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Synonyms of gap
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as in hole
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as in interval
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as in void
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as in canyon
- as in hole
- as in interval
- as in void
- as in canyon
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gap
noun
Definition of gap
1
as in hole
an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)
there were several visible gaps in the wall where the drywall had pulled away from the wall framing
Synonyms & Similar Words
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hole
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crevice
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rift
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opening
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void
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interval
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discontinuity
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fissure
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crack
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gulf
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breach
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hiatus
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break
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rent
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separation
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interstice
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slit
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chasm
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cleft
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slot
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cavity
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split
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pore
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fracture
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aperture
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abyss
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orifice
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notch
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rupture
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interspace
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gape
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cranny
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chink
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severance
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sundering
2
as in interval
a break in continuity
there was a 15-minute gap between the two televised sporting events
Synonyms & Similar Words
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interval
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interruption
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hiatus
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discontinuity
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lull
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interstice
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pause
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hiccup
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window
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interim
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interlude
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interregnum
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lag
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intermission
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parenthesis
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interspace
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time lag
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space
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hiccough
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caesura
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bumper
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comma
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lapse
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suspension
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rest
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entr’acte
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discontinuance
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adjournment
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recess
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respite
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subinterval
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
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continuity
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continuation
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run
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stretch
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continuum
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progression
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procession
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continuity
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continuation
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run
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stretch
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continuum
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progression
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procession
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3
as in void
an incomplete or deficient area
a gap in his understanding
Synonyms & Similar Words
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void
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hole
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lacuna
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space
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deficit
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hiatus
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deficiency
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shortfall
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failing
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disability
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weakness
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shortcoming
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impairment
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defectiveness
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detriment
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lack
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inadequacy
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insufficiency
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imperfection
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incompleteness
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fault
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need
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insufficience
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inadequateness
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want
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
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completeness
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fullness
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completeness
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fullness
4
as in canyon
a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage
thought they were stuck until they found a gap in the mountain range that they could hike through
Synonyms & Similar Words
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canyon
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ravine
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gorge
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valley
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saddle
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pass
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col
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gulch
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gulf
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chasm
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abyss
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crevice
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defile
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notch
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flume
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linn
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trench
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fissure
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couloir
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gill
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crevasse
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kloof
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cañon
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cleft
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glen
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vale
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hollow
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basin
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gutter
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dale
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cirque
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dell
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combe
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kettle
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gully
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trough
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draw
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barranca
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arroyo
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floodplain
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coombe
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coomb
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wadi
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cwm
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coulee
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wash
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gulley
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barranco
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nullah
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shut—in
Thesaurus Entries Near gap
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gap
gape
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Pronunciation:
[ ɡˈap], [ ɡˈap], [ ɡ_ˈa_p]
Table of Contents
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n.
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- absentee.
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•
- lull.
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- passageway,
- diversity,
- gorge,
- hollow,
- divergence,
- way,
- gully,
- collision,
- contrast,
- canyon,
- a world of difference,
- distinction,
- contradiction,
- defile,
- passage,
- variation,
- variety.
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- brink,
- crown,
- divide,
- crest,
- the brow,
- escarpment,
- cairn,
- cap,
- Brae,
- crag.
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- delay,
- cooling-off period,
- halt.
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- continue.
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•
- agree.
• attribute (noun)
- spread,
- gap.
• blank (noun)
- preteritions,
- pretermissions.
• breach (noun)
- breach.
• break (noun)
- dis junctions,
- dis-junctions,
- dis junction,
- dis-junction.
• break, breach (noun)
- chasm,
- cleft,
- rupture,
- division,
- rent,
- cut,
- respite,
- recess,
- slit,
- rest,
- discontinuity,
- caesura,
- clove,
- intermission,
- interlude,
- arroyo,
- orifice,
- opening,
- vacuity.
• cavity (noun)
- bursas,
- de cay,
- de-cay,
- de-cays,
- de cays.
• chink (noun)
- chink.
• chuckhole (noun)
- pothole.
• clearance (noun)
- empty spaces,
- assarts,
- head-rooms,
- head-room,
- headrooms,
- open spaces,
- head rooms,
- defoliated areas.
