Synonyms of pieces

pieces 1 of 2

noun

plural of piece

1

as in fragments

a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete

a piece of stone fell from the crumbling wall

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in works

a literary, musical, or artistic production

presented a new interpretation of the piece by Mozart

Synonyms & Similar Words

• works
• compositions
• numbers
• opera
• masterpieces
• sketches
• showpieces
• classics
• models
• études
• outlines
• magnum opuses
• pièces de résistance
• oeuvres
• canons
• corpora

3

as in guns

a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder

carrying a piece under his coat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guns
• firearms
• rifles
• arms
• small arms
• pistols
• handguns
• heat
• revolvers
• zip guns
• shotguns
• rods
• muskets
• machine guns
• fieldpieces
• derringers
• machine pistols
• firelocks
• submachine guns
• matchlocks
• culverins
• blunderbusses
• six-guns
• gats
• smoothbores
• harquebuses
• flintlocks
• tommy guns
• assault weapons
• breechloaders
• semiautomatics
• assault rifles
• sidearms
• carbines
• six-shooters
• forty-fives
• roscoes
• self-loaders
• repeaters
• automatics
• spearguns
• twenty-twos
• AK-47s

4

as in portions

something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group

believes his piece of the profits should be higher

Synonyms & Similar Words

• portions
• parts
• shares
• proportions
• percentages
• slices
• quotas
• allowances
• allotments
• cuts
• pieces of the action
• takes
• sections
• ends
• segments
• rations
• members
• lots
• commissions
• partitions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• compounds
• totals
• sums
• composites
• aggregates
• pools
• totalities
• wholes

pieces

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of piece

as in constructs

to form by putting together parts or materials

you might want to piece together a quilt from those odd patches of cloth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• constructs
• builds
• assembles
• makes
• designs
• creates
• manufactures
• erects
• fabricates
• sets up
• shapes
• produces
• confects
• makes up
• establishes
• frames
• rears
• molds
• coins
• fashions
• raises
• puts together
• rebuilds
• hammers
• puts up
• generates
• fathers
• handcrafts
• institutes
• organizes
• prefabricates
• reassembles
• forges
• carpenters
• originates
• concocts
• reconstructs
• founds
• begins
• constitutes
• invents
• devises
• imagines
• thinks (up)
• cooks (up)
• initiates
• innovates
• conceives
• combines
• rigs (up)
• contrives
• inaugurates
• retrofits
• throws up
• reedifies
• unites
• jerry-builds
• redevelops

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• levels
• tears down
• disassembles
• knocks down
• dismantles
• takes down
• dismembers
• strikes
• ruins
• wrecks
• pulls down
• smashes
• destroys
• pulverizes
• shatters
• flattens
• demounts
• demolishes
• devastates
• razes
• explodes
• detaches
• blows up
• divides
• separates
• ruinates
• disengages
• disconnects
• disjoins
• disunites

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pieces

Noun

Throw the pieces into a zip-top bag along with lemon (juice and slices), olive oil, a minced shallot, some Parmesan, and salt and pepper. —Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Apr. 2026

Those pieces of software, among other things, power operating systems and transfer data for things connected to the internet. —Huo Jingnan, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026

Best Top Deals Loft’s top selection is full of breezy blouses, everyday basics, and versatile layering pieces that’ll serve you on the ground and in the sky. —Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026

Scalping the lawn can assist doveweed's spread by cutting up pieces that root all over the lawn. —Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026

Expect recognizable pieces from the likes of Dalí, El Greco, Monet, Picasso, and Rembrandt. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026

These pieces, written for piano in the late 1880s, have a spectral beauty that defies language. —Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 11 Apr. 2026

Older pieces by Ronen Koresh and Del Dominguez with Laura Flores complete the night. —Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026

More recently, Indigenous peoples such as the Chumash and the Yokuts used asphalt to make face paint, game pieces, glue, and waterproofing caulk for boats and baskets. —Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026

Verb

The director pieces the film together in elliptical fashion. —Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2025

Phrases Containing pieces

• go to pieces
• to pieces