Synonyms of interval

interval

noun

ˈin-tər-vəl 

1

as in interruption

a break in continuity

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interruption
• hiatus
• gap
• pause
• interlude
• intermission
• interim
• interregnum
• lull
• parenthesis
• discontinuity
• window
• hiccup
• lag
• interstice
• time lag
• comma
• interspace
• adjournment
• suspension
• space
• discontinuance
• rest
• caesura
• bumper
• lapse
• subinterval
• respite
• entr'acte
• recess

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuation
• continuity
• run
• progression
• continuum
• stretch
• procession

2

as in gap

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 & Similar Words

• gap
• hole
• crevice
• opening
• discontinuity
• rift
• separation
• breach
• void
• hiatus
• fissure
• rent
• crack
• break
• gulf
• interstice
• slot
• slit
• cavity
• fracture
• cleft
• split
• aperture
• pore
• orifice
• chasm
• rupture
• abyss
• interspace
• notch
• severance
• cranny
• chink
• gape
• sundering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of interval

As much as there’s little room for nuance in the interval of frenzied overreaction that is Week 1 of the NFL season, two seemingly contradictory statements can be true at the exact same time. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026

The reactor would also need a fuel replacement interval of at least five years. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026

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

That was about the extent of the insight offered in his interview, and the interval continued. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026