What are some alternative words for interruption?
Synonyms for interruption
ˌɪn təˈrʌp ʃən
This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term interruption.
Princeton's WordNet
break, interruption, disruption, gap(noun)
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
"it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
Synonyms:
disturbance, gap, commotion, jailbreak, respite, happy chance, crack, rift, intermission, break of serve, severance, falling out, prisonbreak, suspension, recess, faulting, breakout, flutter, hoo-hah, geological fault, hurly burly, spread, col, to-do, break, good luck, breaking, disruption, open frame, gaolbreak, dislocation, breach, breakage, perturbation, fault, pause, shift, fracture, time out, kerfuffle, opening, rupture, hoo-ha, prison-breakinginterruption, break(noun)
some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
"the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
Synonyms:
recess, good luck, rift, fault, prison-breaking, breakout, fracture, suspension, break of serve, happy chance, respite, geological fault, faulting, shift, time out, severance, pause, open frame, breach, breakage, disruption, jailbreak, gap, falling out, prisonbreak, breaking, intermission, rupture, gaolbreak, breakpause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension(noun)
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
Synonyms:
prison-breaking, gap, jailbreak, respite, happy chance, rift, intermission, severance, gaolbreak, falling out, hanging, prisonbreak, suspension, recess, faulting, breakout, geological fault, break, good luck, breaking, disruption, reprieve, open frame, abatement, break of serve, hiatus, breach, breakage, abeyance, suspension system, fault, pause, shift, fracture, time out, temporary removal, rupture, dangling
Dictionary of English Synonymes
interruption(n.)
Synonyms:
hinderance, stop, obstruction, obstacle, impedimentinterruption(n.)
Synonyms:
intermission, pause, suspension, cessation, discontinuance
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "interruption":
adjournment, disruption, outage, blackout, interjection, discontinuance, break, interrupt, interruptions, discontinuation, hiatus, heckling, termination, interrupted, judgment, suspension, cessation, stoppage, trap, pause, breakdown
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1618 | break | |
#2265 | opening | |
#2666 | breaking | |
#3125 | spread | |
#3711 | shift | |
#4114 | gap | |
#4224 | crack | |
#4456 | judgment | |
#5045 | fault | |
#5067 | suspension | |
#6054 | termination | |
#6086 | hanging | |
#7583 | trap | |
#7706 | col | |
#7864 | breakdown | |
#9001 | breach | |
#10611 | pause | |
#11623 | interrupt | |
#14374 | disturbance | |
#14595 | fracture | |
#15079 | disruption | |
#15273 | interrupted | |
#16872 | cessation | |
#17400 | interruption | |
#18494 | breakout | |
#19598 | recess | |
#19980 | abatement | |
#20662 | outage | |
#21913 | adjournment | |
#22368 | respite | |
#23043 | severance | |
#23534 | blackout | |
#24292 | rupture | |
#24621 | rift | |
#25694 | dangling | |
#25991 | perturbation | |
#27266 | interruptions | |
#28330 | hiatus | |
#31174 | breakage | |
#34106 | dislocation | |
#34313 | intermission | |
#35039 | commotion | |
#37891 | flutter | |
#39177 | discontinuation | |
#48365 | stoppage | |
#50555 | discontinuance | |
#56356 | reprieve | |
#65516 | faulting | |
#83347 | interjection | |
#85297 | abeyance | |
#89948 | kerfuffle | |
#110721 | jailbreak | |
#120973 | heckling |
How to use interruption in a sentence?
Ideals do exist, the rest is just temporary interruption.
I will step down when a presidentially appointed nominee is confirmed by the Senate. Until then, our investigations will move forward without delay or interruption.
This morning, some of our customers experienced a brief, isolated services interruption which has now been resolved.
For a politician, an 'emergency' may have less to do with an interruption in supply and more to do with voter anger about rising gasoline prices.
In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.
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