Synonyms for gap
Definitions
- n. 1
An opening in anything, made by breaking or parting.
He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.
- n. 2
A mountain or hill pass.
The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.
- n. 3
The vagina.
- n. 4
An opening allowing passage or entrance.
We can slip through that gap between the buildings.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- gaps → chasms, breaks, holes, rifts…
Example sentences
- hole Just once, I'd like to get a hole-in-one some day.
- rift Sami's drinking caused a rift in his marriage.
- chasm The chasm is twenty feet wide and very deep.
- opening I hereby declare the opening of the Olympic Games.
- spread I like to spread honey on my toast in the morning.
By length
- 3 letters
- rip1, col
- 4 letters
- pass1, hole1, rent1, neck1, tear1, rift1, slit1, gash1
- 5 letters
- break1, space1, split1, crack1, pause1, alley2, lapse1, chasm2, cleft1, chink1
- 6 letters
- window2, spread1, cavity3, hiatus3, recess2, cranny2, lacuna
- 7 letters
- opening3, interim3, vacancy3, respite2, fissure2, crevice2
- 8 letters
- clearing2, interval3, aperture3, crevasse2
- 10 letters
- separation4, disruption3, interspace
- 12 letters
- interruption4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alley2 = 2 syllables).