• col (noun)
- col.
• crack (noun)
- rimations.
• cranny (noun)
- by places,
- byplaces,
- by place,
- by-places.
• defect (noun)
- rough spots,
- marrings,
- mis take,
- mis-take,
- in-jury,
- un-soundnesses,
- mis takes,
- dis colorations,
- dis-colorations,
- dis coloration,
- un soundnesses,
- in jury,
- dis-coloration,
- in juries,
- mis-takes,
- un soundness,
- un-soundness.
• discontinuation (noun)
- dis continuations,
- dis-continuations,
- dis continuation,
- dis-continuation.
• discontinuity (noun)
- dis continuity,
- dis-continuity,
- dis continuities,
- dis-continuities.
• discrepance (noun)
- in consistencies,
- in compatibilities,
- in-compatibility,
- in-compatibilities,
- in-consistencies,
- in-consistency,
- in consistency,
- in compatibility.
• disparity (noun)
- dis-parities,
- dis-parity,
- dis-semblance,
- dis proportions,
- alterities,
- dis parities,
- un likeness,
- in-equality,
- dis-similitudes,
- un evenness,
- un-likenesses,
- in equalities,
- dis-similarity,
- dis-proportion,
- dis proportion,
- dis parity,
- othernesses,
- dis similitudes,
- dis-similitude,
- dis semblances,
- in congruities,
- dis similitude,
- un evennesses,
- in-congruities,
- in-congruity,
- dis semblance,
- in-equalities,
- dis similarity,
- dis similarities,
- un likenesses,
- dis-similarities,
- dis-proportions,
- un-likeness,
- in congruity,
- un-evennesses,
- un-evenness,
- in equality,
- dis-semblances.
• disruption (noun)
- disruption.
• distance (noun)
- ex-tension,
- ex tents,
- ex-tents,
- farnesses,
- pro-vince,
- far pieces,
- ex tension,
- ex-tent,
- pro-vinces,
- out-posts,
- out-skirt,
- pro vinces,
- re-move,
- pro vince,
- re-moves,
- out-skirts,
- ex tent,
- out skirts,
- ex-tensions,
- out skirt,
- re move,
- out posts.
• emptiness (noun)
- inanitions,
- desertednesses,
- de-solation,
- depletednesses,
- de-solations,
- de solations,
- de solation.
• fracture (noun)
- dis placement,
- dis placements,
- dis-placements,
- fragmentations,
- dis-placement.
• gap (noun)
- abyss.
• gulch (noun)
- gulleys,
- gulley.
• hole (noun)
- re treats,
- re-treats,
- re-treat.
• hollowness (noun)
- vaccums.
• incompleteness (noun)
- fraction,
- sectional,
- scantiness,
- part,
- shortfall,
- lack,
- shortcoming,
- deficit,
- segmental,
- need,
- shortage,
- insufficiency,
- curtailment,
- incompleteness,
- deficiency.
• interim (noun)
- inter ludes,
- breathing spells,
- interregna,
- inter-ludes,
- meanwhiles,
- take tens,
- inter-lude,
- inter lude.
• interruption (noun)
- breakoff,
- break-off.
• interval (noun)
- pausations.
• notch (noun)
- jog,
- score,
- indentation,
- gash,
- incision,
- split,
- nick,
- indent,
- serration.
• omission (noun)
- non inclusions,
- in-advertences,
- de-fault,
- over sights,
- excludings,
- over looking,
- de-faults,
- with holdings,
- with-holding,
- disregardances,
- in-advertencies,
- in-advertence,
- with-holdings,
- over sight,
- over-looking,
- non inclusion,
- overlookings,
- leaving outs,
- in advertence,
- over-look,
- over-sight,
- dis regard,
- over-sights,
- cutting outs,
- ignorings,
- dis-regards,
- dis-regard,
- in advertency,
- over-looks,
- slightings,
- de fault,
- in advertencies,
- passing overs,
- in advertences,
- in-advertency,
- with holding,
- de faults,
- over look,
- non-inclusions,
- over looks,
- noninclusions,
- dis regards.
