1. gap
noun. ['ˈgæp'] a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
Synonyms
- disparity
Antonyms
- inferior
- stay
Etymology
- gap (Old Norse)
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Words that Rhyme with Gap
- entrap
- unwrap
- strap
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- snap
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- schnapp
- krapp
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- giap
- frap
- flap
- crap
- clapp
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- zapp
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- yapp
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- wrap
- tappe
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Example sentences of the word gap
1. Noun, singular or mass
Turn the cover wrong-side out and pin a 2-foot zipper into the gap you left.
Quotes containing the word gap
1. To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfiction.
- Nawal El Saadawi
2. What art is, in reality, is this missing link, not the links which exist. It's not what you see that is art; art is the gap.
- Marcel Duchamp
3. It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.
- Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
2. gap-toothed
adjective. having widely spaced teeth.
Antonyms
- smooth
3. gap
noun. ['ˈgæp'] an open or empty space in or between things.
Synonyms
- chasm
- rent
- space
- hole
- foramen
- split
- tear
- crevice
- snag
- crack
- Ranvier's nodes
- rip
- cleft
- Earth's surface
- opening
- surface
- mouth
- diastema
- breach
- hiatus
- window
- fissure
- nodes of Ranvier
- rift
Antonyms
- subsurface
- close up
- whisper
- shout
Etymology
- gap (Old Norse)
4. gap
noun. ['ˈgæp'] a narrow opening.
Synonyms
- spark gap
- lacuna
- opening
- crack
Antonyms
- decrease
- uncut
- linger
- laugh
Etymology
- gap (Old Norse)
5. gap
verb. ['ˈgæp'] make an opening or gap in.
Synonyms
- breach
- open
Antonyms
- specify
- keep
- respect
Etymology
- gap (Old Norse)
6. gap
noun. ['ˈgæp'] an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity.
Synonyms
- interruption
- cut-in
- interpellation
- holdup
- interpolation
- barracking
- breaking off
- interjection
- abruption
- insert
- break
- disruption
- heckling
- delay
Antonyms
- natural elevation
- unite
- unify
- stand still
Etymology
- gap (Old Norse)
7. gap
noun. ['ˈgæp'] a pass between mountain peaks.
Synonyms
- pass
- notch
- mountain pass
- col
- wind gap
Antonyms
- outside
- inside
- descend
- disappear
Etymology
- gap (Old Norse)
8. gap
noun. ['ˈgæp'] a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations.
Synonyms
- difference of opinion
- dispute
- conflict
- generation gap
Antonyms
- simple
- natural object
- finish
- closing
Etymology
- gap (Old Norse)