EN

Synonyms for gaping

  • noun
  • adjective

Most common

staring oscitancy oscitation

All synonyms

Noun

Adjective

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The act of one who gapes.

  2. adj. 1

    Wide open.

    There’s a gaping hole in the fence.

Forms

Plural
gapings → starings, yawns, oscitancies, oscitations…

Example sentences

  • staring Tom and Mary just sat there staring at each other.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
gapingrising
staringrising
oscitancysteady

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

By length

4 letters
open2, yawn1
5 letters
agape2
7 letters
staring2, yawning2
9 letters
dehiscent, oscitancy
10 letters
dehiscence, oscitation

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (open2 = 2 syllables).