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gap

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of gap

1 an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)

  • there were several visible gaps in the wall where the drywall had pulled away from the wall framing
Synonyms of gap

breach, break, discontinuity, gulf, hiatus, hole, interstice, interval, opening, rent, rift, separation, void
Words Related to gap

chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure

notch, slit, slot, split

interspace, pore

abyss, aperture, cavity, chasm, gape, orifice

fracture, rupture, severance, sundering

2 a break in continuity

  • there was a 15-minute gap between the two televised sporting events
Synonyms of gap

discontinuity, hiatus, hiccup (also hiccough), interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interstice, interval, parenthesis
Words Related to gap

caesura, comma, interspace, lag, pause, space, time lag, window

entrʼacte

bumper

adjournment, discontinuance, lapse, suspension

lull, recess, respite, rest

subinterval
Near Antonyms of gap

continuum, run, stretch

procession, progression
Antonyms of gap

continuation, continuity

3 an incomplete or deficient area

  • a gap in his understanding
Synonyms of gap

hiatus, hole, lacuna, space, void
Words Related to gap

defectiveness, detriment, disability, failing, fault, impairment, weakness

deficiency, deficit, imperfection, inadequacy, inadequateness, incompleteness, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, need, shortcoming, shortfall, want
Near Antonyms of gap

completeness, fullness

4 a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage

  • thought they were stuck until they found a gap in the mountain range that they could hike through
Synonyms of gap

canyon (also cañon), col, couloir, defile, flume, gill [British], gorge, gulch, gulf, kloof [South African], linn [chiefly Scottish], notch, pass, ravine, saddle
Words Related to gap

abyss, chasm, cirque, cleft, crevasse, crevice, cwm [chiefly British], fissure

combe (also coombe) [British], dale, dell, glen, hollow, shut-in, vale, valley

basin, floodplain, kettle

arroyo, barranca (also barranco), coulee, draw, gully (also gulley), gutter, nullah, trench, trough, wadi, wash [West]

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