SLICE Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in sample

a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole the novel's multitudinous array of characters constitute a veritable slice of humanity

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Relevance

as in cutting

a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting took a slice from the cake before passing it down the table

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as in portion

something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group there's a pile of money to be made on this land deal, and everybody's trying to get their slice

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slice

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verb

ˈslīs

as in to chop

to cut into long slender pieces slice the carrot into tiny strips

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as in to slit

to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) the shard of glass sliced my hand, and I started bleeding profusely

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Recent Examples of slice

Noun

In the early nineteenth century, after Egyptian peasants happened upon ancient fragments, archaeologists began to look in such places for pieces of manuscript, which could vary in size from a few letters to a slice of text. —

Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026 Finishing Touches Serve your homemade pizzas with a side of prosciutto e melone—a classic Italian dish that consists of ripe cantaloupe and thin slices of prosciutto. —

Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026

Verb

Coming off six hitless innings in his start against the Colorado Rockies last week, Ohtani retired the first 11 Diamondbacks in order before Gabriel Moreno sliced a ground ball between Freddie Freeman and the first-base bag for a two-out double in the fourth inning. —

Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 4 June 2026 Place 1 red onion, thinly sliced, in a mason jar with a tight-fitting lid; pour vinegar mixture over. —

Oliver Strand, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for slice

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Noun

In tests, cement paste containing carbon dioxide equal to 1 percent of cement weight achieved an average of 13 percent higher compressive strength after 24 hours than reference samples.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
Flying is the company’s second Nova-C lander named Athena featuring NASA’s PRIME-1 drill, to land a drill and mass spectrometer near the south pole of the moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026