What is another word for rift?
598 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈɪft], [ ɹˈɪft], [ ɹ_ˈɪ_f_t]
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Similar words for rift:
- aperture (noun)
- blemish (noun)
- breach (noun)
- break (noun)
- breakup (noun)
- chasm (noun)
- chink (noun)
- clash (noun)
- cleft (noun)
- defect (noun)
- falling out (noun)
- fault line (noun)
- fracture (noun)
- gap (noun)
- interruption (noun)
- interspace (noun)
- misunderstanding (noun)
- notch (noun)
- opening (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- parting (noun)
- rift (noun)
- rupture (noun)
- schism (noun)
- secession (noun)
- separation (noun)
- rive (verb)
- tear (verb)
- other synonyms
- ocean floor
- other relevant words
- rive
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Rift:
n.
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- quarrel,
- disagreement,
- argument,
- fight,
- confrontation,
- dispute,
- a war of words,
- controversy,
- conflict.
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- open.
- blot,
- drawback,
- nick,
- abrasion,
- impurity,
- deformity,
- eyesore,
- mark,
- wart,
- disfigurement,
- damage,
- hurt,
- scrape,
- stain,
- notch,
- blemish,
- check,
- fault,
- score,
- scratch,
- splotch,
- scab,
- hack,
- freckle,
- sore,
- weal,
- scuff,
- discoloration,
- lesion,
- brand,
- pockmark,
- tarnish,
- fleck,
- mar,
- stigma,
- spoilage,
- distortion,
- kink,
- chip,
- imperfection,
- spot,
- blotch,
- defacement,
- dot,
- blister.
- disharmony,
- dissension,
- withdrawal,
- severance,
- falling-out,
- discord,
- disunity,
- variance,
- discontinuity,
- difference.
- splitting,
- dissolution,
- breakdown,
- ending,
- disintegration,
- divorce,
- termination,
- dispersal,
- breaking.
- in-jury,
- marrings,
- in juries,
- mis-take,
- in jury,
- un soundnesses,
- dis-colorations,
- mis-takes,
- un-soundness,
- dis-coloration,
- dis coloration,
- mis take,
- mis takes,
- un-soundnesses,
- un soundness,
- rough spots,
- dis colorations.
- de-bate,
- de bates,
- mis-understanding,
- mis understanding,
- crossed wire,
- de bate,
- mis-understandings,
- bad vibe,
- sour notes,
- de-bates,
- mis understandings.
- gap,
- windup,
- pinhole,
- mutilation,
- opening,
- fault trend,
- on the rocks,
- flaw,
- failings,
- leave-taking,
- scrimmage,
- ravine,
- infirmity,
- set-to,
- slot,
- setto,
- cleft,
- chasm,
- tatter,
- geological fault,
- splitsville,
- separation,
- break-up,
- fissure,
- Good-bye,
- bisection,
- rupture,
- misunderstanding,
- bustup,
- speck,
- RIMAS,
- Cross-road,
- crackups,
- gulf,
- clash,
- perforation,
- cloughs,
- crossed wires,
- strife,
- crackup,
- leavetaking,
- hole,
- break,
- scar,
- fault line,
- windups,
- rimation,
- fault trace,
- Clough,
- parting of the ways,
- bad vibes,
- cross-roads,
- crevice,
- tatters,
- rough spot,
- rima,
- crack,
- rent,
- hiatus,
- interruption,
- secession,
- valediction,
- aperture,
- bisections,
- mutilations,
- leave-takings,
- errors,
- bi-section,
- set to,
- have a go at each other,
- breakup,
- pinholes,
- wind-up,
- sour note,
- defect,
- fragmentation,
- parting,
- preterition,
- whirlpool,
- knot,
- rift,
- fracture,
- cloves,
- splittings,
- split-up.
v.
• rive (verb)- making hash of,
- pull pieces,
- finishes off,
- making mincemeat of,
- pulls to pieces,
- busting up,
- dis-integrates,
- pulled to pieces,
- pulls pieces,
- dis integrate,
- busts up,
- pulled pieces,
- makes hash of,
- dis integrating,
- made mincemeat of,
- dis-integrating,
- dis integrated,
- dis integrates,
- dis-integrated,
- made hash of,
- pulling pieces,
- pulling to pieces,
- makes mincemeat of,
- finishing off,
- dis-integrate.
Other synonyms:
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- cave,
- cavern,
- irrigation channel,
- crevasse.
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- disaffection.
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- ditch.
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- cutting.
- Ribboned,
- jigsaws,
- jigsaw,
- pull apart,
- rive,
- Ribboning,
- tore,
- Rifting,
- tear,
- evulse,
- pulls apart,
- Rifted.
- Trashed,
- Torpedoes,
- finish off,
- Fracturing,
- finished off,
- make mincemeat of,
- fractured,
- make hash of,
- bust up,
- busted up,
- torpedo,
- pull to pieces,
- torpedoing,
- torpedoed.
