Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun time-out

1 sense of time-out

Sense 1
time-out -- (a brief suspension of play; "each team has two time-outs left")
       => pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension -- (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)


1 sense of time out

Sense 1
respite, recess, break, time out -- (a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate")
       => pause -- (temporary inactivity)