Synonyms for breakthrough
ˈbreɪkˌθrubreak·through

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1. discovery, breakthrough, findnoun

   a productive insight

   Synonyms:
   uncovering, find, discovery

2. breakthroughnoun

   making an important discovery

   Synonyms:
   find, discovery

3. breakthroughnoun

   a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense

   Synonyms:
   find, discovery

Matched Categories

1. • Discovery
   • Insight
   • Penetration

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1. List of paraphrases for "breakthrough":

   break-through, progress, penetration, advance, revolutionary, groundbreaking, discovery, penetrate, milestone, advancement, unprecedented

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1. Gerhard Pfeifer:

   The iDisc has everything it takes to replace theconventional cast iron brake disc and become the new standard in the brake discmarket. Given thecontinued particulate pollution debate in many countries and large cities aroundthe world, there is nothing standing in the way of its breakthrough.

2. Phil Mickelson:

   It’s very possible that this is the last tournament I ever win. Like if I’m being realistic, but it’s also very possible that I may have had a little bit of a breakthrough in some of my focus and maybe I go on a little bit of a run.

3. Elon Musk:

   This is basically the holy grail of space, the critical breakthrough that's needed for us to become a space-faring civilization is to make space travel like air travel.

4. Derek Scissors:

   U.S.-China talks change very quickly from hot to cold but, the longer it takes to nail down the easy phase 1, the harder it is to imagine a phase 2 breakthrough.

5. Costi Sifri:

   It's preventing serious infections in those staff and players with the New York Yankees, those infections that occurred, the so-called breakthrough infections, importantly were for the most part mild to moderate infections.