Synonyms of shards

shards

noun

plural of shard

as in slivers

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

Watch out for the shards of glass on the floor.

Related Words

• slivers
• fragments
• particles
• specks
• flecks
• glimmers
• splashes
• bits
• shades
• sprinklings
• shadows
• splinters
• smells
• hints
• streaks
• rays
• drops
• flakes
• patches
• chips
• traces
• shreds
• sparks
• scraps
• atoms
• crumbs
• grains
• smithereens
• dots
• ounces
• shivers
• parts
• motes
• peanuts
• molecules
• spots
• touches
• drams
• spatters
• scatterings
• granules
• handfuls
• dashes
• little
• syllables
• licks
• semblances
• strains
• scruples
• mites
• minima
• smacks
• sections
• minims
• morsels
• nips
• suspicions
• driblets
• vestiges
• dabs
• smidgens
• snaps
• aces
• nubbins
• bites
• iotas
• soupçons
• jots
• flyspecks
• whits
• portions
• scintillas
• pinches
• tastes
• smatterings
• modicums
• doses
• nibbles
• skoshes
• hoots
• tittles
• clippings
• shavings
• tatters
• smatters
• parings
• shots

Dissimilar Words

• slabs
• chunks
• lumps
• hunks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shards

Students sitting with arms linked at the elbows could only see in shards through a picket of shin guards, restricting their view of the area where classmates and roommates were dragged one by one and zip-tied face down on the spring grass. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Windows had been boarded up to avoid glass shards hurting anyone in case of an explosion. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Smoke continued to rise from the twisted shards of metal, while the remains of the World Trade Center smoldered in a massive pile. — Sophia Leone, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Once the drop trap — a simple wire cage triggered by yanking on a cord — is set up with an enticing mix of sardines and shards of roast chicken on a cardboard tray inside, everyone moves out of sight behind massive logs a few yards away. — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Scientists literally had to pick up the pieces after the wafers containing the solar wind samples shattered into thousands of tiny shards. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Every piece — the pleated wrap top, the shorts adorned with trailing shards of silk chiffon — was hand-dyed or painted and then covered in Swarovski crystals. — Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Space-grade electronics will cost more, and the ball’s shell—made from a material tough enough to roll over steel shards and withstand minus 184 °C temperatures—has never been evaluated in lunar extremes. — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026

Smaller glass shards likely won’t cause symptoms, but bigger pieces with sharp edges run the risk of damaging the throat, stomach and intestines, according to the National Capital Poison Center. — Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026