• opening (noun)
- door,
- inlet,
- mouth,
- hatch,
- yawning,
- pore,
- embouchure,
- entrance,
- portal,
- gate.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- cloves,
- noninclusion,
- good ways,
- playtime,
- lapse,
- defect,
- headroom,
- sky,
- Alterity,
- withholdings,
- rift,
- rough spot,
- lacuna,
- inadvertency,
- missings,
- interval,
- take ten,
- horizons,
- gaps,
- hinterland,
- blank,
- interim,
- speck,
- separation,
- fragmentation,
- peephole,
- good way,
- time out,
- rima,
- empty space,
- WOMBS,
- PATHWAYS,
- rest period,
- flaw,
- spaciousness,
- void,
- caries,
- eyelet,
- gulch,
- elisions,
- fracture,
- breathing spell,
- elision,
- pinhole,
- hollowness,
- interregnum,
- cranny,
- crevice,
- window,
- pathway,
- omission,
- socket,
- defoliated area,
- cutoff,
- womb,
- head room,
- Clough,
- pretermission,
- pass,
- whirlpool,
- errors,
- vacuum,
- alleyway,
- alleyways,
- imparities,
- otherness,
- doorways,
- keyholes,
- fissure,
- Bursae,
- clearing,
- vaccum,
- cloughs,
- hole,
- gulf,
- weakness,
- Assart,
- scar,
- open space,
- timeout,
- infirmity,
- eyelets,
- leaving out,
- far piece,
- farness,
- mutilations,
- break,
- byplace,
- perforation,
- hiatus,
- prohibitions,
- mutilation,
- bursa,
- desertedness,
- interstice,
- Imparity,
- rimation,
- Interregnums,
- depletedness,
- crack,
- pinholes,
- clearance,
- coverts,
- Foramina,
- space,
- crevasse,
- disregardance,
- Voidness,
- blankness,
- vacuousness,
- distance,
- gridlock,
- pausation,
- Discrepance,
- keyhole,
- entrance hall,
- aperture,
- ravine,
- interruption,
- sockets,
- pause,
- preterition,
- inadvertencies,
- cavity,
- non-inclusion,
- notch,
- RIMAS,
- doorway,
- failings,
- vacancy,
- Elbowroom,
- inanition,
- remoteness,
- By-place,
- outskirt,
- foramen,
- emptiness,
- slot,
- knot.
• passage/passageway (noun)
- entrance halls,
- sub-way,
- sub way.
• pause (noun)
- re spite,
- re-cess,
- re-spites,
- re cesses,
- rest periods,
- re spites.
• schism (noun)
- splinter group.
• separation (noun)
- embarkation,
- parting of the ways,
- dedomiciling,
- dialysis,
- leave-taking,
- leave-takings,
- schism,
- disrelation,
- pffft,
- split-up,
- leavetaking.
• space (noun)
- head way,
- spaciousnesses,
- elbowrooms,
- head-way.
• stop (noun)
- discontinuation.
• vacancy (noun)
- voidnesses.
• vacuum (noun)
- rarefaction,
- rarefactions,
- free space.
• weakness (noun)
- faintness,
- weak point,
- inconstancies,
- vitiation,
- sore point,
- chink in armor,
- inconstancy,
- invalidity,
- invalidities,
- powerlessness.
• weak point (noun)
- weak-point.
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v.
• gape (verb)
- dehisces,
- frondesced,
- frondescing,
- gapping,
- frondesces.
