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snip

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of snip

to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument

snipped the loose ends

Synonyms of snip

bob, clip, crop, cut, cut back, dock, lop (off), nip, pare, poll, prune, shave, shear, trim

Words Related to snip

curtail, shorten

Near Antonyms of snip

elongate, extend, lengthen

snip

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of snip

a very small piece

cleared out the snips of paper that had been clogging the machine

Synonyms of snip

atom, bit, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, nugget, particle, patch, scrap, scruple, snippet, speck, tittle

Words Related to snip

ace, dab, dash, driblet, drop, fraction, iota, jot, lick, minim, mite, modicum, nutshell, ounce, pinch, shred, smatter, smidgen (also smidgeon), spot, strain, streak, suspicion, taste, touch, trace, whisper, whit

bite, mouthful, nibble, tidbit (also titbit)

fragment, part, portion, section

chip, flake, shard, shiver, sliver, splinter

clipping, paring, shaving

Near Antonyms of snip

chunk, gob, hunk, lump, slab

abundance, barrel, bucket, bushel, deal, heaps, loads, mass, mountain, peck, pile, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, scads, stack, volume, wad, wealth

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