What are some alternative words for recess?
Synonyms for recess
rɪˈsɛs, ˈri sɛs
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Princeton's WordNet
deferral, recess(noun)
a state of abeyance or suspended business
Synonyms:
corner, deferral, inlet, deferment, niche, recession, postponement, break, respite, time outrecess, recession, niche, corner(noun)
a small concavity
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nook, recessional, quoin, deferral, respite, corner, receding, ceding back, break, time out, recession, ecological niche, inlet, street corner, niche, box, turning pointinlet, recess(noun)
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
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corner, deferral, inlet, recession, niche, intake, break, respite, time outrecess, niche(noun)
an enclosure that is set back or indented
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corner, ecological niche, deferral, inlet, recession, niche, break, respite, time outrespite, 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, rupturerecess(verb)
put into a recess
"recess lights"
recess(verb)
make a recess in
"recess the piece of wood"
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
Wiktionary
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;
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
recess
Synonyms:
cavity, nook, withdrawal, retirement, retreat, seclusion, privacy, vacation, holidayAntonyms:
promontory, protrusion, projection, publicity, worktime
Dictionary of English Synonymes
recess(n.)
Synonyms:
retreat, nook, corner, niche, place of retirementrecess(n.)
Synonyms:
intermission, respite, remission of labor, suspension of business
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
recess(n)
Synonyms:
retreat, withdrawal, retirement, intermission, alcove, niche, nook, retreat, seclusion, privacy
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "recess":
break, holiday, playtime, suspension, adjournment, pause, vacation, 'clock, cavity, recreation, niche
How to use recess in a sentence?
Grocery Manufacturers Association:
One small state's law is setting labeling standards for consumers across the country, this announcement should give new urgency to the need for action on a national law when the Senate returns from its recess in April.
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.
It is concluded that the swearing-in as governor by Hon. Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia, named secretary of state in recess, is unconstitutional.
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.
Success is not a process of accumulating wealth, building mass relationship or collecting things in excess, but developing, excelling, fostering and growing the happiness for self and others without recess to treat it as the life's progress.
Translations for recess
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- تجويفArabic
- Nische, Pause, Vertiefung, Winkel, Ferien, Aushöhlung, UnterbrechungGerman
- receso, recreoSpanish
- افتادنPersian
- syvennys, välituntiFinnish
- pause, vacances, récréation, récréFrench
- zug, szünet, szünidő, mélyedésHungarian
- pausa, ferie, incavo, recessoItalian
- 休み時間, 休暇, 休憩時間, 休業, 休憩をとる, ゆとり, あそびをとる, あそびJapanese
- recessusLatin
- recesDutch
- recesso, recreioPortuguese
- pauză, vacanțăRomanian
- углубление, каникулы, перемена, перерыв, углублятьRussian
- rast, mån, paus, spel, lov, skollov, utrymmeSwedish
- girik, mola, oyuk, paydos, çukur, boşluk, niş, tātil, girinti, ara, yuva, teneffüsTurkish
- یاد رکھناUrdu
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