Gape Synonyms and Antonyms

gāp, găp
To open the mouth wide with a deep inward breath, as when tired or bored
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. yawn
To stare
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. goggle
  2. gawk
  3. peer
  4. eye
  5. gaze
  6. ogle
  7. stare
  8. dehisce
  9. gasp
  10. oscitate
  11. gawp
  12. rubberneck
  13. yawn
To split
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. yawn
  2. gap
  3. part
  4. crack
  5. open wide
  6. yaw
Antonyms:
  1. close
An intent fixed look
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gaze
  2. dehiscence
  3. gaping
  4. oscitance
  5. oscitancy
  6. oscitation
  7. rictus (thegapes)
  8. stare
  9. yawn
  10. yawning
To stare wonderingly or stupidly, often with the mouth open.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. gaze
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. cavernous
  2. gaping
  3. oscitant
  4. patulous

Words Related to Gape

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Gape Sentence Examples

  • She dashed around, pausing to gape at the storm as she closed each window securely against its fury.

  • The gape of the mouth is narrow.

  • It is on this account that the valves of a dead Lamellibranch always gape; the elastic ligament is no longer counteracted by the effort of the adductors.

  • The beak is hard, strong and deeply notched, the nostrils are prominent, and the gape is furnished with twelve long hairs on each side.

  • The bites had a gape of about 12 cm.

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