Synonyms for break
117 synonyms found - words and phrases with similiar meaning. Definitionnoun
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- an escape from jail
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- the act of breaking something
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- a sudden dash
- the occurrence of breaking
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
verb
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- be released or become known; of news
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- lessen in force or effect
- interrupt a continued activity
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- go to pieces
- ruin completely
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- do a break dance
- prevent completion
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- terminate
- surpass in excellence
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- happen
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- stop operating or functioning
- fracture a bone of
- reduce to bankruptcy
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- break a piece from a whole
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- move away or escape suddenly
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- cease an action temporarily
- be broken in
- become punctured or penetrated
- cause the failure or ruin of
- cause to give up a habit
- change directions suddenly
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- come into being
- come to an end
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- exchange for smaller units of money
- fall sharply
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- give up
- happen or take place
- interrupt the flow of current in
- invalidate by judicial action
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- pierce or penetrate
- render inoperable or ineffective
- scatter or part
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- undergo breaking
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body