All downtime synonyms

noun downtime

• recess — temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
• pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
• letup — cessation; pause; relief.
• intermission — a short interval between the acts of a play or parts of a public performance, usually a period of approximately 10 or 15 minutes, allowing the performers and audience a rest.
• freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
• spell — a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
• rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
• interlude — an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• interim — an intervening time; interval; meantime: School doesn't start till September, but he's taking a Spanish class in the interim.
• respite — a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: to toil without respite.
• suspension — the act of suspending.
• repose — the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• lull — to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
• time out — a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
• time on one's hands — an interval with nothing to do
• stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
• idle time — computing: period of non-use
• interruption — an act or instance of interrupting.