Synonyms of sections

sections 1 of 2

noun

plural of section

1

as in districts

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 & Similar Words

• districts
• neighborhoods
• quarters
• zones
• areas
• precincts
• parts
• regions
• departments
• nabes
• belts
• divisions
• localities
• wards
• enclaves
• ghettos
• hoods
• places
• backyards
• barrios

2

as in parts

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

had trouble fitting the sections of the bookcase together

Synonyms & Similar Words

• parts
• portions
• segments
• members
• elements
• components
• partitions
• lengths
• ingredients
• factors
• constituents
• fragments
• moieties
• particles
• parcels
• cuts
• bits
• scraps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

sections

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of section

as in fragments

Related Words

• parts
• fragments
• separates
• severs
• splinters
• mushrooms
• breaks up
• dissevers
• unlinks
• smashes
• shatters
• balloons
• bursts
• burgeons
• goes off
• pops
• cracks
• splits
• explodes
• shreds
• snaps
• tears
• detonates
• blows up
• rips
• rends
• ruptures
• crumps
• rives
• tatters
• cleaves
• blows
• breaks

Dissimilar Words

• couples
• connects
• combines
• collapses
• associates
• chains
• fuses
• links (up)
• unites
• joins
• unifies
• knits
• mates
• mixes
• conjugates
• yokes
• coalesces
• blends
• compounds
• marries
• splices
• conjoins
• assembles
• implodes
• hooks
• interfuses
• mingles
• hitches
• recombines
• rejoins
• reconnects
• reunites
• reunifies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sections

Noun

With both Better Homes & Gardens and Woman & Home publishing explainers, the term is primed to migrate into big-box home sections, subscription boxes and gift guides over the next holiday cycle. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026

The team broke down Mario’s possible path through a level into individual sections, each corresponding to a calculation instruction of the counting machine. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026

Folding the two sections keeps it compact enough for a pocket or toolbox while still offering enough length for most quick measurements when unfolded. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026

The film has nine composers, each of whom scored specific sections of the story. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Other major sections include A Window On Asian Cinema, Korean Cinema Today, World Cinema, Wide Angle, focusing on short films and documentaries, and Midnight Passion. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

While the weather didn’t affect the show, the lawn sections in the back were very muddy. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026

Revelers lock arms and sing together, climbing onto benches to dance as entire sections of a tent seem to move as one. — Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

One, called ‘community’, had 12 sub-sections, including ‘neighbours’. — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026