INTERLUDE Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

interlude

noun

ˈin-tər-ˌlüd

Definition of interlude

as in interval

a break in continuity there was a brief interlude in the performance while the stagehands shifted scenery

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Recent Examples of interlude The Thai public was willing to tolerate only short interludes of military rule, and coup makers had no choice but to promise the imminent restoration of democracy. — Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026 There’s a spike about an hour before first pitch, a rock-and-roll interlude to spur his adrenaline. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 The Bradley Gang Massacre is one of the interludes in King’s original novel. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026 Dreamy interludes pad the space between tracks with humming synths and strings; sometimes songs dissolve into floating mood pieces, anchored by a drone or loop. — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interlude

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Noun

Improving that interval may matter as much as improving another model’s accuracy.

— Shahen Minasyan, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
He was spotted on Gdańsk Bridge by rotating security cameras, but when the cameras came back around after an interval of several minutes, Chris was gone.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of interval

Noun

Practitioners describe them as brief interruptions in familiar patterns.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
If a facility had successfully operated through years of storms without interruption, many organizations considered their risk profile well understood.

— Patty Templeton-Jones, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of interruption

Noun

After a brief hiatus, Francisco returned to the stage in 2014, with a recording of his 2019 Joe’s Pub set arriving as a live album in 2020.

— Kyle Denis, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026
The arrival of 6-year-old male Ping Ping and 5-year-old female Fu Shuang ends the zoo’s two-year hiatus without any giant pandas, which were a beloved staple at Zoo Atlanta since 1999.

— Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of hiatus

Noun

Then someone from finance asks what the company got for the money, and the honest answer is a pause.

— Boris Dzhingarov, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Try the cheap partner-side fixes first, match the mid-tier device to the type of snoring and escalate to a doctor the moment breathing pauses enter the picture.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of pause

Noun

In 2021, Clemons helped launch the Wealth Accelerator, which is currently running an accelerated pilot of Connecticut’s baby bonds program in the hopes of learning more about how to close the racial wealth gap.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Communities of color and low-income neighborhoods already face higher rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease because of long-standing gaps in access to health care, preventive care and affordable healthy food.

— Disha Narang, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of gap

Noun

The documentary, which runs nearly four hours including an intermission, will expand nationwide after its debut in New York City and Los Angeles.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Cinematographer Adam Carboni frames most of the movie in a glowing daytime warmth, peppered with gorgeous intermissions that plunge the audience into starry nights that give the whole affair a music video-like pulse.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

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