SHARD Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

shard

noun

Definition of shard

as in sliver

a small sharp piece of something (such as glass or pottery) Watch out for the shards of glass on the floor.

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Recent Examples of shard With grit and one-liners, this American hero navigates air vents and glass shards to save the day. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Two GB10s leverage a software technology called tensor parallelism to split, or shard, an AI model across both machines, harnessing them as a team to share the load and deliver results. — Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026 The genetic blood disease can feel like shards of glass racing through veins, attacking every organ, Ogunsile said. — Larry Seward, CBS News, 29 June 2026 Hall had shards of glass in his chest when he was found, per Utilma Hora. — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for shard

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Noun

Who'd have thought that this thin sliver of soft sand would be the most popular beach on the island, and by far?

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
By the end of the night, the room full of sweaty bodies was left basking in the gift of Madonna, feeling just one small sliver of a wider moment that has gone on to completely transcend conventional pop expectation.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 14 July 2026

Definition of sliver

Noun

Some critics worry that expanding certificates will reduce higher education to workforce training or fragment learning into disconnected pieces.

— David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Peptides—the tiny protein fragments that users inject to try to speed up recovery, boost energy, or slow aging—are all the rage.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Definition of fragment

Noun

The spacecraft also measures the distribution of gas in the outer heliosphere, the expansive, protective bubble formed by a steady stream of particles that release from the sun called the solar wind.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Dangers from wildfire smoke Smoke is made up of tiny particles that can be inhaled deep into a person's lungs and even enter the bloodstream.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 16 July 2026

Definition of particle

Noun

Tucked into the foothills above Point Dome, the property is listed for a speck under $5 million.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 July 2026
Rather than waiting several years to look at the object through the VLT once more, Sutlieff, Bonse and their colleagues dove into older, archival imagery of the star system, looking for signs of their speck.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 July 2026

Definition of speck

Noun

Burns, one of the team’s few bright spots this year, gives a glimmer of hope to the future in a season that has offered little.

— C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 17 July 2026
But forthcoming elections in Israel and the territory controlled by the Palestinian Authority provide a glimmer of hope.

— Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

Definition of glimmer

Noun

And teach kids not to drink from the pool or treat splash-pad spouts like drinking fountains.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 20 July 2026
Krinsky said these hires have gotten Reebok several headlines—plus a Netflix documentary—but O’Neal and Iverson are with the company for more than a big PR splash.

— Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of splash

Noun

Fair Oaks’ famous chickens roam the property, pecking up shreds of lettuce that inevitably fall from the sandwiches.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Unlike our northern neighbors that have made chili cheese coneys a whole thing, these so-not-Cincinnati chili dogs don't carry a shred of cheese.

— USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 15 July 2026

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