Synonyms of interludes

interludes

noun

plural of interlude

as in intervals

a break in continuity

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intervals
• interruptions
• hiatuses
• pauses
• gaps
• intermissions
• lulls
• parentheses
• hiccups
• discontinuities
• interstices
• spaces
• interregnums
• interims
• commas
• windows
• lags
• respites
• interspaces
• time lags
• caesuras
• suspensions
• bumpers
• adjournments
• discontinuances
• lapses
• rests
• entr'actes
• subintervals
• recesses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• runs
• stretches
• continuities
• continuations
• processions
• progressions
• continua

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of interludes

Leeds is in the zone here, and because most of the tracks are about the same length and there are no ambient interludes or pop-length counterbalances, the album’s lengthy runtime ends up sliding by pretty easily. — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026

What follows is a heady mixture of grief, desire, fantasy, and dance, complete with elaborate musical interludes and a delirious homage to Dirty Dancing. — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026

These luminous interludes also ease us into the memories of Jay’s father that keep intruding on his predicament. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026

This time the meetups are spread across a number of weeks, as the summer heat cools gently into autumn, while the interludes themselves attempt to broach something more complex than simple relationship woes. — James Marsh, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

For 14th, DuVernay interviewed more than 50 experts, scholars and politicians, interweaving their insights with vérité interludes and brief snippets of relevant stand-up from comedians like Hasan Minhaj. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Unfortunately, these were brief interludes in a smorgasbord of as many as six talks delivered with little interruption. — Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 29 Sep. 2026

Additionally, the frequent interludes of dialogue from the Idlewild movie released at the same time don’t add much to the proceedings, and function as more of an inside joke than anything else. — John Hugar, SPIN, 26 Aug. 2026

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