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