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Synonyms of snippet

24 similar words

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

Synonyms and similar words for snippet

nounA small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.

  • excerptA clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.
  • cuttingA section removed from a larger whole.
  • 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.
  • tranche
  • clipSomething which has been clipped from a larger whole.
  • crumbA small piece of any other solid substance.
  • crumblingMaterial that has crumbled away; crumbs.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.

Meaning of snippet

  1. noun A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
  2. noun A text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase.
  3. verb To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt.

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Questions about synonyms of snippet

What is another word for snippet?
Snippet has 24 synonyms on Word.ws, such as chip, cutting, portion, scrap, chunk, fragment, excerpt and slice.
What does snippet mean?
Snippet means a small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: snippet (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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