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interval

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Synonyms and Antonyms of interval

1 a break in continuity

there were intervals of thousands of years between the major ice ages

Synonyms of interval

discontinuity, gap, hiatus, hiccup (also hiccough), interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interstice, parenthesis

Words Related to interval

caesura, comma, interspace, lag, pause, space, time lag, window

adjournment, discontinuance, lapse, suspension

lull, recess, respite, rest

Near Antonyms of interval

continuum, run, stretch

procession, progression

Antonyms of interval

continuation, continuity

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 of interval

breach, break, discontinuity, gap, gulf, hiatus, hole, interstice, opening, rent, rift, separation, void

Words Related to interval

chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure

notch, slit, slot, split

interspace, pore

abyss, aperture, cavity, chasm, gape, orifice

fracture, rupture, severance, sundering

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