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portion - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | portion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide into pieces |
| Synonyms: | administer, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, deal, dispense, distribute, divvy up*, dole out*, parcel, part, partition, piece, prorate, quota, ration, section, share, shift, mete out |
| Notes: | a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
| Antonyms: | collect, combine, gather, join |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | portion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, destiny |
| Synonyms: | circumstance, cup*, doom, fortune, kismet*, lot*, luck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distribution |
| Synonyms: | allotment, apportionment, appropriation, portion, quota, ration, share |
| Main Entry: | chunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass, slab of something |
| Synonyms: | block, clod, dollop, glob, hunk, lump, nugget, part, piece, portion, wad, gob |
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
| Synonyms: | Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | compartment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section, subdivision |
| Synonyms: | alcove, area, bay, berth, booth, carriage, category, cell, chamber, corner, cubbyhole, cubicle, department, division, hole, locker, niche, nook, part, piece, pigeonhole, place, portion, slot, stall, carrel |
| Main Entry: | constituent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | element |
| Synonyms: | board, component, division, essential, factor, fraction, ingredient, part, part and parcel, portion, principle, unit, fixins, makings, plug-in |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | destiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate |
| Synonyms: | afterlife, break*, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, cup, design, doom, expectation, finality, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, prospect, serendipity, wheel of fortune*, Moirai, breaks, constellation, course of events, divine decree, foreordination, inevitability, predetermination, the stars, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written, world to come |
| Antonyms: | choice, free will, volition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dividend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's share, profit |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, appropriation, bonus, check, coupon, cut*, dispensation, extra, gain, gravy*, interest, lagniappe*, pay, portion, premium, prize, proceeds, reward, surplus, taste*, carrot*, divvy, guerdon, meed, remittance, returns |
| Antonyms: | loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allowance, allocation |
| Synonyms: | allotment, alms, apportionment, benefit, charity, dispensation, distribution, division, donation, gift, grant, gratuity, handout, living wage, mite, modicum, parcel, pittance, portion, quota, relief, share, subsistence, trifle |
| Main Entry: | dollop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump |
| Synonyms: | bit, blob, glob, mass, piece, portion, gob |
| Main Entry: | doom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate or decision, usually unpleasant |
| Synonyms: | Judgment Day, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, circumstance, conclusion, condemnation, death, decree, destination, destiny, destruction, disaster, downfall, end, fortune, judgment, karma, kismet, lot, opinion, portion, predestination, ruin, sentence, tragedy, verdict, Moira, annihilation, fixed future, foreordination, handwriting on wall, lap of the gods, predetermination, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles |
| Main Entry: | excerpt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | citation; something taken from a whole |
| Synonyms: | extract, fragment, notation, note, part, passage, piece, portion, quotation, quote, saying, section, selection, pericope |
| Antonyms: | insert, whole |
| Main Entry: | factor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | determinant |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, aid, antecedent, aspect, board, cause, circumstance, component, consideration, constituent, element, fixin's, influence, ingredient, instrument, instrumentality, item, makin's, means, part, part and parcel, point, portion, thing |
| Main Entry: | fate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predetermined course |
| Synonyms: | break, chance, circumstance, consequence, cup*, destination, destiny, doom, effect, end, ending, fortune, future, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, issue, karma, kismet, lot, luck, nemesis, outcome, portion, predestination, providence, termination, upshot, wheel of fortune*, Moirai, divine will, inescapableness, stars |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fragment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, chip |
| Synonyms: | ace, atom, bit, bite, chunk, crumb, cut, end, fraction, grain, hunk, iota, job*, lump*, morsel, particle, piece, portion, remnant, scrap, share, shiver, shred, slice, sliver, gob, minim, smithereen |
| Antonyms: | entirety, total, whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heritage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's background, tradition |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, bequest, birthright, convention, culture, custom, endowment, estate, fashion, inheritance, legacy, lot, patrimony, portion, right, share, tradition, dowry, heirship, heritance |
| Main Entry: | hunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chunk of solid material |
| Synonyms: | batch, bit, block, bulk, bunch, clod, glob, loaf, lump, mass, morsel, nugget, piece, pile, portion, quantity, slab, slice, wad, wedge, a lot, gob, large piece, loads |
| Main Entry: | installment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, section |
| Synonyms: | chapter, division, earnest, episode, payment, portion, repayment, token, partial payment |
| Antonyms: | whole |
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