Words Like RECESS

We have put together a list of words that are similar to RECESS.

31 Alternative Words Similar to recess

1 Respite Noun      Synonym Words Like Respite
2 Break Noun      Synonym Words Like Break
3 Enclosure Noun      Synonym Words Like Enclosure
4 Pause Noun      Synonym Words Like Pause
5 Suspension Noun      Synonym Words Like Suspension
6 Water Noun      Synonym Words Like Water
7 Adjourn Verb      Synonym Words Like Adjourn
8 Cease Verb      Synonym Words Like Cease
9 End Verb      Synonym Words Like End
10 Finish Verb      Synonym Words Like Finish
11 Lay Verb      Synonym Words Like Lay
12 Place Verb      Synonym Words Like Place
13 Pose Verb      Synonym Words Like Pose
14 Position Verb      Synonym Words Like Position
15 Put Verb      Synonym Words Like Put
16 Set Verb      Synonym Words Like Set
17 Stop Verb      Synonym Words Like Stop
18 Terminate Verb      Synonym Words Like Terminate
19 Retreat Noun      Synonym Words Like Retreat
20 Sinus Noun      Synonym Words Like Sinus
21 Recessing Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Recessing
22 Fiord Noun      Hyponym
23 Cove Noun      Hyponym
24 Loch Noun      Hyponym
25 Fjord Noun      Hyponym
26 Mihrab Noun      Hyponym Words Like Mihrab
27 Bay Noun      Hyponym Words Like Bay
28 Apsis Noun      Hyponym
29 Columbarium Noun      Hyponym
30 Cinerarium Noun      Hyponym
31 Apse Noun      Hyponym

5 examples of recess

1 the recess of the tides
2 the children were allowed to play in the school yard during recess
3 the difficulties and recesses of science; the deepest recesses of the mind
4 to recess a wall
5 he took time out to recuperate

10 definitions of recess

1 A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat.
2 The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
3 Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school.
4 Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.
5 A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
6 Secret or abstruse part.
7 A sinus.
8 To make a recess in.
9 A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
10 a small concavity
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