Synonyms for caesura

Most common

pause · recess · lapse · hiatus

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.

Related words

Other spellings

cesura

Forms

Plural

caesurae → breaks, pauses, recesses, lapses…

Example sentences

• pause In Lojban, the dot "." is a pause or glottal stop.
• recess One day at recess, Yuri was approached by Martha.
• lapse Tom began to lapse in and out of consciousness.
• hiatus Hiatus is avoided in Greek and Latin poetry.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

break¹, pause¹, lapse¹

6 letters

recess², hiatus³

7 letters

respite², virgule²

9 letters

cessation³

11 letters

interregnum⁴

12 letters

interruption⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (recess² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

césure

Italiano

cesura