Synonyms for recess
rɪˈsɛs, ˈri sɛs

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1. deferral, recess(noun)

   a state of abeyance or suspended business

   Synonyms:
   corner, deferral, inlet, deferment, niche, recession, postponement, break, respite, time out

2. recess, recession, niche, corner(noun)

   a small concavity

   Synonyms:
   nook, recessional, quoin, deferral, respite, corner, receding, ceding back, break, time out, recession, ecological niche, inlet, street corner, niche, box, turning point

3. inlet, recess(noun)

   an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

   Synonyms:
   corner, deferral, inlet, recession, niche, intake, break, respite, time out

4. recess, niche(noun)

   an enclosure that is set back or indented

   Synonyms:
   corner, ecological niche, deferral, inlet, recession, niche, break, respite, time out

5. respite, recess, break, time out(verb)

   a pause from doing something (as work)

   "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"

   Synonyms:
   prison-breaking, rest period, deferral, rest, recession, jailbreak, respite, relief, corner, interruption, rift, intermission, severance, niche, falling out, prisonbreak, suspension, breakout, faulting, break of serve, inlet, geological fault, gap, break, good luck, breaking, disruption, reprieve, open frame, gaolbreak, abatement, hiatus, breach, happy chance, fault, pause, shift, fracture, time out, breakage, rupture

6. recess(verb)

   put into a recess

   "recess lights"

   Synonyms:
   break up, adjourn

7. recess(verb)

   make a recess in

   "recess the piece of wood"

   Synonyms:
   break up, adjourn

8. adjourn, recess, break up(verb)

   close at the end of a session

   "The court adjourned"

   Synonyms:
   fragmentise, fragmentize, decompose, collapse, interrupt, crash, retire, split up, pick, dismantle, break up, part, crock up, sever, cut off, fragment, split, disperse, separate, disrupt, dissolve, crack, disassemble, break apart, calve, dissipate, scatter, break down, resolve, take apart, dispel, adjourn, break, crack up, withdraw

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1. recess(adjective)

   Remote, distant (in time or place).

   Thomas Salusbury: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: I should think it best in the subsequent discourses to begin to examine whether the Earth be esteemed immoveable, as it hath been till now believed by most men, or else moveable, as some ancient Philosophers held, and others of not very recesse times were of opinion;

   Synonyms:
   pause, vacation, break, day off

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. recess

   Synonyms:
   cavity, nook, withdrawal, retirement, retreat, seclusion, privacy, vacation, holiday

   Antonyms:
   promontory, protrusion, projection, publicity, worktime

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. recess(n.)

   Synonyms:
   retreat, nook, corner, niche, place of retirement

2. recess(n.)

   Synonyms:
   intermission, respite, remission of labor, suspension of business

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. recess(n)

   Synonyms:
   retreat, withdrawal, retirement, intermission, alcove, niche, nook, retreat, seclusion, privacy

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   break, holiday, playtime, suspension, adjournment, pause, vacation, 'clock, cavity, recreation, niche

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US English

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Australian

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Indian

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How to use recess in a sentence?

1. Dr. Thomas Arnold Bennett:

   No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recess of another mind.

2. President Barack Obama on Friday:

   This is not something where we can build a wall to prevent. Mosquitoes don't go through customs, congress needs to get me a bill. It needs to get me a bill that has sufficient funds to do the job. They should not be going off on recess before this is done.

3. House Republican:

   No normal American cares whether a health care bill passes before the Easter recess or the Memorial Day recess or any other recess, they don't care that we get health care done fast. They care that we get it done right.

4. Ajit Pai:

   On advice of security, we need to take a brief recess.

5. Frank Peirce of Nashville:

   What? Is that a real thing? They’re ruining the best part of a kid’s day, recess is so important because it teaches kids how to interact socially with one another, without adults being directly involved. Recess should be a part of the day where kids get to learn on their own.

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