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| Main Entry: | share |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, allotment |
| Synonyms: | allowance, apportionment, bite, chunk, claim, commission, contribution, cut, cut in, cut up, divide, dividend, division, dose, drag*, due, end, fraction, fragment, helping, heritage, interest, lagniappe, lot, measure, parcel, part, percentage, piece, pittance, plum, proportion, quantum, quota, quotient, ration, segment, serving, slice, split, stake, taste, whack*, divvy, fifty-fifty*, halver, meed, partage, points, quotum, rake-off |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | share |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use in common with others |
| Synonyms: | accord, administer, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, deal, dispense, distribute, divide, divvy up*, dole out, experience, part, partake, participate, partition, prorate, quota, ration, receive, shift, slice, split, split up, yield, be a party to, cut the pie, divide with, divvy, give and take, give out, go Dutch, go fifty-fifty, go halves, go in with, have a hand in, have a portion of, mete out, parcel out, pay half, piece up, slice up, take a part of |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, be selfish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign; divide among |
| Synonyms: | allot, apportion, appropriate, budget, cut, designate, dish out*, earmark, give, mete, share, slice, admeasure, divvy, set aside |
| Notes: | to allocate something is to set it aside for a specific purpose; to allot something is to give it with an implied restriction and an understanding of sharing |
| Antonyms: | keep, keep together |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distribution |
| Synonyms: | allotment, apportionment, appropriation, portion, quota, ration, share |
| Main Entry: | allot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign; give portion |
| Synonyms: | allocate, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, budget, cut, designate, distribute, dole, earmark, mete, share, shell out*, slice, split up, admeasure, cut the pie, divvy, set aside |
| Antonyms: | disallow, keep, retain, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allotment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion assigned or given |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allowance, apportionment, appropriation, bite, chunk, cut, end, grant, lot, measure, part, piece, quota, ration, share, slice, split, stint*, cut of pie, piece of the action, rake off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | divvy up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide |
| Synonyms: | allocate, apportion, cut, dole out, share, split, cut up the pie, go halves, measure out, mete out |
| 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: | dole out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allocate, distribute |
| Synonyms: | administer, allot, apportion, assign, deal, dispense, disperse, divide, give, hand out, lot, measure, mete, parcel, partition, share, deal out, divvy, mete out, share out |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather, hoard, hold |
| Main Entry: | dose |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of drug or other consumable |
| Synonyms: | application, dram, fill, fix*, hit*, lot, measure, measurement, nip*, potion, prescription, quantity, share, shot*, slug*, dosage, draught, spoonful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | empathize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | identify with |
| Synonyms: | comprehend, feel for, imagine, put oneself in another's place, relate to, share, stand in one's shoes, suffer with, sympathize, understand |
| Main Entry: | fee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charge for service or privilege |
| Synonyms: | account, ante*, bill, bite*, chunk*, commission, compensation, consideration, cost, cut*, emolument, end*, expense, gravy*, handle, hire, honorarium, house*, juice*, pay, payment, percentage, piece*, price, recompense, remuneration, reward, salary, share, slice*, stipend, take*, toll, wage, piece of the action, rake-off, take-in |
* = 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: | gain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acquisition, winnings |
| Synonyms: | accretion, accrual, accumulation, achievement, addition, advance, advancement, advantage, attainment, benefit, boost, buildup, cut, dividend, earnings, emolument, gravy*, growth, headway*, hike*, improvement, income, increase, increment, lucre, payoff, proceeds, produce, profit, progress, receipts, return, rise, share, take, up*, velvet*, yield, upping |
| Antonyms: | expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, loss, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | helping |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of food |
| Synonyms: | allowance, course, dollop, meal, order, piece, ration, serving, share, plateful |
| 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: | kickback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bribe |
| Synonyms: | cut, gift, graft, oil*, payment, payoff, payola, percentage, recompense, reward, share, money under the table |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | administer, distribute |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, allow, apportion, assign, deal, dispense, divide, dole, give, lot, measure, parcel, portion, ration, share, admeasure |
| Main Entry: | participate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take part in activity |
| Synonyms: | aid, chip in*, come in, compete, concur, cooperate, engage, enter into, go into, partake, perform, play, share, strive, associate with, be a participant, be a party to, be into, engage in, get in on, get in on the act, have a hand in, have to do with, join in, latch on, lend a hand, sit in on, sit in*, take an interest in, tune in |
| Antonyms: | observe, watch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | partition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | divider, division |
| Synonyms: | allotment, apportionment, barrier, detachment, disconnection, dissolution, distribution, hindrance, obstruction, parting, portion, rupture, screen, segregation, separation, share, wall, disunion, dividing, rationing, severance, splitting |
| Antonyms: | attachment, juncture, union, unity |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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