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Synonyms of portion

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

Synonyms and similar words for portion

nounThat which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

  • partA fraction of a whole.
  • pieceA part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
  • bitA portion of something.
  • chipA small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
  • chunkA part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
  • trancheA slice, section or portion.
  • 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
  • fragmentA part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
  • hunkA large or dense piece of something.
  • lump
  • ort
  • piecemealA fragment; a scrap.
  • 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.

nounOne's fate; lot.

  • doomDestiny, especially terrible.
  • fortuneDestiny, especially favorable.
  • destinyThat to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by...
  • fatalityThat which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.
  • fateDestiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
  • foredoomA doom that is predicted; destiny.
  • foreordinationPrevious ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
  • kismetFate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
  • lotThat which happens without human design or forethought.
  • orlayFate, destiny.
  • predestinationDestiny or fate.
  • preordinationThe state or process of things being preordained.
  • qadarDivine intervention in the affairs of humans; fate, predestination.
  • wyrdFate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context.
  • chance archaicWhat befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
  • destin obsolete
  • predestiny obsoletePredestination.
  • weird archaicFate; destiny; luck.

verbMore synonyms

  • apportion
  • divide
  • divide upTo divide, particularly into separate shares for distribution.
  • divvyTo divide into portions.
  • divvy upTo divide up: to divide, particularly into separate shares for distribution.

Meaning of portion

  1. noun An allocated amount.
  2. noun That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
  3. noun One's fate; lot.

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Questions about synonyms of portion

What is another word for portion?
Portion has 47 synonyms on Word.ws, such as part, piece, chip, cutting, scrap, chunk, fragment and slice.
What does portion mean?
Portion means an allocated amount.

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