interlude Synonyms

interlude Meaning

Wordnet

interlude (n)

an intervening period or episode

a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance

Wordnet

interlude (v)

perform an interlude

Webster

interlude (n.)

A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.

A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.

A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.

FAQs About the word interlude

an intervening period or episode, a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance, perform an interludeA short entertain

interruption,interval, gap, hiatus, pause,intermission, interregnum, lull, hiccup, discontinuity

continuation, continuity, continuity, continuation, run,run, stretch, progression, procession, continuum

The concert was interrupted by a brief interlude for a costume change.

The interlude served as a transition between the first and second acts of the play.

The musical interlude provided a moment of respite from the intense drama.

The interlude allowed the audience to reflect on the events that had transpired.