, time out |
Antonyms: |
continuation, persistence |
| Main Entry: | interspace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap |
Synonyms: |
aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, clove, crack*, cranny, crevice, cut, defile, difference, disagreement, discontinuity, disparity, divergence, divide, division, fracture, gorge, gulch, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, inconsistency, interlude, intermission, interruption, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, notch, opening, orifice, pause, ravine, recess, rent, respite, rest, rift, rupture, separation, slit, slot, space, vacuity, void |
| Main Entry: | interspace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
alveolate, aveoliform, betwixt, broken, cavernous, chasmophilous, clathrate, cortinate, crackled, embolismal, episodic, ethmoid, far between, fatiscent, faviform, fretted, geodesic, interamnian, interaural, intercalary, intercalated, intercolline, intercurrent, interjacent, interlineal, interlinear, intermediary, intermediate, interstitial, intervenient, intervening, intrusive, machicolated, mediterranean, merged, parenthetical, rictal, rimose, sandwiched, slit, vuggy, with an interval
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