Synonyms for gap
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gap |
| Phonetic Transcription : gæp |
Top 10 synonyms for gap Other synonyms for the word gap
- aperture
- arroyo
- blank
- caesura
- canyon
- cleft
- clove
- cranny
- crevice
- defile
- discontinuity
- fracture
- gorge
- gulch
- gully
- hiatus
- hollow
- inconsistency
- interlude
- intermission
- interruption
- interspace
- interstice
- interval
- lacuna
- lull
- notch
- opening
- orifice
- pause
- ravine
- recess
- rent
- respite
- rest
- rift
- rupture
- separation
- slit
- slot
- space
- vacuity
- void
Définition of gap
Origin :- early 14c. (mid-13c. in place names), from Old Norse gap "chasm," related to gapa "to gape," from PIE *ghai- "to yawn, gape" (see yawn (v.)). Originally "hole in a wall or hedge;" broader sense is 16c. In U.S., common in place names in reference to a break or pass in a long mountain chain (especially one that water flows through). As a verb from 1847.
- noun break, breach
- There was a gap in the conversation, which Clennam devoted to winding up his watch.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- It is all very well for us to be rich, but money simply enlarges the gap.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Besides, I was wrong when I said that money opened a gap between people.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Through this gap we rode, and I shouted loudly for Saxon to join us.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- I sought for a man that should stand in the gap before Me, and found none.
- Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray
- Two of the battalions, the Sixteenth and Tenth, were in the gap by midnight.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- The performance finished the gap between her and her companions.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- His subaltern, Bacon, had been the first to pass the gap, and had been killed on emerging.
- Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
- But that was simple, and he sealed the gap shut with his flame.
- Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
- A document so complete, so conclusive, in which there is not a gap?
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
Antonyms for gap
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