Synonyms of shreds

shreds 1 of 2

noun

plural of shred

as in splashes

a very small amount

the vandals showed not a shred of decency

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• piles
• loads
• bundles
• masses
• mountains
• quantities
• heaps
• stacks
• bushels
• reams
• lots
• rafts
• barrels
• fistfuls
• gobs
• wads
• buckets
• deals
• pecks
• scads
• messes
• oodles
• abundances
• boatloads
• volumes
• wealths
• much
• lashings
• excesses
• profusions
• chunks
• plenties
• surpluses
• potfuls
• passels
• overflows
• slabs
• superfluities
• embarrassments
• hunks
• overmuch
• bonanzas
• lumps
• overages
• surfeits
• overkills
• overabundances
• oversupplies
• superabundances

shreds

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of shred

as in rips

to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it

shredded some cooked chicken for the soup

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rips
• tears
• rends
• ribbons
• tatters
• splits
• rives
• breaks
• cleaves
• cuts
• ruptures
• slashes
• lacerates
• dissects
• dismembers
• incises
• mangles
• hacks
• gashes
• butchers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shreds

Noun

The pork chop came with an unfamiliar vegetable, shreds of a green stalk. — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026

How to Grate Zucchini Once grated, the one large zucchini for this recipe should come out to about 1 ¾ cups of shreds. — Martha Stewart, 30 July 2026

To get on Fauci’s good side was to earn his confidence, his respect, and the benefits of his network of resources; to land on his bad side was to be carved into shreds inside his office, the worst of his rampages audible through the closed door. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

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

Consider pairing yielding fruits like nectarines with crisper specimens like apples, even softer fruits like bananas or cherimoya or crunchier additions like passionfruit pulp or shreds of coconut. — Cooking Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

There's one day left of food in the fridge, a flood in the basement, a hole in the ceiling and a group of people who are clinging to the last shreds of hope for the future. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 25 June 2026

Watching the chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation rip Tom Skerritt’s character to shreds on live TV would make for extremely spicy viewing. — Eric Berger & Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 31 May 2026

Angie is made more complex inside a later version, who is bruised and angry, ready to rip any and everyone to shreds. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 29 May 2026

Verb

Dupuis still shreds on 1331, but her guitar takes a supporting role this time, churning along with the industrial percussion that powers the catchy but often chorusless tracks. — Grace Robins-Somerville, Pitchfork, 14 July 2026

Keanu Reeves shreds on stage alongside his band, Dogstar, at the Tons of Rock festival in Oslo on June 26. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026

The Food Processor quickly chops, slices, and shreds a wide array of ingredients for unlimited culinary creations, while the Coffee & Spice Grinder efficiently grinds coffee beans, spices, and herbs for superior flavor and potency. — ABC News, 22 June 2026

The Suretivian Shredder Tool quickly and efficiently shreds chicken, pork, and other meats, earning nearly 20,000 five-star ratings. — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 23 May 2026

Meanwhile, male athletes get ripped to shreds 24/7 on television, radio, podcasts and social media without anyone questioning whether the existence of criticism itself is harmful to the sport. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026

This is the kind of corruption that shreds the fabric of a nation. — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026

In competition, Kim shreds with a glowing confidence. — Aaron Tolentino, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026

Williams cheerfully shreds the culture’s postlapsarian fantasies of childhood. — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026