Synonyms of fractions

fractions

noun

plural of fraction

as in fragments

a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete

if even a tiny fraction of that cookie broke off and fell into the delicate watch works, it could mess things up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fragments
• pieces
• bits
• scraps
• remnants
• portions
• slivers
• shards
• sections
• segments
• remainders
• molecules
• grains
• particles
• splinters
• shreds
• atoms
• chips
• leftovers
• flakes
• granules
• stubs
• specks
• tatters
• clippings
• flecks
• patches
• shavings
• crumbs
• snippets
• cantles
• parings
• shivers
• scruples
• nuggets
• motes
• oddments
• shatters
• ends
• morsels
• snips
• flyspecks
• nubbins
• dribbles
• tittles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fractions

Higher wholesale prices had a downstream effect on energy consumers, the researchers said, as residential customers paid huge fractions of the spending on transmission built for data centers. — News Editor, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

And fractions become more concrete and relevant when students use them to proportionally allocate government representatives among geographic areas. — Ismar Volić, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026

The Oxford team used ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy, which basically fires laser pulses lasting mere fractions of a second. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

The refresh rate of E Ink panels is on the order of fractions of a second, too slow for any sort of video content, and the display is monochrome to boot. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

In a fast-moving game, players are constantly processing visual information, tracking movement and making decisions in fractions of a second. — George Toh, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Smaller fractions of the money would be directed to the state’s Outdoor Equity Grant Program to help people access the outdoors and to the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office to help create new jobs in the industry. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2026

Mastercard’s Agent Pay for Machines is designed for continuous machine-to-machine transactions, including microtransactions worth fractions of a cent. — Shlomit Wagman, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

The brightly colored insects, native to Australia, are small — just fractions of an inch long — with colors that pop under a microscope. — Brad Balukjian, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026