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Synonyms & Antonyms of hiatus
- steam was rising from a hiatus in the ground
Synonyms for hiatus
- breach,
- break,
- discontinuity,
- gap,
- gulf,
- hole,
- interstice,
- interval,
- opening,
- rent,
- rift,
- separation,
- void
Words Related to hiatus
- a hiatus in the law which prevented the district attorney from prosecuting the offenders
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Near Antonyms for hiatus
- a three-year hiatus before the fifth book in the series appeared
Synonyms for hiatus
- discontinuity,
- gap,
- hiccup
- (also hiccough),
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermission,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interstice,
- interval,
- parenthesis
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“Hiatus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hiatus. Accessed 28 Jun. 2022.
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The first known use of hiatus was in 1563
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