Break Synonyms

Break synonyms such as "divulge, blow out, cut, be damaged, crack, have a rest, drop, beat, breach, begin, beat, announce, and disclose". Break is a verb, and its antonyms are repair and mend. Here are 125 another word for break with example sentences.

Another word for Break

125 other ways to say break.

1. shatter

  • tear
  • split
  • splinter
  • snap
  • smash to smithereens
  • smash
  • shiver
  • shatter
  • sever
  • separate
  • rupture
  • rend
  • fragment
  • fracture
  • fall to pieces
  • fall to bits
  • divide
  • disintegrate
  • crack
  • bust
  • burst
  • blow out

2. pierce

  • puncture
  • pierce
  • perforate
  • penetrate
  • make a flesh wound in
  • graze
  • cut

3. stop working

  • stop working
  • pack up
  • malfunction
  • have had it
  • go wrong
  • go phut
  • go kaput
  • go haywire
  • go/be on the blink
  • give up the ghost
  • give out
  • die
  • develop a fault
  • crash
  • conk out
  • cease to work/function
  • break down
  • be unusable
  • be damaged

4. decipher

  • work out
  • unravel
  • solve
  • figure out
  • decrypt
  • decode
  • decipher
  • crack

5. stop

  • take five
  • take/have a breather
  • take/have a break
  • suspend proceedings
  • stop
  • recess
  • pause
  • knock off
  • have a rest

6. give up

  • shake
  • relinquish
  • quit
  • pack in
  • kick
  • give up
  • get out of
  • drop

7. exceed

  • trump
  • top
  • surpass
  • put in the shade
  • outstrip
  • outdo
  • leave standing
  • go beyond
  • exceed
  • eclipse
  • cap
  • better
  • beat

8. contravene

  • violate
  • transgress against
  • infringe
  • infract
  • ignore
  • fly in the face of
  • flout
  • fail to observe
  • fail to comply with
  • disregard
  • disobey
  • defy
  • contravene
  • commit a breach of
  • breach

9. dawn

  • start
  • emerge
  • dawn
  • come into being
  • come forth
  • begin
  • appear

10. crash

  • pound
  • lash
  • dash
  • crash
  • beat
  • batter

11. reveal

  • tell
  • reveal
  • release
  • proclaim
  • make public
  • make known
  • let out
  • impart
  • divulge
  • disclose
  • announce

How to Use break in a Sentence

After the hectic morning, she needed a break.

Don't break the fragile glass.

He'll break the bad news.

I need to take a break.

Let's take a short break.

The waves break at shore.