HIATUS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HIATUS?

Need another word that means the same as “hiatus”? Find 24 synonyms and 30 related words for “hiatus” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Hiatus” are: abatement, reprieve, respite, suspension, foramen, pause, break, interval, interruption, intermission, interlude, gap, lacuna, lull, rest, breathing space, time out, opening, aperture, cavity, hole, cleft, breach, fissure

Hiatus as a Noun

Definitions of "Hiatus" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hiatus” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An interruption in the intensity or amount of something.
• A pause or break in continuity in a sequence or activity.
• A missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript.
• A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure.
• A break between two vowels coming together but not in the same syllable, as in the ear and cooperate.

Synonyms of "Hiatus" as a noun (24 Words)

abatement	The act of abating. It was resolved to serve an abatement notice.
aperture	A device that controls amount of light admitted. A refracting telescope with an aperture of 3 inches.
breach	A failure to perform some promised act or obligation. A breach of confidence.
break	Dance music featuring breakbeats. A weekend break in the Cotswolds.
breathing space	The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation.
cavity	A sizeable hole (usually in the ground. The abdominal cavity.
cleft	A long narrow opening.
fissure	(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes. The bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor.
foramen	A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure.
gap	A narrow opening. There are many gaps in our understanding of what happened.
hole	A hollow place in a solid body or surface. Intriguing as it sounds the theory is full of holes.
interlude	A thing occurring or done during an interval. Short instrumental interludes between songs.
intermission	A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something. He was granted an intermission in his studies.
interruption	A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something. Students returning to education after an interruption in their career.
interval	A component of activity in interval training. United led 3 0 at the interval.
lacuna	An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome. The journal has filled a lacuna in Middle Eastern studies.
lull	A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished. For two days there had been a lull in the fighting.
opening	The act of opening something. The ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door.
pause	A control allowing the temporary interruption of recording, playback, or other process. She dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain.
reprieve	A cancellation or postponement of a punishment. He accepted the death sentence and refused to appeal for a reprieve.
respite	The act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment. The refugee encampments will provide some respite from the suffering.
rest	The sign denoting a musical rest. You look as though you need a rest.
suspension	Temporary cessation or suspension. The agitator in the vat keeps the slurry in suspension.
time out	A reading of a point in time as given by a clock.

Usage Examples of "Hiatus" as a noun

• There was a brief hiatus in the war with France.

Associations of "Hiatus" (30 Words)

abeyance	Temporary cessation or suspension. Matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries.
cease	Cease is a noun only in the phrase without cease end. They were asked to cease all military activity.
cessation	The fact or process of ending or being brought to an end. The cessation of hostilities.
deadlock	Secure a door with a deadlock. Ashton broke the deadlock with a penalty after 15 minutes.
desist	Stop doing something; cease or abstain. Each pledged to desist from acts of sabotage.
discontinue	Prevent completion. He discontinued his visits.
discontinuity	A break in or lack of continuity. There is no significant discontinuity between modern and primitive societies.
disruption	Disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process. No industry is immune to digital disruption.
halt	Come to a halt stop moving. There is growing pressure to halt the bloodshed.
halting	Fragmentary or halting from emotional strain. Uttered a few halting words of sorrow.
immovable	Immovable property. The immovable hills.
interfere	Of light or other electromagnetic waveforms interact to produce interference. You promised not to interfere.
intermission	The act of suspending activity temporarily. The daily work goes on without intermission.
interruption	Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity. She ignored the interruption and carried on.
intervene	Be situated between things. Eight days intervened.
layover	A period of rest or waiting before a further stage in a journey. There was only a forty eight minute layover.
leaving	The act of departing.
momentarily	For a very short time. We paused momentarily before proceeding.
pause	Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing. The speaker paused.
preside	Act as president. Johnson has presided over eight matches since Beck s dismissal.
recess	Make a recess in. Recess the piece of wood.
refrain	Stop oneself from doing something. He refrained from hitting him back.
reprieve	Relieve temporarily. Under the new regime prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved.
respite	Grant a respite to someone especially a person condemned to death. A Letter of Licence by which creditors agreed to postpone claims brought only temporary respite.
rest	Give a rest to. The field should be grazed or rested.
stanch	Stop the flow of a liquid.
standstill	A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible. The traffic came to a standstill.
stasis	An abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped. Creative stasis.
stop	Used in telegrams to indicate a full stop. Stop consonants.
suspension	Temporary cessation or suspension. A suspension of maize starch in arachis oil.