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

Using a grater, grate the butter into pieces over flour mixture, tossing to coat butter. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 7 July 2026

Freeze Pop flavors mixed with lemonade and oat milk, topped with sweet cold foam and dragonfruit pieces for a nostalgic, fruity sip. — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Trying new decor trends is fun, but designers believe choosing timeless base pieces is still the best way to approach patio—and any other—design. — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 July 2026

Again, the star was drawn to Louise Trotter’s powerful, sharp pieces, which embed her women with a sense of regality. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 July 2026

Her guests answered with six-figure diamonds, custom pieces and, in Hayley Kiyoko’s case, a $55 ring. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 July 2026

Consulting a design on a computer screen, the workers arranged the numbered pieces — from 14 inches to 12 feet long — into a grid on an oversize worktable and attached them with rapid nail gun blasts. — Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Nintendo sold nearly 137 million pieces of Switch software in the last fiscal year, a number that’s still roughly 58 percent of its annual software sales peak. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026

Among his favorite Star Wars pieces are two Master Replicas AT-AT (All Terrain Armored Transport) models inspired by the original props from The Empire Strikes Back. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Verb

The musician noted that his tattoo artist, Roxx, had told him that pieces this large usually take around two years to complete. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026

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

Bieber poses in matching bras and underwear with little beyond the seamless background, straightforward lighting and the cotton pieces themselves in the frame. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 22 June 2026

As Sullivan pieces those holdovers from the previous regime together with his first full free agency class in 2027 and a second draft class, the roster could really start to come together in another year. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026

Phrases Containing pieces

• go to pieces
• to pieces