break - English Synonyms Dictionary

break

v.
[1] break apart/up/asunder , fracture , rupture , break into bits , come apart , shatter , shiver , crack , crash , splinter , fragment , split , burst , explode , (Colloq) bust
[2] reveal , announce , disclose , divulge , tell , make public
[3] relax , ease up , improve , ameliorate , change for the better
[4] demolish , smash , destroy , crush , ruin , defeat , foil , frustrate
[5] ruin , bankrupt
[6] weary , exhaust , wear out , weaken , debilitate
[7] crush , overcome , cow , cripple , demoralize , weaken , undermine , discourage
[8] break in , tame , discipline , train , condition
[9] violate , transgress , disobey , contravene , defy , infringe , fail to observe , ignore , disregard , flout
[10] break off , discontinue , interrupt , sever , cut off , give up , suspend , disrupt
[11] break up , divide , disperse , scatter
[12] break loose/away/forth , separate from , break out (of) , escape (from) , depart (from)
[13] break forth , burst forth , emerge/come out suddenly
[14] demote , (Colloq) bust
[15] break away , leave , depart , separate (oneself)
[16] break down , demolish , destroy , decompose , break up , analyse , collapse , give way , disintegrate , be crushed , be prostrated
[17] break ground , initiate , begin , commence , found , set up , establish , inaugurate , be innovative , innovate , (Colloq) break the ice , take the plunge , start the ball rolling
[18] break in , separate , split up , interrupt , interpose , fall apart , interject , burst in , intrude , intervene , interfere , disturb , train , educate , prepare , accustom , condition , habituate , wear , rob , burgle , burglarize , break and enter
[19] break off , discontinue , stop , cease , end , disengage , sever , detach , break
[20] break out , bust , escape , emerge , appear , erupt , come out in , break out in/into
[21] break the ice
[22] break through , penetrate , offend , infract , force/get through , go against , breach
[23] break up disband , disperse , disintegrate , fracture , fragment , comminute
[24] break with , break up (with) , separate from , leave , depart from , renounce , repudiate , disavow
[25] go against
[26] better
[27] unwrap , let on , bring out , discover , expose , give away , let out
[28] fail , go bad , die , give out , conk out , go
[29] dampen , damp , soften
[30] separate , part , split up
[31] bump , relegate , kick downstairs
[32] fall in , cave in , give , founder
[33] break dance , break-dance
[34] bust , fall apart
[35] snap off
[36] get out , get around
[37] pause , intermit
[38] recrudesce , develop
[39] check
n.
[1] interruption
[2] good luck , happy chance
[3] fault , faulting , geological fault , shift
[4] severance , falling out
[5] respite , recess , time out
[6] breakage , breaking
[7] pause , intermission , interruption , suspension
[8] break of serve
[9] interruption , disruption
[10] open frame
[11] breakout , jailbreak , gaolbreak , prisonbreak , prison-breaking
[12] fracture , split , separation , rupture , breach , rift , schism
[13] gap , opening , hole , crack , slit
[14] interruption , discontinuity , discontinuation , hesitation , suspension , hiatus , gap , lacuna , unevenness , irregularity
[15] rest , respite , rest period , coffee-break , tea break , intermission , interlude , lull , pause , playtime , (US) recess , (Colloq) breather
[16] chance , stroke of luck , opportunity , opening