What is another word for breaking?

Synonyms for breaking
ˈbreɪ kɪŋbreak·ing

This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word breaking.

Princeton's WordNet3.5 / 2 votes

  1. breakage, break, breakingnoun

    the act of breaking something

    "the breakage was unavoidable"

    Synonyms:
    recess, good luck, rift, fault, prison-breaking, gaolbreak, fracture, suspension, break of serve, happy chance, respite, geological fault, faulting, interruption, shift, break, time out, severance, pause, open frame, breach, disruption, jailbreak, gap, falling out, prisonbreak, breakage, rupture, intermission, breakout

Matched Categories

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. breakingnoun

    Synonyms:
    rupture, fracture

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. breakingnoun

    Synonyms:
    fracture, rupture, breach, infraction, violation

    Associated words:
    brittle, frangible, frangibility, tenacious, tenacity, inviolable, inviolability

How to pronounce breaking?

How to say breaking in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#1618break
#2535broken
#2666breaking
#3711shift
#4114gap
#5045fault
#5067suspension
#7864breakdown
#9001breach
#10611pause
#14595fracture
#15079disruption
#16749violating
#17400interruption
#18494breakout
#19598recess
#22368respite
#23043severance
#24292rupture
#24621rift
#30166infringing
#30770dismantling
#31174breakage
#34313intermission
#46912breaching
#65516faulting
#110721jailbreak

How to use breaking in a sentence?

  1. Francys Rivero:

    I feel like my heart is breaking, i don't know what's wrong with my son.

  2. Anna Afanasieva:

    I'm as close to Ukraine as I could be, almost everyone I love is there. It's where I was born, it's where I grew up, so this is the worst possible thing that could ever happen to me, i don't know how to put into words how much my heart is breaking. I'm detached from my life here in the US. Mentally, 100 % of me is in Ukraine.

  3. ANONYMOUS UNNAMED:

    Everyone must have a breaking point. If no one ever gave up life would be hell.

  4. Sarah Miller:

    Breaking it up is the foundation to ensuring that power is restored to the American people, we’re looking at this from a perspective of needing to restore power to people over their relationships, over their privacy.

  5. Dawn Falco:

    My heart is breaking as I see the office chair that she just purchased next to the bunkbeds.


Translations for breaking

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for breaking »

Translation

Find a translation for the breaking synonym in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"breaking." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/breaking>.

Discuss these breaking synonyms with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good synonym for breaking?

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Synonyms.com

    Quiz

    Are you a human thesaurus?

    »
    An antonym for "ignominious"
    A smuggled
    B honorable
    C opprobrious
    D inglorious

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for breaking: