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gap - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | gap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, breach |
| Synonyms: | aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, defile, difference, disagreement, 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, clove, discontinuity, interspace |
| Antonyms: | closure |
| Main Entry: | aperture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole |
| Synonyms: | breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cut, eye, fissure, gap, gash, interstice, opening, orifice, outlet, passage, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent, perforation, pinhole |
| Main Entry: | blank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty space |
| Synonyms: | abyss, cavity, chasm, emptiness, gap, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, interstice, interval, lacuna, nothingness, nullity, omission, opening, skip, tabula rasa, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void, hollowness, nihility, preterition, pretermission, womb |
| Main Entry: | cavity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sunken or decayed area |
| Synonyms: | armpit, atrium, basin, chamber, crater, decay, dent, depression, gap, hole, hollow, pit, pocket, sinus, vacuity, void, bursa, caries, socket |
| Main Entry: | chink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
| Synonyms: | aperture, cleft, crack, crevice, cut, fissure, gap, hole, rift, slit, slot, space |
| Main Entry: | clearing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap in area |
| Synonyms: | allowance, clearance, dell, expanse, gap, glade, margin, opening, assart, defoliated area, empty space, headroom, open space |
| Main Entry: | cranny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nook, opening |
| Synonyms: | breach, chink, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, gap, hole, interstice, niche, byplace |
| Notes: | the difference between a nook and a cranny is that the nook is a corner and a cranny is a crack |
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blemish, imperfection |
| Synonyms: | birthmark, blot, blotch, break, bug, catch, check, crack, deficiency, deformity, discoloration, drawback, error, failing, fault, flaw, foible, frailty, gap, glitch, gremlin, hole, infirmity, injury, irregularity, kink, knot, lack, mark, mistake, patch, rift, scar, scarcity, scratch, seam, second, shortage, shortcoming, sin, speck, spot, stain, taint, vice, want, weakness, marring, rough spot, unsoundness, weak point |
| Antonyms: | advantage, improvement, perfection, strength |
| Main Entry: | disparity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference |
| Synonyms: | discrepancy, disproportion, dissimilarity, distinction, divergence, gap, imbalance, incongruity, inequality, variation, alterity, dissemblance, dissimilitude, divergency, diverseness, imparity, otherness, unevenness, unlikeness |
| Antonyms: | equality, likeness, sameness, similarity, alikeness |
| Main Entry: | emptiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | void, bareness |
| Synonyms: | blank, chasm, desolation, destitution, exhaustion, gap, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, waste, blankness, depletedness, desertedness, hollowness, inanition |
| Antonyms: | capacity, fill, fullness |
| Main Entry: | fracture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, rupture |
| Synonyms: | breach, cleavage, cleft, crack, fissure, gap, opening, rent, rift, schism, splinter, split, wound, discontinuity, disjunction, displacement, fragmentation, mutilation, severance |
| Main Entry: | gorge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | valley |
| Synonyms: | abyss, arroyo, canyon, chasm, cleft, crevasse, fissure, flume, gap, glen, gulch, pass, ravine, clough, clove |
| Main Entry: | gulch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small ravine |
| Synonyms: | arroyo, channel, cut, ditch, gap, gorge, trench, valley, gulley |
| Main Entry: | hiatus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, interruption |
| Synonyms: | aperture, blank, breach, break, chasm, gap, interim, interval, lacuna, lapse, opening, rift, space, discontinuity |
| Antonyms: | continuation, continuity |
| Main Entry: | interim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interval |
| Synonyms: | breach, break, breather, coffee break, downtime*, gap, hiatus, interlude, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup*, meantime, meanwhile, pause, time*, time-out, breathing spell, cutoff, interregnum, take ten |
| Antonyms: | continuation, permanence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interruption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break; interference |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, arrest, breach, cessation, check, delay, disconnection, discontinuance, disruption, dissolution, disturbance, division, doldrums, gap, halt, hiatus, hindrance, hitch, impediment, interim, intermission, interval, intrusion, lacuna, layoff, letup*, obstacle, obstruction, pause, quiescence, rift, rupture, separation, split, stop, stoppage, suspension, abeyancy, blackout, break-off, cutoff, disuniting, dormancy, latency, parenthesis, severance |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interstice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening, crack |
| Synonyms: | aperture, chink, cleft, cranny, crevice, fissure, gap, hole, interval, slit, space |
| Antonyms: | closure, closing |
| Main Entry: | interval |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, pause |
| Synonyms: | breach, breathing space*, comma, delay, distance, downtime, five*, gap, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermission, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, lull, meantime, opening, period, playtime, rest, season, space, spell, ten*, term, time, time-out, wait, while, interregnum, parenthesis, pausation |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | omission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something forgotten or excluded |
| Synonyms: | blank, breach, break, cancellation, carelessness, chasm, default, disregard, elimination, exclusion, failing, failure, forgetfulness, gap, hiatus, inadvertence, lack, lacuna, lapse, missing, neglect, overlook, oversight, prohibition, repudiation, skip, slighting, slip, withholding, cutting out, disregardance, elision, excluding, ignoring, inadvertency, leaving out, noninclusion, overlooking, passing over, preclusion, preterition, pretermission |
| Antonyms: | addition, inclusion, insertion, remembrance |
| Main Entry: | pause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wait, delay |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, break, breathing space*, caesura, cessation, coffee break, comma*, deadlock, discontinuance, downtime*, freeze*, gap, gridlock*, halt, happy hour*, hesitancy, hesitation, hiatus, hitch*, hush*, interim, interlude, intermission, interruption, interval, lacuna, lapse, layoff, letup*, lull, recess, respite, rest, stand, standstill, stay, stillness, stopover, stoppage, suspension, break-off, breathing spell, cutoff, interregnum, pausation, rest period, time out |
| Antonyms: | continuation, persistence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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