• open (verb)
- re lease,
- un folded,
- un-shut,
- busts in,
- un sealed,
- un-corked,
- un cork,
- un-clothe,
- un shuts,
- dis closed,
- dis played,
- un-seal,
- un doing,
- un-wrapping,
- un closes,
- un done,
- un-locks,
- un close,
- un-does,
- re veals,
- un-bolts,
- un locks,
- un-clothes,
- un-tied,
- uncloses,
- unstops,
- un latch,
- un-closing,
- came apart,
- un roll,
- un-shutting,
- un-clothing,
- un-bolt,
- un rolls,
- un fastening,
- un-stops,
- dis close,
- dis-close,
- un corked,
- un seal,
- un covers,
- un-clad,
- un sealing,
- un corks,
- un barred,
- un does,
- dis-playing,
- un-sealed,
- un rolled,
- un-wraps,
- un cover,
- un clothes,
- throws wide,
- un-sealing,
- un-folded,
- unshutting,
- un closing,
- un locking,
- un-closed,
- un-clothed,
- un-did,
- un wrapping,
- unshutted,
- un-rolling,
- un-rolled,
- un-cork,
- un blocked,
- un bolt,
- dis play,
- un-bolted,
- un-seals,
- un-barring,
- un lock,
- un tied,
- dis-played,
- un-barred,
- un-bars,
- un-roll,
- un-stopping,
- un furled,
- un latching,
- un-fasten,
- kicks in,
- un-folds,
- dis-play,
- un folding,
- unshuts,
- un fastens,
- un-stopped,
- throwing wide,
- un-corks,
- un seals,
- un-latching,
- kicked in,
- re-lease,
- un-latch,
- re leases,
- re-leases,
- busting in,
- un latched,
- un-corking,
- dis playing,
- un-latches,
- dis plays,
- un-covering,
- un shutting,
- un furling,
- un-doing,
- un-lock,
- un clad,
- re-veals,
- un stopped,
- un-close,
- un-bar,
- un-stop,
- un-wrap,
- comes apart,
- un did,
- un bolting,
- dis closes,
- un-blocked,
- un-rolls,
- re-veal,
- un folds,
- dis-closing,
- un bolted,
- un-covers,
- un-block,
- dis-closed,
- un-fastening,
- un bolts,
- kicking in,
- un wraps,
- un clothing,
- un-fastened,
- un-closes,
- un wrapped,
- un-fold,
- busted in,
- un fold,
- un-locked,
- un stop,
- un-blocking,
- un blocks,
- un-shuts,
- un-bolting,
- un-wrapped,
- un-furling,
- un-locking,
- un covered,
- un bar,
- un-blocks,
- un rolling,
- un covering,
- un fasten,
- un wrap,
- un-tying,
- un clothe,
- re-leased,
- un-latched,
- threw wide,
- dis-closes,
- dis-plays,
- un corking,
- un fastened,
- un tying,
- un barring,
- un-folding,
- un stopping,
- un-fastens,
- un bars,
- un-cover,
- un clothed,
- un block,
- un locked,
- un stops,
- un-furled,
- un shut,
- un latches,
- unclosing,
- dis closing,
- un blocking,
- un closed.
• Other relevant words: (verb)
- open up,
- action.
• yawn (verb)
- fatigued catch flies,
- fatiguing catch flies,
- fatigues catch flies.
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Other synonyms:
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- expanse,
- standing room,
- no-show,
- Interspace,
- spacing,
- elbow room,
- nook,
- spatial,
- blowout,
- legroom,
- missing person,
- missing link.
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•
- incongruity,
- infinity,
- incompatibility,
- air pocket,
- disagreement,
- pocket,
- inconsistency,
- footprint,
- perforate.
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•
- pierce,
- volume,
- overflow,
- puncture.
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•
- discrepancy,
- room,
- disparity.
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•
- difference.
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•
- section.
• open
- unbolted,
- unfurls,
- unbars,
- Unstop,
- uncorks,
- unbolt,
- Unlatch,
- fissuring,
- coming apart,
- holed,
- bust in,
- Slotting,
- Unlatching,
- unlatches,
- Holing,
- Slotted,
- unstopped,
- unlatched,
- Unclosed,
- throw wide,
- unbarring,
- unbolting,
- unbolts,
- come apart,
- fissured,
- unstopping,
- uncork,
- uncorking,
- unbar,
- unlock,
- unbarred,
- Unclose,
- unfurled,
- uncorked,
- Unshut.
• Other relevant words:
- open,
- dehisce,
- dehisced,
- Frondesce,
- gapped,
- dehiscing,
- yawn,
- gape.
• vale
- valley.
