All intermission synonyms

noun intermission

• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• interruption — an act or instance of interrupting.
• interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
• lull — to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
• layoff — the act of dismissing employees, especially temporarily.
• rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
• interim — an intervening time; interval; meantime: School doesn't start till September, but he's taking a Spanish class in the interim.
• suspense — a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.
• latency — the state of being latent.
• pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
• stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
• interlude — an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
• quiescence — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
• time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
• time-out — a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
• suspension — the act of suspending.
• dormancy — the state of being dormant.
• spell — a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• respite — a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: to toil without respite.
• abeyance — a state of being suspended or put aside temporarily
• downtime — a time during a regular working period when an employee is not actively productive.
• wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• doldrums — A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks – so called by sailors.
• breather — If you take a breather, you stop what you are doing for a short time and have a rest.
• parenthesis — either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
• cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
• interregnum — an interval of time between the close of a sovereign's reign and the accession of his or her normal or legitimate successor.
• intermezzo — a short dramatic, musical, or other entertainment of light character, introduced between the acts of a drama or opera.
• recess — temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
• abeyancy — (rare) Abeyance.