gap

AU, CA, US, UK /ɡæp/ · UK, SC /ɡap/

Etymology Inherited from Middle English gap /gappe, from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”), from gapa (“to gape, scream”), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to open wide, gape”). Related to Danish gab (“an expanse, space, gap”), Old English ġeap (“open space, expanse”). Doublet of gape.

Synonyms

break, hole, rip, split, tear, rift, chasm, fissure, clearing, opening, space, window, interim, hiatus, col, neck, pass

Derived terms

109 terms

accidental gap, age gap, airgap, anion gap, annular gap junction, bandgap, Barnesmore Gap, Barunga Gap, bridge the gap, Buffalo Gap, Clements Gap, coal gap, content gap, Cooks Gap, Doctors Gap, eigengap, electron gap, fermium gap, fillgap, find the gap, find the gaps, Fowlers Gap, Gap-1, Gap-2, gap buffer, gap byte, gap concept, gap creationism, gap creationist, gap-fill, gap fill, gapful, gap insurance, gap it, gap junction, gap lapper, gap-lapper, gap lathe, gapless, gaplike, gapmer, gap of danger, gapper, gappist, gappy, Gap Ridge, gap sheet, gapsite, Gapsted, gap theorist, gap theory, gap-toothed, gap wedge, gap yah, gap year, genetic gap, Gunning Gap, Halls Gap, Hayes Gap, high anion gap metabolic acidosis, Hope Gap, immunity gap, injunction gap, intragap, Kirkwood gap, leaf gap, legal gap, lexical gap, Magazine Gap, McCullys Gap, Medigap, microgap, Middle Gap, midgap, mind the gap, minigap, Monia Gap, multigap, nanogap, Naughtons Gap, Owens Gap, Palakkad Gap, parasitic gap, pleasure gap, power gap, pregap, pseudogap, reality gap, Romer's gap, root gap, Roses Gap, Scots' Gap, stand in the gap, stop-gap, stopgap, subgap, Suwalki gap, take the gap, The Gap, thigh gap, time gap, training gap, Victoria Gap, Wan Chai Gap, Watford Gap, widegap, wind gap, Wong Nai Chung Gap, yepsen

Hyponyms

air gap, bomber gap, credibility gap, digital gap, gender gap, generation gap, Hausdorff gap, hungry gap, missile gap, orgasm gap, pay gap, prime gap, spark gap, Weierstrass gap