Synonyms for
Gaps
Definition
An unfilled space or interval.
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Antonyms
Common collocations
- wide gaps
- significant gaps
- closing the gaps
- bridging the gaps
- communication gaps
- knowledge gaps
- generation gaps
- performance gaps
Word family
Usage note
The word 'gaps' often implies an absence or a separation. Be mindful of the context; 'gaps' in knowledge are different from 'gaps' in a fence.
Example sentences
- The bridge has several gaps in it.
- I need to fill the gap in my knowledge.
- There was a gap in the fence.
- The gap between the two buildings is too narrow to pass through.
- The gap in the wall allowed the mice to enter the room.
Quotes
"The gaps are the thing. The gaps are the spirit's one home, the altitudes and latitudes so dazzlingly spare and clean that the spirit can discover itself like a once-blind man unbound. The gaps are the clefts in the rock where you cower to see the back parts of God; they are the fissures between mountains and cells the wind lances through, the icy narrowing fiords splitting the cliffs of mystery. Go up into the gaps. If you can find them; they shift and vanish too. Stalk the gaps. Squeak into a gap in the soil, turn, and unlock-more than a maple-a universe." - Annie Dillard
"The gaps between the fingers were created so that another's fingers could fill them in." - Unknown
"I think that's what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers. And about never giving up, even when you're really sad, and about knowing your own worth, even if you don't understand why you were put on this planet. We all have a purpose, I think. And we all have to fill in the gaps, left by our childhoods, and our parents, and our friends." - Heather Davis