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moiety - 12 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | clan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family, clique |
| Synonyms: | association, band, bunch, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, folks, gang, group, house, mob, moiety, organization, outfit, race, ring, sect, set, society, sodality, stock, tribe, insiders, kinfolks |
| Main Entry: | half |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one of two equal parts of a whole |
| Synonyms: | division, fraction, moiety, bisection, fifty percent, hemisphere |
| Notes: | half is one of two equal parts of a divisible whole; halve means to divide by two |
| Main Entry: | section |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | division, portion |
| Synonyms: | area, belt, bite, branch, category, chunk, classification, component, cross section, cut, department, district, drag, end, field, fraction, fragment, hunk, installment, lump, member, moiety, parcel, part, passage, piece, precinct, quarter, region, sample, sector, segment, share, slice, slot, sphere, split, subdivision, territory, tier, tract, vicinity, zone, locality |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | segment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part of something |
| Synonyms: | articulation, bit, compartment, cut, division, member, moiety, parcel, piece, portion, section, sector, slice, subdivision, wedge |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece |
| Synonyms: | atom, butt, chicken feed*, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, parcel, part, particle, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, section, segment, share, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, trace, trickle, driblet, peanuts, shard, shaving, tittle |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | part |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece, portion of something |
| Synonyms: | allotment, any, apportionment, articulation, atom, bit, bite, branch, chip, chunk, component, constituent, cut, department, detail, division, element, extra, factor, fraction, fragment, helping, hunk, ingredient, installment, item, limb, lot, lump, measure, member, moiety, molecule, organ, parcel, particle, partition, piece, quantum, quota, ration, scrap, section, sector, segment, share, side, slab, slice, sliver, splinter, subdivision, unit, meed, module |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | piece |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part |
| Synonyms: | allotment, bit, bite, chunk, cut, division, dole, end, example, fraction, fragment, half, hunk, instance, interest, iota, item, length, lot, lump, member, moiety, morsel, parcel, percentage, portion, quantity, quota, sample, scrap, section, segment, share, shred, slice, specimen, gob, smithereen |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | portion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | share, cut, ration |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allotment, allowance, apportionment, bang, bit, chunk, division, divvy, drag*, dram, excerpt, extract, fix, fraction, fragment, gob, helping, hit, hunk, lagniappe, lion's share, lot, lump, measure, meed, member, moiety, morsel, parcel, part, piece, piece of action, plum, quantity, quantum, quota, scrap, section, segment, serving, shot*, slug*, smithereen, taste |
| Antonyms: | all, entirety, whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | societal group, background |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, birth, breed, caliber, caste, circle, clan, clique, club, company, condition, connection, coterie, degree, derivation, descent, estate, extraction, family, genealogy, grade, hierarchy, influence, league, lineage, moiety, nobility, origin, pecking order*, pedigree, pigeonhole*, place, position, prestige, quality, sect, source, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stock, strain, stratum, tier, title, bourgeoisie, cultural level, intelligentsia, social rank, the right stuff |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | division |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something produced from separating |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, associate, border, boundary, branch, category, chunk, class, compartment, cut, degree, demarcation, department, divide, dividend, end, fraction, fragment, head, kind, lobe, lump, member, moiety, offshoot, parcel, partition, piece, portion, ramification, section, sector, segment, share, slice, sort, split, subdivision, wedge, divider, dividing line, divvy, grouping, piece of action, rake-off |
| Antonyms: | system, whole |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of profit |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, bite, chop*, division, kickback*, lot, member, moiety, part, percentage, piece, quota, section, segment, share, slice, partage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parcel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, piece |
| Synonyms: | bite, chunk, cut, division, lion's share, member, moiety, piece of the action, portion, rake-off, section, segment, slice |
| Antonyms: | whole |
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