What is another word for recess?
Synonyms for recess
rɪˈsɛs, ˈri sɛsre·cess
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Wiktionary
recessadjective
Remote, distant (in time or place).
Thomas Salusbury: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: I should think it best in the subsequent discourses to begin to examine whether the Earth be esteemed immoveable, as it hath been till now believed by most men, or else moveable, as some ancient Philosophers held, and others of not very recesse times were of opinion;
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
recess
Synonyms:
cavity, nook, withdrawal, retirement, retreat, seclusion, privacy, vacation, holidayAntonyms:
promontory, protrusion, projection, publicity, worktime
Princeton's WordNet
deferral, recessnoun
a state of abeyance or suspended business
Synonyms:
corner, deferral, inlet, deferment, niche, recession, postponement, break, respite, time outrecess, recession, niche, cornernoun
a small concavity
Synonyms:
nook, recessional, quoin, deferral, respite, corner, receding, ceding back, break, time out, recession, ecological niche, inlet, street corner, niche, box, turning pointinlet, recessnoun
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
Synonyms:
corner, deferral, inlet, recession, niche, intake, break, respite, time outrecess, nichenoun
an enclosure that is set back or indented
Synonyms:
corner, ecological niche, deferral, inlet, recession, niche, break, respite, time outrespite, recess, break, time outverb
a pause from doing something (as work)
"we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
Synonyms:
prison-breaking, rest period, deferral, rest, recession, jailbreak, respite, relief, corner, interruption, rift, intermission, severance, niche, falling out, prisonbreak, suspension, breakout, faulting, break of serve, inlet, geological fault, gap, break, good luck, breaking, disruption, reprieve, open frame, gaolbreak, abatement, hiatus, breach, happy chance, fault, pause, shift, fracture, time out, breakage, rupturerecessverb
put into a recess
"recess lights"
recessverb
make a recess in
"recess the piece of wood"
adjourn, recess, break upverb
close at the end of a session
"The court adjourned"
Synonyms:
fragmentise, fragmentize, decompose, collapse, interrupt, crash, retire, split up, pick, dismantle, break up, part, crock up, sever, cut off, fragment, split, disperse, separate, disrupt, dissolve, crack, disassemble, break apart, calve, dissipate, scatter, break down, resolve, take apart, dispel, adjourn, break, crack up, withdraw
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
recessnoun
Synonyms:
retreat, nook, corner, niche, place of retirementrecessnoun
Synonyms:
intermission, respite, remission of labor, suspension of business
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
recessnoun
Synonyms:
retreat, withdrawal, retirement, intermission, alcove, niche, nook, retreat, seclusion, privacy
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "recess":
break, holiday, playtime, suspension, adjournment, pause, vacation, 'clock, cavity, recreation, niche
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#175 | privacy | |
#207 | part | |
#451 | box | |
#961 | holiday | |
#1504 | vacation | |
#1547 | rest | |
#1618 | break | |
#2096 | pick | |
#2218 | corner | |
#2228 | separate | |
#2587 | recreation | |
#2666 | breaking | |
#2940 | relief | |
#3308 | retirement | |
#3684 | split | |
#3711 | shift | |
#4114 | gap | |
#4224 | crack | |
#4498 | crash | |
#5045 | fault | |
#5067 | suspension | |
#5981 | resolve | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#7184 | withdrawal | |
#7209 | intake | |
#8206 | retreat | |
#9001 | breach | |
#10524 | withdraw | |
#10611 | pause | |
#10900 | fragment | |
#11596 | niche | |
#11623 | interrupt | |
#12529 | retire | |
#12744 | inlet | |
#13727 | cavity | |
#14595 | fracture | |
#15079 | disruption | |
#17400 | interruption | |
#18494 | breakout | |
#19598 | recess | |
#19772 | recession | |
#19980 | abatement | |
#21160 | scatter | |
#21913 | adjournment | |
#21915 | disrupt | |
#22368 | respite | |
#22476 | dissolve | |
#23043 | severance | |
#24292 | rupture | |
#24621 | rift | |
#26952 | adjourn | |
#28330 | hiatus | |
#29062 | nook | |
#31174 | breakage | |
#32799 | sever | |
#34174 | playtime | |
#34191 | deferral | |
#34313 | intermission | |
#35497 | dismantle | |
#36077 | disperse | |
#40623 | dispel | |
#42034 | postponement | |
#43160 | seclusion | |
#46656 | decompose | |
#49186 | deferment | |
#49275 | dissipate | |
#50779 | disassemble | |
#54356 | receding | |
#56356 | reprieve | |
#65516 | faulting | |
#110721 | jailbreak | |
#123848 | quoin | |
#132311 | calve | |
#160119 | recessional |
How to use recess in a sentence?
I was diagnosed over the February recess with a case of shingles, i have been hospitalized and am receiving treatment in San Francisco and expect to make a full recovery. I hope to return to the Senate later this month.
Due to the historic obstruction by Senate Democrats of the president's nominees and the goal of passing appropriations bills prior to the end of the fiscal year, the August recess has been canceled.
President Barack Obama on Friday:
This is not something where we can build a wall to prevent. Mosquitoes don't go through customs, congress needs to get me a bill. It needs to get me a bill that has sufficient funds to do the job. They should not be going off on recess before this is done.
I think just if you're going to ask members to vote over and over and over again to try to wear people down, I think it actually has the opposite effect, my view has been for us to call a recess, get in a room, figure it out, have those conversations and then go back to the floor.
What? Is that a real thing? They’re ruining the best part of a kid’s day, recess is so important because it teaches kids how to interact socially with one another, without adults being directly involved. Recess should be a part of the day where kids get to learn on their own.
Translations for recess
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- تجويفArabic
- výklenekCzech
- Aushöhlung, Nische, Ferien, Unterbrechung, Winkel, Pause, VertiefungGerman
- recreo, recesoSpanish
- افتادنPersian
- syvennys, välituntiFinnish
- vacances, récréation, pause, récréFrench
- zug, mélyedés, szünet, szünidőHungarian
- ferie, incavo, recesso, pausaItalian
- 休業, 休み時間, ゆとり, 休暇, あそびをとる, 休憩時間, あそび, 休憩をとるJapanese
- recessusLatin
- recesDutch
- recesso, recreioPortuguese
- pauză, vacanțăRomanian
- перерыв, каникулы, перемена, углублять, углублениеRussian
- utrymme, rast, skollov, mån, lov, spel, pausSwedish
- ara, girik, mola, oyuk, paydos, çukur, boşluk, niş, teneffüs, tātil, yuva, girintiTurkish
- یاد رکھناUrdu
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