Synonyms for rift
rɪftrift

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1. riftnoun

   a gap between cloud masses

   "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds"

   Synonyms:
   rupture, falling out, severance, break, breach

2. riftnoun

   a narrow fissure in rock

   Synonyms:
   rupture, falling out, severance, break, breach

3. rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling outnoun

   a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

   "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

   Synonyms:
   recess, good luck, fault, prison-breaking, breakout, fracture, suspension, break of serve, happy chance, respite, geological fault, faulting, gaolbreak, shift, interruption, time out, severance, pause, open frame, breach, disruption, jailbreak, gap, severing, falling out, prisonbreak, breaking, breakage, rupture, intermission, break

Matched Categories

1. • Fissure
   • Opening
   • Separation

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1. riftnoun

   Synonyms:
   cleft, fissure, crack, rent, breach, fracture, break, gap, opening, chink, crevice, cranny

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1. riftnoun

   Synonyms:
   cleft, fissure, crack, gap, crevice, cranny, break, chink

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1. List of paraphrases for "rift":

   rifting, bifida, crack, divide, gap, split, breccia, fault, cleavage, fracture, schism, distension, chasm, fissure, disagreement

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How to use rift in a sentence?

1. Cory Mills:

   All of you in the media want do create this big rift. And I’ll tell you ahead of time that I’m not going to buy into it.

2. Dr Shipton:

   You start to see things like decorated bones, beads made from marine shell or ostrich eggs, miniaturzied stone tools, and bones carved into things like arrow points. This is the oldest date we have for when this behavior is first observed, previous sites relating to this early period of modern humanbehaviorr have all been in South Africa and the East African Rift Valley, this is the first site on the coast of East Africa and the first with such a continuous record.

3. Kate Middleton:

   You could see at the funeral that Kate was there trying to make peace, bringing the brothers together, harry and Kate were great friends, they were a trio with William and a strong unit. Family and relationships are everything to Kate – she’s very nurturing, she wouldn’t like that [rift] happening and she is trying to look after her husband and do what she can to make things right.

4. Lleyton Hewitt:

   I don't think that there's a rift, there's always communication going on between the captain, the coaches and the players and leading into the next tie that will all happen.

5. Stewart Pearce:

   Two brothers have had a disagreement – this is not a rift, a feud or a battle, brothers disagree… They’re muscling up to their own power. And people are outrage that the British heritage is changing. Well, of course, it needs to change.