Synonyms of openings

openings

noun

plural of opening

1

as in opportunities

a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place

the talk show host's usual modus operandi is to talk over his guests, thereby denying them an opening to articulate their positions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• opportunities
• chances
• room
• occasions
• shots
• breaks
• ways
• plays
• passes
• junctures

2

as in apertures

a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing

an opening in the roof is letting rain drip inside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• apertures
• holes
• crevices
• spaces
• orifices
• perforations
• slits
• cracks
• slots
• fissures
• loopholes
• tears
• outlets
• vents
• pores
• entrances
• clefts
• punches
• gashes
• inlets
• rents
• slashes
• splits
• rifts
• ruptures
• intakes
• notches
• crannies
• mouths
• cuts
• punctures
• breaches
• chinks
• exits
• pinholes
• breaks
• potholes
• buttonholes
• keyholes
• peepholes
• wormholes
• knotholes
• airholes
• pinpricks
• armholes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• seals
• patches
• fillers
• plugs
• fillings
• barriers
• obstacles
• obstructions
• stoppers
• fills
• blockages

3

as in gaps

an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)

the rabbit found a little opening in the bushes and darted through

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gaps
• holes
• crevices
• intervals
• voids
• cracks
• interstices
• discontinuities
• fissures
• rifts
• rents
• slits
• breaches
• slots
• separations
• hiatuses
• breaks
• clefts
• apertures
• cavities
• pores
• gulfs
• orifices
• crannies
• interspaces
• fractures
• splits
• chinks
• notches
• chasms
• ruptures
• abysses
• gapes
• severances

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of openings

With hundreds of new units in the area, there are usually openings. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2026

This week brings a bevy of government economic data, including job openings, consumer spending, inflation and the September jobs report. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

The rough surfaces can cause problems when precise amounts of fuel must pass through tiny openings as a fine mist. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

Fresh silhouettes in pale pink, sky blue, khaki and white were cut in crisp cotton, winking to the daywear summer occasions of the Sa Su Phi customers who juggle between board meetings, art gallery openings and a garden parties. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Our photographers also visited park openings in Davis and Sacramento, and travelled to the remote Placer County community of Iowa Hill after a sheriff’s deputies engaged in a two-hour shootout with a man who killed a woman in a home nearby. — Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026

The creatives will work here, while presenting exhibitions and showroom openings. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026

And perhaps somewhere between those openings, Scotto will finally make it to Ischia. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Automatic updates can close those openings without forcing you to track every security bulletin yourself. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026