• yawn
- drowse,
- drowsing,
- drowses,
- fatigue catch flies,
- Drowsed.
How to use «Gap» in context?
Gap is an often misunderstood term. It refers to the difference in skills, knowledge, or experience between people or groups. It can also refer to the difference in wealth or income between different groups in society. The size of the gap can vary a lot, depending on the situation. It can be very small or very large. The gap can also change over time. Sometimes the gap narrows, and sometimes it widens. The main cause of the gap is often the difference in skills, knowledge, or experience. Sometimes this gap is caused by discrimination. Other times it is the result of differences in education or experience.
Paraphrases for Gap:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Cardinal number
variance.
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Adjective
variance.
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Proper noun, singular
variance, variances, shortcomings.
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Noun, singular or mass
lacuna, loophole, shortcoming, variance.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
difference, variance.
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Cardinal number
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Forward Entailment
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
difference.
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Adjective
difference.
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Proper noun, singular
difference, disparity, Disparities, differences.
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Noun, singular or mass
difference, disparity.
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
breach, chasm, gulf, hiatus, rift.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Adjective
cap.
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Proper noun, singular
cap, discrepancy, roma, Diversities, violations, weaknesses, inequities.
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Noun, singular or mass
absence, backwardness, breccia, cap, cleavage, contradiction, contrast, data, defect, dichotomy, differentiation, disagreement, discontinuity, discrepancy, disequilibrium, disjunction, disproportion, emptiness, estrangement, inadequacy, inconsistency, inequity, insufficiency, intermission, interruption, interval, lagoon, lapse, margin, men, misalignment, mismatch, moat, omission, precipice, variability, weakness, Telecommunications, contrasts, divides, lags, time-lag.
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Adjective
Homophones for Gap:
- GBU-28, gazebo, guib, giveaway, gasp, gossip, gop, gasify, give, gaba, gaffe, gobio, guffaw, GPO, gaff, go by, goofy, goop, gyp, gb, give off, gossipy, go off, goby, gob, goof, gawp, gavia, gp, gussy up, gape, GPA, gibe, gabby, give way, guff, gobi, GAAP, GAPP, give up, go up, geb, gybe, guppy, gas up, Gip, give away, guava, GHB, goof-off, gib, gab.
Hypernym for Gap:
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n.
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communication
Generation Gap.
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communication
Hyponym for Gap:
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n.
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attribute
disparity.
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communication
difference, dispute, conflict, difference of opinion.
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attribute
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v.
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contact
open up, open.
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contact
Rhymes with Gap
- entrap
- unwrap
- strap
- scrap
- recap
- trappe
- trapp
- trap
- stapp
- snapp
- snap
- slap
- schnapp
- krapp
- klapp
- giap
- frap
- flap
- crap
- clapp
- clap
- zapp
- zap
- yapp
- yap
- wrap
- tappe
- tapp
- tap
- shapp
Sentences with gap
Quotes about gap
1. To be creative means to connect. It’s to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfiction.
— Nawal El Saadawi
2. What art is, in reality, is this missing link, not the links which exist. It’s not what you see that is art; art is the gap.
— Marcel Duchamp
3. It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.
— Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
Below you can find synonyms for gap, grouped by different word groups. If there are any antonyms for the word gap in our database they are also shown alongside the synonyms.
Example sentences for gap
Below you can find example sentences for the word gap, meaning that the sentences below show you how to use the word gap in a sentence. The sentences are collected from Wikipedia, at the end of each sentence is a link to the article from which the sentence stems.
- The front of the mandible was shovel-like, resulting in a gap between the tips of the jaws when shut.
- By lap 28, Biffle had closed the gap to Kyle Busch and passed him for second position two laps later.
- Although OUBC pushed to close the gap, OBUBC responded and pulled away to win by just over one length.
- Unlike his scientist friends, he now thought there was no unbridgeable gap between humans and animals.
- The gap between the valves need only be a fraction of a millimetre wide for the stomach to gain entry.
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Figures about gap
Below you can find some technical information about the word gap.
- Number of characters: 3
- Number of consonants: 2
- Number of vowels: 1
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