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Synonyms & Antonyms of interval
1
a break in continuity
- there were intervals of thousands of years between the major ice ages
Synonyms for interval
- discontinuity,
- gap,
- hiatus,
- hiccup
- (also hiccough),
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermission,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interstice,
- parenthesis
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2
an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)
- unable to find my way out of the maze, I cheated and squeezed through a convenient interval in the hedge
Synonyms for interval
- breach,
- break,
- discontinuity,
- gap,
- gulf,
- hiatus,
- hole,
- interstice,
- opening,
- rent,
- rift,
- separation,
- void
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A type of HIIT (high-intensity interval training)
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“Interval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interval. Accessed 17 May. 2022.
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