Break
Break noun - A momentary halt in an activity.
Usage example: there was a brief break after the first movement as the doors to the concert hall were opened and the latecomers were allowed in
Hitch and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hitch" instead the word "Break" as a noun or a verb.
How words are described
| certain | certain break | certain hitch |
| single | single break | single hitch |
| small | small break | small hitch |
| real | real break | real hitch |
| Other adjectives: little, slight, major, minor, temporary, slightest, last, several. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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One day your car could break down, and you'd have to hitch a ride with a complete stranger.
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Unspoken Plan Guarantee: The plan to break up the couples goes off more or less without a hitch, though the outcome remains unseen.
Source: Film / The Lobster -
Berserk Button: Hitch believes that his job is to help decent but awkward men find the love they deserve, so NOTHING gets him more FURIOUS than assholes who use his teachings to play with women's feelings, and he was more than willing to break a womanizing asshole's wrist when he did just that.
Source: Film / Hitch
Cite this Source
Hitch and Break. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/hitch
Break & Hitch. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/hitch>.
Hitch or Break. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/hitch.
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