| Main Entry: | lacuna |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause |
Synonyms: |
break, cavity, depression, gap, hiatus, interim, interval, opening, space |
| Main Entry: | blank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty space |
Synonyms: |
abyss, cavity, chasm, emptiness, gap, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, hollowness, interstice, interval, lacuna, nihility, nothingness, nullity, omission, opening, preterition, pretermission, skip, tabula rasa, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void, womb |
| 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: | hiatus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, interruption |
Synonyms: |
aperture, blank, breach, break, chasm, discontinuity, gap, interim, interval, lacuna, lapse, opening, rift, space |
Antonyms: |
continuation, continuity |
| Main Entry: | hole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening in a solid object |
Synonyms: |
aperture, breach, break, burrow, cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, chasm, chink, cistern, cleft, covert, crack, cranny, crater, cut, den, dent, depression, dimple, dip, excavation, eyelet, fissure, foramen, fracture, gap, gash, gorge, hollow, hovel, keyhole, lacuna, lair, leak, mouth, nest, niche, nick, notch, orifice, outlet, passage, peephole, perforation, pit, pocket, pockmark, puncture, rent, retreat, scoop, shaft, shelter, space, split, tear, tunnel, vacuity, vent, void, window |
Antonyms: |
closure, solid |
| Main Entry: | interim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interval |
Synonyms: |
breach, break, breather, breathing spell, coffee break, cutoff, downtime, gap, hiatus, interlude, interregnum, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, meantime, meanwhile, pause, take ten, time*, time-out |
Antonyms: |
continuation, permanence |
| Main Entry: | interruption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break; interference |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, abeyancy, arrest, blackout, breach, break-off, cessation, check, cutoff, delay, disconnection, discontinuance, disruption, dissolution, disturbance, disuniting, division, doldrums, dormancy, gap, halt, hiatus, hindrance, hitch, impediment, interim, intermission, interval, intrusion, lacuna, latency, layoff, letup, obstacle, obstruction, parenthesis, pause, quiescence, rift, rupture, separation, severance, split, stop, stoppage, suspension |
Antonyms: |
continuation |
| Main Entry: | interval |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, pause |
Synonyms: |
breach, breathing space, comma, delay, distance, downtime, five, gap, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, lull, meantime, opening, parenthesis, pausation, period, playtime, rest, season, space, spell, ten, term, time, time-out, wait, while |
Antonyms: |
continuation |
| Main Entry: | lapse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break in action |
Synonyms: |
gap, intermission, interruption, interval, lacuna, lull, passage, pause |
Antonyms: |
continuity |