Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "break" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

accelerate assemble build construct fix fix it glue glue together heal heal mend hold join keep keep keep whole make mend piece piece together put put together putting putting together repair repair repair fix together whole work working

Typical Location

breadbox

Derived Terms

Amen break Break O'Day Christmas break Easter break March break Sabbath-breaking T-break Thanksgiving break Think break a stick in a bundle cannot be broken a twig in a bundle cannot be broken ad break autumn break back-breaking bathroom break beach break beambreak bebreak big break bio break bio-break break a butterfly on a wheel break a butterfly on the wheel break a butterfly upon a wheel break a butterfly upon the wheel break a fly on a wheel break a fly on the wheel break a fly upon a wheel break a fly upon the wheel break a lance break a promise break and enter break and entry break and entry break ass break back break bulk break camp break character break clause break cover break dance break dancer break dancing break edge break figure break free break from break gates break into a run break it break it down break it to break junction break luck break movie break no squares break of dawn break of day break of gauge break on break on the wheel break one off break one's arm patting oneself on the back break one's back break one's balls break one's chops break one's duck break one's fall break one's lance break one's maiden break one's neck break one's promise break one's stride break one's word break point break ranks break reality break rigor break room break sheer break shins break silence break someone's back break someone's balls break squelch break the Sabbath break the back of break the bank break the buck break the cycle break the deadlock break the fourth wall break the internet break the internets break the interwebs break the mold break the mould break the news break the seal break the silence break the story break the web break the wheel break time break upon the wheel break water break wedlock break with break with tradition break with tradition break-ax break-bones break-building break-bulk break-even break-in break-off break-promise break-up break-upper break-vow break-wind breakability breakable breakage breakaway breakback breakbeat breakbone breakcore breakdance breakdown breakee breaker breaker bar breakface breakfast breakfront breaking ball breaking capacity breaking change breaking news breaking point breaking strain breaking wheel breakle breakless breakly breakneck breakout breakproof breakstone breakthrough breakthru breaktime breakwater breakwind breaky brickle brokeback buck breaking career break catch a break century break city break class break clean break coffee break comfort break commercial break crossbreak dam break dambreak day-break daybreak double break double break point double-break fag break fall break fast break fire break firebreak forbreak gamebreaking gimme a break give it a break give someone a break ground-breaking half-break halterbreak hammer break harvest break heart-breaking heartbreak hedge-breaking horsebreaking housebreak icebreaker inbreak jail break jailbreak leg break limit break lucky break lunch break lunchbreak make a break for it make or break make-and-break make-before-break make-or-break maximum break microbreak mid-term break midterm break mind break mini-break minibreak mold-breaking mould-breaking multibreak my condom broke nanobreak newsbreak nightbreak no-break space non-breaking off break one can't break a stick in a bundle one can't break a twig in a bundle one can't break sticks in a bundle one cannot break a stick in a bundle one cannot break a twig in a bundle one cannot break sticks in a bundle outbreak overbreak page break paragraph break pawn break physical break pinky break point break postbreak potty break prebreak prebreak prison break reading break rebreak reef break rules are made to be broken sand break section break shelf break shelfbreak shore break short break soft break spring break station break sticks and stones may break my bones sticks in a bundle can't be broken sticks in a bundle cannot be broken stonebreak strike-break strikebreak summer break sunbreak syllabic break take a break tax break tea break the straw that broke the camel's back the stroke that broke the camel's back thermal break tie break tie-break tiebreak tobreak toilet break tolerance break tough break tulip-breaking virus unbreakable underbreak upbreak water break waterbreak wet break wikibreak wind break wind-break windbreak winter break word break word-break you can't break a stick in a bundle you can't break a twig in a bundle you can't break sticks in a bundle you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs you cannot break a stick in a bundle you cannot break a twig in a bundle you cannot break sticks in a bundle zoo break

Distinct From

accelerate connected fix fixed working

Etymologically Related To

fraction fracture fragile fragment frail

Context

backgammon billiards british computing equitation games gaming military most often in music pool slang snooker soccer sports storm surfing tennis uk weather

