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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Verb

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

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

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

Phrases Containing pieces

• go to pieces
• to pieces