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Synonyms of fragment

24 similar words · 1 opposite word

Another word for fragment is chip. Other synonyms of fragment are cutting, portion, scrap, chunk and slice.

Synonyms and similar words for fragment

nounA part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.

  • chipA small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
  • lump
  • bitA portion of something.
  • chunkA part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
  • tranche
  • clipSomething which has been clipped from a larger whole.
  • crumbA small piece of any other solid substance.
  • crumblingMaterial that has crumbled away; crumbs.
  • cuttingA section removed from a larger whole.
  • flake
  • hunkA large or dense piece of something.
  • ortA fragment; a scrap of leftover food; any remainder; a piece of refuse.
  • piece
  • piecemealA fragment; a scrap.
  • portionThat which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
  • scrapA (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
  • scrapletA little scrap; a small piece of something.
  • sliceA thin, broad piece cut off.
  • sneadA piece; bit; slice.
  • snippetA small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
  • fleak dialectal, obsoleteA thin piece that is chipped or peeled off from the surface of something else.
  • mammock obsoleteA shapeless piece; a fragment.
  • steck dialectal, obsoleteA piece or an item.

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Opposite of fragment

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  • defragmentTo run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or...

Meaning of fragment

  1. noun A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
  2. noun A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.
  3. noun An incomplete portion of code.

Full definition of fragment

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Questions about synonyms of fragment

What is another word for fragment?
Fragment has 24 synonyms on Word.ws, such as chip, cutting, portion, scrap, chunk, slice, crumbling and hunk.
What is the opposite of fragment?
The opposite of fragment is defragment.
What does fragment mean?
Fragment means a part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.

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