| Main Entry: | rift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, crack |
Synonyms: |
breach, chink, cleavage, cleft, cranny, crevice, fault, fissure, flaw, fracture, gap, hiatus, interruption, interval, opening, parting, rent, rima, rime, space, split |
Antonyms: |
closing, closure |
| Main Entry: | rift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference of opinion |
Synonyms: |
alienation, breach, break, clash, disagreement, division, estrangement, falling out, misunderstanding, quarrel, rupture, schism, separation, split |
Antonyms: |
agreement, concordance |
| 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, perforation, pinhole, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent |
| Main Entry: | breach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap |
Synonyms: |
aperture, break, chasm, chip, cleft, crack, discontinuity, fissure, hole, opening, rent, rift, rupture, slit, split |
| Notes: | breach is an infraction, gap, or break; breech is the rear or lower portion of things |
Antonyms: |
bridge, connection |
| Main Entry: | breach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change from friendly to unfriendly relationship |
Synonyms: |
alienation, break, difference, disaffection, disagreement, discord, disharmony, dissension, disunity, division, estrangement, falling-out, fissure, fracture, parting of the ways, quarrel, rent, rift, rupture, schism, secession, separation, severance, split, strife, variance, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fissure, opening |
Synonyms: |
breach, cleft, crack, discontinuity, disjunction, division, fracture, gap, gash, hole, rent, rift, rupture, schism, split, tear |
Antonyms: |
association, attachment, binding, combination, fastening, juncture |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change from friendly to unfriendly relationship |
Synonyms: |
alienation, altercation, breach, clash, difference of opinion, disaffection, dispute, divergence, estrangement, fight, misunderstanding, rift, rupture, schism, separation, split, trouble |
| Main Entry: | breakup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end of relationship |
Synonyms: |
breakdown, breaking, crackup, disintegration, dispersal, dissolution, divorce, ending, parting, rift, separation, split, splitsville, splitting, termination, wind-up |
Antonyms: |
reconciliation |
| Main Entry: | chasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap, abyss |
Synonyms: |
abysm, alienation, arroyo, blank, breach, cavity, cleavage, cleft, clough, clove, crater, crevasse, fissure, flume, gorge, gulch, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, omission, opening, oversight, preterition, ravine, rent, rift, schism, skip, split, void, yawn |
Antonyms: |
closure, junction, juncture |
| Main Entry: | chink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
Synonyms: |
aperture, cleft, crack, crevice, cut, fissure, gap, hole, rift, slit, slot, space |