INTERLUDES Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of interludes 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 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 Furious riding was alternated with brief, puffing interludes of listening. — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 Second Line was my mom — her interludes riddled the album with her depiction of what is meant to be a Creole woman in New Orleans. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026 The man could make a discussion about strophic interludes, as found in medieval motets, sound interesting. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026 And the folksy score and silly musical interludes help the audience speed through the story at a delightful, oh-so-welcome 78 minutes. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026

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Noun

This work later proved that prime numbers, while randomly scattered in small sections of the number line, appear to be regularly arranged over sufficiently large intervals.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
Tickets cost £33 (about $44) and are sold in 10-minute intervals, for a 40-minute visit, but the first batch are sold out.

— Lauren Frayer, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of intervals

Noun

Manon Bannerman and Sophia Laforteza are taking separate hiatuses from Katseye; while Bannerman’s status in the group remains unknown, Laforteza’s mental-health break will continue until she’s reassessed in September.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Haircut 100, on the other hand, took some long hiatuses as a band.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of hiatuses

Noun

Lynne Goldberg, meditation teacher and co-founder of the Breethe meditation app, told Real Simple that these pauses do the heavy lifting.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
Some deepfakes still have telltale flaws such as unnatural facial movements, lip-sync glitches, robotic speech or awkward pauses — but the technology is rapidly improving, a spokesperson for the organization said.

— Emily Elconin for CNN, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of pauses

Noun

Now those gaps were empty, glazed only by the view of leaf-greens and sky-blues.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
MXene nanosheets fill the microscopic gaps between those fibers, locking them in place and preventing slippage under physical pressure.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of gaps

Noun

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
Thankfully, the bathroom lines at Venice intermissions are not too long, as 70 percent of the audience uses the opportunity to duck out and have a smoke.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

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