{
  "hiatuses":{
    "an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
      "examples":[
        "steam was rising from a hiatus in the ground"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "breaches",
        "breaks",
        "discontinuities",
        "gaps",
        "gulfs",
        "holes",
        "interstices",
        "intervals",
        "openings",
        "rents",
        "rifts",
        "separations",
        "voids"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chinks",
        "clefts",
        "cracks",
        "crannies",
        "crevices",
        "fissures",
        "notches",
        "slits",
        "slots",
        "splits",
        "interspaces",
        "pores",
        "abysses",
        "apertures",
        "cavities",
        "chasms",
        "gapes",
        "orifices",
        "fractures",
        "ruptures",
        "severances"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a break in continuity":{
      "examples":[
        "a three-year hiatus before the fifth book in the series appeared"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "discontinuities",
        "gaps",
        "hiccups",
        "hiccoughs",
        "interims",
        "interludes",
        "intermissions",
        "interregnums",
        "interregna",
        "interruptions",
        "interstices",
        "intervals",
        "parentheses"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "caesuras",
        "caesurae",
        "commas",
        "interspaces",
        "lags",
        "pauses",
        "spaces",
        "time lags",
        "windows",
        "entr'actes",
        "bumpers",
        "adjournments",
        "discontinuances",
        "lapses",
        "suspensions",
        "lulls",
        "recesses",
        "respites",
        "rests",
        "subintervals"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "continua",
        "continuums",
        "runs",
        "stretches",
        "processions",
        "progressions"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "continuations",
        "continuities"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hiatus":{
    "an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
      "examples":[
        "steam was rising from a hiatus in the ground"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "breach",
        "break",
        "discontinuity",
        "gap",
        "gulf",
        "hole",
        "interstice",
        "interval",
        "opening",
        "rent",
        "rift",
        "separation",
        "void"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chink",
        "cleft",
        "crack",
        "cranny",
        "crevice",
        "fissure",
        "notch",
        "slit",
        "slot",
        "split",
        "interspace",
        "pore",
        "abyss",
        "aperture",
        "cavity",
        "chasm",
        "gape",
        "orifice",
        "fracture",
        "rupture",
        "severance",
        "sundering"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an incomplete or deficient area":{
      "examples":[
        "a hiatus in the law which prevented the district attorney from prosecuting the offenders"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "gap",
        "hole",
        "lacuna",
        "space",
        "void"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "defectiveness",
        "detriment",
        "disability",
        "failing",
        "fault",
        "impairment",
        "weakness",
        "deficiency",
        "deficit",
        "imperfection",
        "inadequacy",
        "inadequateness",
        "incompleteness",
        "insufficience",
        "insufficiency",
        "lack",
        "need",
        "shortcoming",
        "shortfall",
        "want"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "completeness",
        "fullness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a break in continuity":{
      "examples":[
        "a three-year hiatus before the fifth book in the series appeared"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "discontinuity",
        "gap",
        "hiccup",
        "hiccough",
        "interim",
        "interlude",
        "intermission",
        "interregnum",
        "interruption",
        "interstice",
        "interval",
        "parenthesis"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "caesura",
        "comma",
        "interspace",
        "lag",
        "pause",
        "space",
        "time lag",
        "window",
        "entr'acte",
        "bumper",
        "adjournment",
        "discontinuance",
        "lapse",
        "suspension",
        "lull",
        "recess",
        "respite",
        "rest",
        "subinterval"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "continuum",
        "run",
        "stretch",
        "procession",
        "progression"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "continuation",
        "continuity"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}