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Synonyms for gap
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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. gapnoun

    Synonyms:
    hole, clearing, rip, opening, fissure, chasm, break, pass, rift, split, window, neck, col, tear

  2. gapnoun

    An opening that implies a breach or defect.

    There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.

    Synonyms:
    space

  3. gapnoun

    A hiatus.

    I'm taking a gap.

    Synonyms:
    hiatus

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. gap, spreadnoun

    a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

    "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs"

    Synonyms:
    bedcover, spreading, spread head, cattle ranch, counterpane, banquet, facing pages, spread, crack, interruption, cattle farm, break, bedspread, scatter, bed covering, spreadhead, feast, disruption, bed cover, opening, paste, ranch, col

  2. opening, gapnoun

    an open or empty space in or between things

    "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"

    Synonyms:
    possibility, opening night, chess opening, spread, curtain raising, opening move, hatchway, crack, scuttle, interruption, initiative, disruption, opening, possible action, first step, orifice, col, break, porta

  3. gap, cracknoun

    a narrow opening

    "he opened the window a crack"

    Synonyms:
    go, quip, cracking, fracture, whirl, fling, spread, sally, crack, crack cocaine, fissure, wisecrack, interruption, pass, break, tornado, cleft, offer, snap, crevice, chap, disruption, opening, cranny, scissure, col, shot

  4. col, gapnoun

    a pass between mountain peaks

    Synonyms:
    col, interruption, crack, opening, spread, disruption, break

  5. gapnoun

    a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations

    Synonyms:
    break, interruption, col, opening, crack, spread, disruption

  6. break, interruption, disruption, gapverb

    an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

    "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"

    Synonyms:
    disturbance, commotion, jailbreak, respite, happy chance, crack, interruption, rift, intermission, break of serve, severance, falling out, prisonbreak, suspension, recess, faulting, breakout, flutter, hoo-hah, geological fault, hurly burly, spread, col, to-do, break, good luck, breaking, disruption, open frame, gaolbreak, dislocation, breach, breakage, perturbation, fault, pause, shift, fracture, time out, kerfuffle, opening, rupture, hoo-ha, prison-breaking

  7. gap, breachverb

    make an opening or gap in

    Synonyms:
    violate, breach, infract, offend, break, go against, transgress

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. diastema

    a gap in between teeth

    Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. gapnoun

    Synonyms:
    cleft, crevice, opening, chink, cranny, crack, interstice, breach, rift, break, hiatus

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. gapnoun

    Synonyms:
    hiatus, rift, crevice, rent, interstice, chasm, opening

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How to use gap in a sentence?

  1. Brian Avery:

    In my opinion, it was not on correctly… it was resting on his stomach is what it appears in the videos that I've reviewed, and that it was not touching or close to the seat pan and/or in-between his crotch, which should have been the proper positioning of that to ensure that there was no gap between the base of the harness and/or the seat pan itself.

  2. Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer:

    He's nice, approachable. He's good to go out for a drink or a bite to eat with. He's not the type who likes conflict, he's a stop-gap because they couldn't find a strong external candidate.

  3. Max Hauke:

    I would like to apologize to everyone. I know that it was a huge mistake, but I can't go back and change it, i just wanted to show what I was capable of ... For me, doping was the way to close the gap (on others) so that I could compete.

  4. Xu Lianyi:

    Our fatal weakness is our management standards are not high enough. There is a big gap with international standards.

  5. John Rozel:

    The use of isolation and solitary confinement is often proffered as a stop-gap intervention, but juvenile crime is neither new nor rare.


Translations for gap

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  • فراغArabic
  • otvorCzech
  • Spalt, Spalte, Ritz, RitzeGerman
  • κενόGreek
  • brechaSpanish
  • lõhe, praguEstonian
  • sola, aukkopaikka, merkki, tarkistaa, aukko, tehdäFinnish
  • trouée, trouer, solution de continuité, entailler, écart, brèche, colFrench
  • hézagHungarian
  • fessura, passaggio, buco, interruzione, spazio vuoto, breccia, aperturaItalian
  • 間隙Japanese
  • mokorawhāMāori
  • lomme, åpning, luke, gap, tomrom, mellomrom, spalteNorwegian
  • szpara, dziura, przerwa, szczelina, okienkoPolish
  • brecha, fendaPortuguese
  • проло́м, уще́лье, прохо́д, дыра́, люфт, интерва́л, окно́, щель, промежу́ток, брешь, переры́в, зазо́р, разры́вRussian
  • mwanyaSwahili
  • khoảng cachVietnamese
  • isikhalaZulu

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