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

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

Floating islands exist all over the world in wetlands, where shards of shore often break off into the water. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026

But globs of liquid mercury worked just fine to show the melting shards coming together, even though its toxicity meant the special effects crew had to wear protective gear over the two-day shoot. — ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026