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:

• n.

  •
  • flowering.
  •
  • contrive,
  • design,
  • development,
  • creative.
  •advance, progress (noun)
  • find,
  • hike,
  • step forward,
  • gain,
  • improvement,
  • boost,
  • finding,
  • leap.
  •discovery (noun)
  • deduction,
  • revelation,
  • realization,
  • exposure,
  • detection,
  • apocalypse,
  • identification,
  • acquisition,
  • recognition,
  • unraveling,
  • manifestation,
  • determination,
  • solution,
  • disclosure,
  • espial,
  • unmasking.

• 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:

  •
  • creativity,
  • innovative,
  • Pioneering,
  • innovation,
  • pinnacle,
  • apogee,
  • innovate,
  • success.
  •
  • defeat,
  • Styling,
  • originate,
  • height,
  • apex.
  •
  • invention.
  •
  • spin off.
  •Other relevant words:
  • bring,
  • coinage,
  • origination,
  • radical,
  • prolepsis,
  • incursion,
  • assault,
  • breach,
  • brainwave,
  • offensive,
  • break,
  • succeed,
  • onslaught,
  • primary,
  • presupposition,
  • penetration,
  • penetrate,
  • Prolegomena,
  • emphatic,
  • deliver,
  • achieve,
  • banzai attack,
  • indicative,
  • arrive,
  • exordium,
  • grave,
  • pass,
  • overkill,
  • get,
  • denudation,
  • inspiration,
  • get hold of,
  • Proem,
  • insight,
  • overture,
  • sortie,
  • earn,
  • accept,
  • get through,
  • attack,
  • go through,
  • make it,
  • prefix,
  • onset,
  • idea,
  • meaningful,
  • melioration,
  • break through,
  • charge,
  • substantial,
  • accomplish,
  • shock tactics,
  • strike,
  • rush,
  • arrive at,
  • Protasis,
  • come,
  • run at,
  • weighty,
  • extend to,
  • enhancement,
  • blitzkrieg,
  • attain,
  • introduction,
  • progressive,
  • sally,
  • neologism,
  • Prolegomenon,
  • premise,
  • significant,
  • upgrade,
  • breakthough,
  • take action,
  • aggravated assault,
  • voluntary,
  • frontispiece,
  • postulate,
  • expressive,
  • innovatory,
  • historic,
  • preliminary,
  • breakout,
  • Assailment,
  • Assailing,
  • rebellious,
  • derive,
  • basic,
  • hand,
  • diversion,
  • exhaustive,
  • progression,
  • drive,
  • mugging,
  • fad,
  • front matter,
  • aggression,
  • HIT,
  • preface,
  • coup de main,
  • original,
  • become,
  • discharge,
  • inroad,
  • blitz,
  • historical,
  • prologue,
  • foreword,
  • wax,
  • brainstorm,
  • push,
  • counteroffensive,
  • prelude,
  • major,
  • descent on,
  • fetch,
  • critical,
  • revolutionary,
  • preamble,
  • novelty,
  • Lightning Attack,
  • verse,
  • momentous,
  • run against,
  • sophisticated,
  • infiltration,
  • megadeath,
  • diversionary attack,
  • execute,
  • offense,
  • creation,
  • contact,
  • counterattack.

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.