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noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of section

1 an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature
  • Several abandoned warehouses in the city's industrial section are being converted into art galleries and artists' lofts.
Synonyms of section

district, neighborhood, quarter
Words Related to section

belt, zone

department, division, part

precinct, ward

area, backyard, locality, place, region

barrio, enclave, ghetto, hood (or 'hood)
2 one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled
  • We had trouble fitting the sections of the bookcase together.
Synonyms of section

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

component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, parcel

bit, fragment, particle, scrap
Near Antonyms of section

whole

aggregate, composite, compound, sum, total, totality

Synonym Discussion of section

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

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