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

accident alter alteration annul appear assign avoid become belie blunt break loose break off break up breakup cause cave in cease chance event change change change integrity change of integrity change state cleft collapse come about come forth commute contradict convert crack crevice crumble cut off damage dance dash deaden decay decrease delay delegate depute designate destroy detach detachment dilapidate diminish diphthongise diphthongize discontinue disperse disrespect disrupt dissipate disunite divide domesticate domesticise domesticize emerge end escape escape exceed exchange express emotion express feelings fall fall in fall out figure out finish fissure flee flight fly fortuity founder get get away give give up give way go go on hap happen happening harm have holdup hurt impoverish induce injure injury interrupt interval intrude invalidate lay off lessen lick make modification modify natural event negate nullify occur occurrence occurrent outdo outgo outmatch outperform outstrip part pass pass off pause penetrate perforate puzzle out quash quit reclaim ruin scatter scissure score separate separation shift shoot shot solve split split up spread out sprint stimulate stop stroke surmount surpass switch take flight take place tame tell terminate time interval trauma trespass trip the light fantastic trip the light fantastic toe turn vary void weaken work work out wound

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

break a leg break a sweat break apart break away break bad break bread break containment break down break even break ground break in break into break loose break new ground break off break one's ass break one's face break one's fast break one's neck break open break out break rank break someone's face break someone's heart break stride break the ice break through break up break wind horsebreaking like breaking sticks unbreak

Type Of (IsA)

accident change dash delay escape score separation stroke

Manner Of

appear become change change integrity change state collapse come forth damage decay decrease destroy detach diphthongize discontinue disperse end escape express emotion flee happen interrupt invalidate penetrate ruin separate shoot solve switch weaken

Part Of

billiards pool

Related Terms

breaker

Related Terms

abrupt accident accidental accidental damage action actress actress discovery adhere altogether apart at work attitude bad bad bone bad broken bad sprain bankrupt bar barrier beginning better between between classes billiards bit bone bone fracture bone problem bone tear bone trauma bones broke broken broken bone brokenness bust calash car car pedal car stopper carriage cease change chocolate cigarette cigarette time class class intermission classes coffee coffee rest coffee smoke coffee stop coffee time counter attack crack crease crush crush smash damage damaging dance dance music demote demulsify design destroy destroy something destroying destroying something destruction dis dis join disclose disconnect discontinuation discovery dish division division thing dj dropped dropped glass dropping dropping glass during during lunch end escape fall fall apart falling falling apart fifteen fifteen minutes first first meal five focus fracture fragile fragments from work function game gap gap hole glass glass hit half hip hop hit hole holiday hour hurt hurt bone in two injure injury instrument intermission interrupt interruption interval join kind kind dance leg leg hurt legal like like smash limbs line lunch lunch hour lunch time lunchtime make known man many pieces meal mend minutes news occupation off open up out overblow painful painful injury paragraph past pause pedal perception percussion break period persistent physical piece pieces pitch player point powerful present present broke problem properly pull pull apart purpose rank reassembly receive receiver recess record relax relaxing remove respite rest rest interval rest period rest time restful restful purpose resting rhythmic ruin ruining ruining something scale school separate separate violently separation shallow shards shatter shattered shattering shattering glass shatters short short pause short rest shot siesta smash smash dish smash something smash up smash wreck smashing smashing something smoke snaffle snap snap apart snap crush snap destroy snap fracture snapped snapped bone space spill spirit split splitting splitting half sprain spring spring summer spring vacation state steady stop stop working stoppage stopper stopping stopping work summer surf take take apart take five take rest taking taking rest tear tear apart temporarily temporary temporary vacation ten ten minutes time time off time out tiny tiny vacation trauma two two pieces unmaking up vacation violate violently wait wave weather white water will woodwind work work pause work relax work rest work stop work stoppage work vacation working working pause wreck

Similar Terms

abandon bork break away break down break in break out break up breaking bring out broke broken burst bust buy the farm cash in one's chips check chink choke collapse come apart conk conk out crack croak decease develop die disclose discover divulge drop dead exit expire expose fail fall fall apart fracture get around get out give away give out give up give way give-up the ghost go go bad kick the bucket let on let out pass pass away perish pop off reveal separate snuff it split up uncover unwrap wear wear out

Synonym Network

bankrupt better breach break dance break down break in breakage burst collapse contravene crack dampen demote disclose fail fault fracture interrupt interruption open frame pause recess respite rupture separate split time out transgress violate

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.