- groove,
- disrupt,
- Couloir,
- sever,
- wadi,
- failure,
- anoint,
- cwm,
- gape,
- dissent,
- Faulting,
- infighting,
- suspension,
- dividing,
- divaricate,
- break of serve,
- abstract,
- keloid,
- inadequacy,
- port-wine stain,
- loose,
- laceration,
- pause,
- gore,
- pervading,
- divide,
- broach,
- canyon,
- gaolbreak,
- perforate,
- straggling,
- hew,
- dedicate,
- nullah,
- weakness,
- verruca,
- rend,
- joint,
- distinct,
- jump,
- mesh,
- cleaving,
- scissure,
- bug,
- milium,
- disaffiliation,
- chap,
- fathom,
- Sundering,
- multipartite,
- frailty,
- pass,
- isolated,
- deep,
- deformation,
- apart,
- cleuch,
- unconnected,
- disfiguration,
- pull,
- rimose,
- pit,
- ubiquitous,
- far between,
- birthmark,
- failing,
- Ope,
- broken,
- disturb,
- jailbreak,
- spread out,
- draw,
- Quarrelling,
- disfavor,
- caesura,
- creek,
- interpenetrate,
- cling,
- dehiscent,
- part,
- excavation,
- spread,
- sty,
- belch,
- dike,
- ha-ha,
- moat,
- faction,
- sedition,
- secant,
- insular,
- open frame,
- shortcoming,
- dividedness,
- disjoined,
- vesicle,
- rest,
- cracked,
- fissured,
- respite,
- blackhead,
- prison-breaking,
- weak point,
- permeate,
- comedo,
- contention,
- vulnerable place,
- adhere,
- pock,
- disparate,
- cracking,
- disruption,
- recess,
- geologic fault,
- detach,
- defile,
- pustule,
- discrete,
- snag,
- craze,
- prisonbreak,
- open up,
- spring,
- stop,
- free,
- problem,
- sanctify,
- asunder,
- shift,
- bursting,
- imbue,
- severing,
- rime,
- intermission,
- rifts,
- breach of friendship,
- Dispart,
- cicatrix,
- mole,
- seam,
- wale,
- happy chance,
- twist,
- strawberry mark,
- taint,
- consecrate,
- incised,
- whitehead,
- lacuna,
- disunion,
- hickey,
- bore,
- lentigo,
- unattached,
- burst,
- catch,
- leak,
- fly open,
- furrow,
- permeant,
- wait,
- detachment,
- intrigue,
- breakout,
- separate,
- track,
- sebaceous cyst,
- slice,
- box canyon,
- pervasive,
- hemangioma,
- depth,
- rip,
- col,
- lull,
- donga,
- reprieve,
- Chinky,
- interregnum,
- Kloof,
- sulcus,
- deficiency,
- dell,
- cloven,
- faute,
- trench,
- weak link,
- delay,
- Separating,
- pimple,
- adrift,
- incise,
- welt,
- unassociated,
- defection,
- good luck,
- cohere,
- chimney,
- breakage,
- gaping,
- Coulee,
- tap,
- distance,
- crackle,
- Interspace,
- penetrate,
- cranny,
- Unannexed,
- port-wine mark,
- warp,
- scale,
- Creviced,
- halt,
- breaking up,
- infiltrate,
- debate,
- bleb,
- lay open,
- valley,
- disjunctive,
- cleave,
- discontinuous,
- nevus,
- Reft,
- split up,
- bulla,
- rimulose,
- throw open,
- foible,
- wen.
How to use "Rift" in context?
There are many definitions of "rift" and they can all mean different things. For the purposes of this essay, "rift" refers to a break in the social fabric of a group or community. This can happen when members of the group start to feel disconnected from one another. Rifts can also form when groups start to disagree with one another.
One example of a rift that can occur in a social group is when members start to feel disconnected from one another. This can happen when members of the group start to have different beliefs or Standards of Expected Behaviour. This can lead to friction, conflict andeven violence.
Paraphrases for Rift:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
divisiveness.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Forward Entailment
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
schism.
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Noun, singular or mass
schism.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
fences.
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Noun, singular or mass
breach, break, breakdown, breccia, contradiction, controversy, disconnect, discrepancy, disparity, disruption, disunity, ditch, fission, fragmentation, gulf, loophole, partition, rupture, separation, splitting, strife, Fracturing, divides, break-up.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
disagreement, disagreements.
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Noun, singular or mass
chasm, cleavage, cracking, dichotomy, disagreement, dissension, divergence, estrangement, fissure, flaw, fracture, friction, Rifting.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Rift:
- raw beauty, reboot, rabid, rabbit-weed, reputed, rarified, rebato, rebate, rabbit, rarefied, repudiate, rabbitweed, ruby wood, raphidae, riptide, repeated, roofed, rowboat, rub out, revived, rapt, rip out, rabbiteye, rope tow, rabato, rarebit, rabbitwood, rubato, raft, refit, rapid, repot, repudiated, rabat, refute, rapidity, Revet, raped, robot, rebut, ribbed toad, repute, Ribbed, repeat, Rabidity, rivet, robed, raphidiidae, rabbet.
Hyponym for Rift:
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