Synonyms of proportions

proportions 1 of 2

noun

plural of proportion

1

as in portions

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

the players argue that they aren't getting the proportion of the league's profits that are due to them

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in ratios

the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things

the proportion of length to width for those screens was usually three to two

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ratios
• rates
• frequencies
• averages
• percentages
• correspondences

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disproportions

3

as in dimensions

the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something

the exact proportions of the room were critical

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dimensions
• sizes
• measurements
• magnitudes
• measures
• areas
• extents
• bulks
• masses
• amplitudes
• volumes
• immensities

proportions

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of proportion

1

as in parts

Related Words

• portions
• parts
• lots
• measures (out)
• splits
• divides
• hands out
• shares (out)
• deals (out)
• doles out
• issues
• apportions
• admeasures
• redistributes
• rations
• appropriates
• dishes out
• allots
• parcels (out)
• supplies
• shares
• assigns
• dispenses
• sets
• metes (out)
• prorates
• distributes
• provides
• allocates
• furnishes
• allows
• divvies (up)
• dollops (out)
• disburses
• bestows
• administers
• contributes
• disseminates
• spreads
• disperses
• chips in
• scatters
• circulates
• pledges
• reapportions
• donates
• reallocates

Dissimilar Words

• declines
• refuses
• deprives (of)
• denies
• rejects
• misallocates
• withholds
• begrudges
• disallows
• pinches
• skimps
• stints
• niggles (out)

2

as in balances

Related Words

• balances
• pairs
• orders
• squares
• equalizes
• correlates
• standardizes
• aligns
• blends
• matches
• suits
• merges
• arrays
• regularizes
• evens
• combines
• arranges
• dovetails
• fits
• adapts
• tunes
• synthesizes
• fuses
• unifies
• keys
• integrates
• connects
• synchronizes
• coordinates
• unites
• orchestrates
• reconciles
• joins
• conforms
• harmonizes
• accommodates
• attunes
• conciliates

Dissimilar Words

• disorders
• skews
• upsets
• disorganizes
• disrupts
• disturbs
• disharmonizes
• confuses
• disarrays
• estranges
• alienates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of proportions

Noun

What Jefferson envisaged, in contrast, was an unyielding north-south grid of continental proportions. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

From the tiny unit of matter—the atom, invisible to the eye—comes an explosion of colossal proportions. — Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

Interesting trompe-l’oeil denim prints on fine leather showed up on lace-ups and slingbacks, and Choi also played with proportions of the Drop heel, which has quickly become a house signature. — Katie Abel, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

The place looks like a château stretched to king-size American SUV proportions. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2026

What begins as a trivial disagreement reaches new proportions regarding how far a lack of dialogue can drive people. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

What started as a wind shift in a remote stretch of the western Pacific Ocean nine months ago has developed into an El Niño of record proportions. — Ben Noll, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2026

Over time, this has led retrotransposons to make up large proportions of a host genome in some cases; for example, nearly half of the human genome is retrotransposons. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

The silhouette feels extremely polished, helping to balance proportions and making the legs appear nearly model-like in length. — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 17 Sep. 2026