Synonyms for gap
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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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Disparity
   • Dispute
   • Open
   • Pass
   • Space
   • Surface

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1. diastema

   a gap in between teeth

   Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

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1. gapnoun

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

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1. gapnoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "gap":

   divide, difference, variance, disparity, discrepancy, loophole, ditch, chasm, gaps, vacuum, lacuna, deficit, deviation, gulf, shortcoming, deficiency, differences, differential, distance, shortfall, abyss, cap, empty, rift, discontinuity, disparities, void, gat, variances, hole, shortcomings, deficiencies, graben, mismatch, lack, deviations, jaap, flaw, lag, variation, divergence, hiatus, inequality, kip, lacunae, wedge, imbalance, fracture, bpa, omission, separation

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1. Tom Smith:

   This tool fits perfectly into that gap giving the officers another option to use before having to use that high level of force to end that conversation very early, very safely.

2. Deborah James:

   We have a gap. We have to take care of ourselves.

3. Danica Patrick:

   Darrell Waltrip can't bridge the gap between something that Darrell Waltrip spent two years working on( with Tony Gibson) to something that Darrell Waltrip've been working on for a couple of races, what is exciting is the potential of what could be because we are both so green. So far, we've worked really well together. It's been really easy.

4. Benjamin Schreiber:

   When deals were made (with wealthy countries) in May (2020) there was a real gap in funding in the COVAX facility.

5. Daniel Tarullo:

   I wonder whether there is a gap in regulations and more generally, I wonder whether there are some things that at present no government regulatory jurisdiction has no oversight over.