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chip

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of chip

1 a small flat piece separated from a whole
  • Wood chips were spread over the ground between the plants.
Synonyms of chip

flake, sliver, splint, splinter
Words Related to chip

bit, disk (or disc), fragment, part, particle, portion, scrap, section, shard

flinders, shiver, smithereens

shred, tatter

clipping, paring, shave, shaving, snippet

leaf, sheet, slice
Near Antonyms of chip

chunk, hunk, lump, slab
2 a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface
  • Watch out for the chip on the rim of that drinking glass.
Synonyms of chip

hack, indent, indentation, kerf, nick, notch
Words Related to chip

groove, score, undercut

slit, slot
3 chips plural something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
  • He was in the chips after hitting it big in the lottery.
Synonyms of chip

bread [slang], bucks, cash, change, coin, currency, dough, gold, green, jack [slang], legal tender, lucre, money, pelf, tender, wampum
Words Related to chip

coinage, specie

paper money, scrip

banknote, cashier's check, check, draft, money order, note, promissory note

bill, dollar, greenback

bankroll, capital, finances, funds, wad, wallet

mite, peanuts, pittance, shoestring

bundle, fortune, king's ransom, mint, pile, pot

opulence, riches, treasure, wealth

resources, wherewithal

petty cash, pin money, pocket money, spending money

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