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Synonyms for recess
rɪˈsɛs, ˈri sɛsre·cess
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Wiktionary
recessadjective
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
Princeton's WordNet
deferral, recessnoun
a state of abeyance or suspended business
Synonyms:
corner, deferral, inlet, deferment, niche, recession, postponement, break, respite, time outrecess, recession, niche, cornernoun
a small concavity
Synonyms:
nook, recessional, quoin, deferral, respite, corner, receding, ceding back, break, time out, recession, ecological niche, inlet, street corner, niche, box, turning pointinlet, recessnoun
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
Synonyms:
corner, deferral, inlet, recession, niche, intake, break, respite, time outrecess, nichenoun
an enclosure that is set back or indented
Synonyms:
corner, ecological niche, deferral, inlet, recession, niche, break, respite, time outrespite, recess, break, time outverb
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, rupturerecessverb
put into a recess
"recess lights"
recessverb
make a recess in
"recess the piece of wood"
adjourn, recess, break upverb
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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
recessnoun
Synonyms:
retreat, nook, corner, niche, place of retirementrecessnoun
Synonyms:
intermission, respite, remission of labor, suspension of business
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
recessnoun
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
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#175 | privacy | |
#207 | part | |
#451 | box | |
#961 | holiday | |
#1504 | vacation | |
#1547 | rest | |
#1618 | break | |
#2096 | pick | |
#2218 | corner | |
#2228 | separate | |
#2587 | recreation | |
#2666 | breaking | |
#2940 | relief | |
#3308 | retirement | |
#3684 | split | |
#3711 | shift | |
#4114 | gap | |
#4224 | crack | |
#4498 | crash | |
#5045 | fault | |
#5067 | suspension | |
#5981 | resolve | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#7184 | withdrawal | |
#7209 | intake | |
#8206 | retreat | |
#9001 | breach | |
#10524 | withdraw | |
#10611 | pause | |
#10900 | fragment | |
#11596 | niche | |
#11623 | interrupt | |
#12529 | retire | |
#12744 | inlet | |
#13727 | cavity | |
#14595 | fracture | |
#15079 | disruption | |
#17400 | interruption | |
#18494 | breakout | |
#19598 | recess | |
#19772 | recession | |
#19980 | abatement | |
#21160 | scatter | |
#21913 | adjournment | |
#21915 | disrupt | |
#22368 | respite | |
#22476 | dissolve | |
#23043 | severance | |
#24292 | rupture | |
#24621 | rift | |
#26952 | adjourn | |
#28330 | hiatus | |
#29062 | nook | |
#31174 | breakage | |
#32799 | sever | |
#34174 | playtime | |
#34191 | deferral | |
#34313 | intermission | |
#35497 | dismantle | |
#36077 | disperse | |
#40623 | dispel | |
#42034 | postponement | |
#43160 | seclusion | |
#46656 | decompose | |
#49186 | deferment | |
#49275 | dissipate | |
#50779 | disassemble | |
#54356 | receding | |
#56356 | reprieve | |
#65516 | faulting | |
#110721 | jailbreak | |
#123848 | quoin | |
#132311 | calve | |
#160119 | recessional |
How to use recess in a sentence?
The next day at recess, all the girls huddled around her and played tag, a lot of what we're teaching is how to be a good friend. My students' emotional needs are just as important as their academic needs.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday:
I strongly urge them to work through this recess and identify a way to get this done, this needs to get done.
Kenya is known worldwide for her athletics prowess and this is why we recalled Parliament from recess to pass the anti-doping legislation because we want to run clean sports, anybody caught in any future doping scandal will be jailed for three years or fined 3 million Kenyan shilling ($29,721) because we want to get rid of crooked people misleading our athletes from our midst.
I thought I had timed this perfectly for August recess with things would be a little bit quieter and I would be home and being able to be out in my community, but take it a little bit easier. Obviously, that is not what happened.
Only a few subgroups of fourth and fifth grade students at elementary schools with recess before lunch had higher intakes of fruits and vegetables – for most students the order made no difference.
Translations for recess
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- تجويفArabic
- výklenekCzech
- Aushöhlung, Nische, Ferien, Unterbrechung, Winkel, Pause, VertiefungGerman
- recreo, recesoSpanish
- افتادنPersian
- syvennys, välituntiFinnish
- vacances, récréation, pause, récréFrench
- zug, mélyedés, szünet, szünidőHungarian
- ferie, incavo, recesso, pausaItalian
- 休業, 休み時間, ゆとり, 休暇, あそびをとる, 休憩時間, あそび, 休憩をとるJapanese
- recessusLatin
- recesDutch
- recesso, recreioPortuguese
- pauză, vacanțăRomanian
- перерыв, каникулы, перемена, углублять, углублениеRussian
- utrymme, rast, skollov, mån, lov, spel, pausSwedish
- ara, girik, mola, oyuk, paydos, çukur, boşluk, niş, teneffüs, tātil, yuva, girintiTurkish
- یاد رکھناUrdu
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