Synonyms of shard

shard

noun

as in sliver

a small sharp piece of something (such as glass or pottery)

Watch out for the shards of glass on the floor.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sliver
• fragment
• particle
• speck
• glimmer
• splash
• fleck
• shred
• sprinkling
• hint
• splinter
• shade
• smell
• ray
• streak
• bit
• drop
• shadow
• patch
• flake
• trace
• chip
• spark
• smack
• atom
• scrap
• scattering
• ounce
• grain
• dram
• minimum
• spot
• dot
• crumb
• touch
• mote
• molecule
• shiver
• smithereens
• scintilla
• whit
• peanuts
• handful
• spatter
• suspicion
• strain
• syllable
• dash
• semblance
• mite
• lick
• modicum
• scruple
• morsel
• granule
• iota
• vestige
• minim
• section
• dab
• little
• ace
• jot
• tittle
• part
• smidgeon
• portion
• smidgin
• tad
• pinch
• snap
• smidgen
• nip
• smidge
• soupçon
• bite
• taste
• nibble
• nubbin
• dose
• flyspeck
• smattering
• driblet
• hoot
• skosh
• smatter
• clipping
• paring
• tatter
• shaving
• shot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slab
• lump
• chunk
• hunk

Examples of shard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Foreign Body Injuries All kinds of foreign bodies can get in the eye, from a speck of sand or eyelash to flying debris, such as a shard of glass that can land on the surface and even become embedded. —Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024

Per the paper, four of the shards contain unusually high concentrations of elements like copper, zinc, nickel, tin, mercury, gold and lead. —Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024

Four of the shards contained higher concentrations of elements than expected, including nickel, copper, zinc, tin, mercury, gold and lead, the researchers reported Wednesday in the journal Heritage Science. —Ashley Strickland, CNN, 27 July 2024

There was no grass or even bare earth to lie on and the shards of stone dug at my body in 100 places. —Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 25 July 2024

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