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Synonyms & Antonyms of quarter
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature
- lived on the edge of the central business quarter
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2
kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it
- the coach told the team to show their opponents no quarter during the championship game
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- atrocity,
- barbarity,
- brutality,
- cruelty,
- sadism,
- savageness,
- savagery,
- truculence,
- viciousness,
- violence,
- wantonness
- cattiness,
- malevolence,
- malice,
- maliciousness,
- malignancy,
- malignity,
- meanness,
- nastiness,
- spite,
- spitefulness,
- spleen
4
quarters plural
the place where one lives
- maintained a level of cleanliness and neatness that was unusual for a bachelor's quarters
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- duplex,
- ranch,
- ranch house,
- saltbox,
- semi
- [chiefly British],
- split level,
- townhome,
- town house,
- tract house,
- triplex
quarter
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of quarter (Entry 2 of 2)
to provide with living quarters or shelter
- the militia is being quartered just outside the city
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The first known use of quarter was in the 14th century
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