Thesaurus

part, portion, piece, member, division, section, segment, fragment mean something less than the whole. part is a general term appropriate when indefiniteness is required.

- they ran only part of the way

portion implies an assigned or allotted part.

- cut the pie into six portions

piece applies to a separate or detached part of a whole.

- a puzzle with 500 pieces

member suggests one of the functional units composing a body.

- a structural member

division applies to a large or diversified part.

- the manufacturing division of the company

section applies to a relatively small or uniform part.

- the entertainment section of the newspaper

segment applies to a part separated or marked out by or as if by natural lines of cleavage.

- the retired segment of the population

fragment applies to a part produced by or as if by breaking off.

- only a fragment of the play still exists

part

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of part

1 to go or move in different directions from a central point

after traveling together for three weeks, we parted at Rome

Synonyms of part

branch (out), diverge, divide, fork, separate, spread

Words Related to part

bestrew, break up, broadcast, clear out, disband, dispel, disperse, dissipate, distribute, scatter, sow

distance, recede, retreat

Near Antonyms of part

assemble, gather, meet

Antonyms of part

converge, join

2 to leave a place often for another

parted with great ceremony but with little preparation for the dangers that lay ahead

Synonyms of part

bail, bail out, begone, book [slang], bug off, bug out, bugger off [British slang], buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, dig out, exit, get, get off, go, go off, move, pack (up or off), peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, run along, sally (forth), scarper [British], shove (off), step (along), take off, vamoose, walk out

Words Related to part

set out, start, strike out

abscond, decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, mizzle [chiefly British], run away, scat, scram, skip

go out, light out, step out

abandon, desert, forsake, vacate

emigrate

adjourn, remove, retire, retreat, withdraw

Phrases Synonymous with part

beat it, hit the road, pull stakes (or pull up stakes), take a hike (also take a walk), take a powder

Near Antonyms of part

abide, dwell, lodge, remain, settle, stay, tarry

approach, close, near

hit, land, reach

Antonyms of part

arrive, come, show up, turn up

3 to set or force apart

parted the prongs with pliers

Synonyms of part

break up, decouple, disassociate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, ramify, resolve, separate, sever, split, sunder, uncouple, unlink, unyoke

Words Related to part

break down, decompose, disassemble, disintegrate, dissolve

bifurcate, bisect, cleave, dichotomize, dissect, fractionalize, fractionate, halve, partition, quarter, segment, subdivide, trisect

fragment, fragmentate, fragmentize

break, fracture, pull, rend, rift, rip, rive, rupture, tear

cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, sequester

detach, disengage, disentangle, unravel, untie

Near Antonyms of part

assemble, associate, blend, combine, mingle, mix

connect, couple

accumulate, agglutinate, attach, bind, cement, close, fasten, fuse, knit, stick, weld

Antonyms of part

join, link, unify, unite

4 to stop living

before I part, I hope I have the opportunity to say my good-byes

Synonyms of part

check out, conk (out), croak [slang], decease, demise, depart, die, drop, end, exit, expire, fall, flatline, go, kick in [slang], kick off [slang], pass (on), pass away, peg out [chiefly British], perish, pop off, step out, succumb

Words Related to part

predecease

consume, disappear, dry up, fade, fail

Phrases Synonymous with part

bite the dust, buy it (or buy the farm), give up the ghost, kick the bucket, snuff it [British]

Near Antonyms of part

come to, revive

linger

be, exist, subsist

flourish, prosper, thrive

Antonyms of part

breathe, live

Synonym Discussion of part

separate, part, divide, sever, sunder, divorce mean to become or cause to become disunited or disjointed. separate may imply any of several causes such as dispersion, removal of one from others, or presence of an intervening thing.