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portion

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of portion

1 a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand

  • he had always just assumed that lifelong bachelorhood would be his portion
Synonyms of portion

circumstance, destiny, doom, fate, fortune, kismet, lot
Words Related to portion

accident, casualty [archaic], chance, hap, happenchance, happenstance, hazard, luck

predestination

aftereffect, aftermath, conclusion, consequence, development, effect, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot

2 one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled

  • equal portions of the studentsʼ day are devoted to study, recreation, and sleep
Synonyms of portion

member, part, partition, section, segment
Words Related to portion

component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, moiety, parcel

cut, length

bit, fragment, particle, scrap
Near Antonyms of portion

whole

aggregate, composite, compound, sum, total, totality

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

  • each camper gets an equal portion of the food
Synonyms of portion

allotment, allowance, cut, end, part, piece, proportion, quota, share, slice, take
Words Related to portion

lot, ration

commission, percentage

member, partition, section, segment
Phrases Synonymous with portion

piece of the action
Near Antonyms of portion

aggregate, composite, compound, pool, sum, total, totality

whole

Synonym Discussion of portion

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

portion

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of portion

to give out (something) to appropriate individuals

  • portioned out the medical supplies equally
Synonyms of portion

administer, allocate, apportion, deal (out), dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, mete (out), parcel (out), prorate
Words Related to portion

admeasure, allot, allow, appropriate, assign, dish out, divide, divvy (up), dollop (out), lot, measure (out), part, proportion, ration, redistribute, set, share (out), split

bestow, disburse, furnish, issue, provide, share, supply

circulate, disperse, disseminate, scatter, spread

chip in, contribute, donate, pledge

reallocate, reapportion
Near Antonyms of portion

begrudge, decline, deny, deprive (of), disallow, refuse, reject, withhold

niggle (out), pinch, skimp, stint
Antonyms of portion

misallocate

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