parenthesis

parenthesis

noun

Definition of PARENTHESIS

a break in continuity <regarded her husband's brief fling with a coworker as no more than a parethesis in an otherwise solid marriage>

Synonyms discontinuity, hiatus, hiccup (also hiccough), interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interstice, interval, parenthesis

Related Words caesura, comma, interspace, lag, pause, space, time lag, window; entr'acte; bumper; adjournment, discontinuance, lapse, suspension; lull, recess, respite, rest; subinterval

Near Antonyms continuum, run, stretch; procession, progression

Antonyms continuation, continuity