Definition for Breakthrough:

• a sudden change of situation, such as making an important discovery, that permits further rapid advances toward a goal.

Synonyms for Breakthrough:

• adj.

  •advanced (adjective)
  • fore most,
  • fore-most,
  • more leading edge,
  • more breakthrough,
  • more cutting-edge,
  • most leading edge,
  • most breakthrough,
  • avant garde,
  • most cutting-edge,
  • more leadingedge,
  • avantgarde,
  • most leadingedge,
  • un conventional,
  • cuttingedge,
  • most cuttingedge,
  • most cutting edge,
  • most leading-edge,
  • un-conventional,
  • leadingedge,
  • more cuttingedge,
  • more leading-edge,
  • more cutting edge.

• n.

  •
  • flowering,
  • peak,
  • someone's day in the sun.
  •
  • contrive,
  • design,
  • development,
  • creative.
  •act (noun)
  • breakthrough.
  •advance (noun)
  • head way,
  • up grades,
  • up-grade,
  • up grade,
  • up-grades,
  • goahead,
  • head-way,
  • uppings.
  •advance, progress (noun)
  • find,
  • hike,
  • step forward,
  • gain,
  • improvement,
  • boost,
  • finding,
  • leap.
  •boost (noun)
  • step ups,
  • stepup,
  • stepups,
  • step-ups.
  •discovery (noun)
  • deduction,
  • revelation,
  • realization,
  • exposure,
  • detection,
  • apocalypse,
  • identification,
  • acquisition,
  • recognition,
  • unraveling,
  • manifestation,
  • determination,
  • solution,
  • disclosure,
  • espial,
  • unmasking.
  •progress (noun)
  • melioration,
  • Evolvement,
  • flowerings,
  • Anabasis.
  •progression (noun)
  • progression,
  • giant strides,
  • going forward,
  • forward march.
  •promotion (noun)
  • favorings,
  • pre ferments,
  • prelations,
  • pro motion,
  • pre-ferment,
  • pro motions,
  • pro-motions,
  • up-grading,
  • jump ups,
  • up grading,
  • pre ferment,
  • pre-ferments,
  • pro-motion,
  • move ups.
  •quantum leap (noun)
  • quantum jump,
  • radical change,
  • leaps and bounds,
  • Transilience.
  •rise (noun)
  • intensifyings,
  • up swing,
  • up-swings,
  • stacking ups,
  • up swings,
  • heightenings,
  • piling ups,
  • up-swing.

• v.

  •discover (verb)
  • determine,
  • expose,
  • disinter,
  • elicit,
  • unearth,
  • detect,
  • realize,
  • unravel,
  • fathom,
  • recognize,
  • unmask,
  • educe,
  • disclose,
  • discover,
  • Unriddle,
  • dig up,
  • reveal,
  • solve,
  • identify.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • apogee,
  • pinnacle,
  • creativity,
  • devise,
  • Frankenstein's Monster,
  • heyday,
  • success,
  • innovative,
  • high tide,
  • glory days,
  • innovate,
  • intellectual property,
  • comeback,
  • golden age,
  • Pioneering,
  • innovation,
  • zenith,
  • the Rosetta Stone.
  •
  • coin,
  • defeat,
  • apex,
  • height,
  • inventive,
  • originate,
  • push back,
  • Styling,
  • day,
  • patent.
  •
  • invention.
  •
  • spin off.

Paraphrases for Breakthrough:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    turning-point.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    break.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    groundbreaking, ground-breaking.
  • Proper noun, singular
    tops, reaches, launches, rolls, Gives, advance, advances.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    revolutionary, step, revolution, innovator, watershed, break-in, surge, groundbreaking, novelty, forefront, u-turn, progression, upturn, turning, break-up, Storming, improvement, stalemate, impasse, avant-garde, feat, take-off, Breaching, breaking, reversal, rupture, sneak, infiltration, pioneer, change, epiphany, outcome, opening-up, shift, advance, advances, difference, deadlock, boom, crossroads, unblocking, evolution.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    invading, entering.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    makes, progress.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    milestone, success, discovery, headway, leap, revelation, conquest, turnaround, triumph, detente, incursion, breakout, decisive, opening, victory, breakdown, outbreak, progress.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Storming.
  • Verb, base form
    break.

Antonyms for Breakthrough:

• n.

  • advance, progress
    decline, loss, step back, decrease.
  • Other antonyms:
    ebbing, reduction, hindrance, glitch, breakdown.

Hyponym for Breakthrough:

• n.

  • act
    find, penetration, uncovering, incursion, discovery.
  • cognition
    brainstorm, brainwave, insight.