Synonyms of splinters

splinters 1 of 2

noun

plural of splinter

as in slivers

a small flat piece separated from a whole

she got a splinter from the unfinished wall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slivers
• shards
• chips
• fragments
• flakes
• splints
• bits
• scraps
• parts
• spalls
• sheets
• particles
• sections
• leaves
• disks
• shivers
• clippings
• shreds
• shavings
• portions
• slices
• smithereens
• tatters
• snippets
• flinders
• shaves
• parings

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slabs
• chunks
• lumps
• hunks

splinters

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of splinter

as in slices

to cut into long slender pieces

splintered the carrots into little sticks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slices
• chops
• splits
• slivers
• chips
• scissors
• saws
• dices
• minces
• cleaves
• hashes
• rips
• slits
• gashes
• juliennes
• slashes
• incises
• rives

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of splinters

Noun

Legend has it this imperative caused the park’s architect, William Russell Everitt, to smash the original model to splinters with a baseball bat. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Congress can swing the axe but taxpayers pick up the splinters. — Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

But as the season neared the winter transfer window, the expectation was for Mainoo to leave on loan rather than continue to pick up splinters on the bench. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 26 May 2026

While Johnny Carson was a monolith, shaped by a dominant TV media structure to be all things to all people, the current crop of late-night hosts are merely splinters. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026

Bricks, scorched wood frame splinters and other debris are scattered there. — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 23 Apr. 2026

In 1903, a vicious winter storm reduced most of the piers to splinters, and by 1906 offshore oil production at Summerland had all but ceased. — Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026

Upon impact, cannonballs would have sent wooden splinters flying like debris from grenades. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 5 Apr. 2026

Weeks before King Charles' coronation, The Times reported that Pope Francis, then the leader of the Catholic Church, gave King Charles two splinters of wood believed to be from the True Cross as a personal gift in honor of the coronation. — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026

Verb

Endlessly switching between apps and online platforms splinters our attention and can lead to digital exhaustion, leaving us anxious, apathetic and unfocused. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026

Megyn Kelly is continuing her hard-right tack, lashing back at Ben Shapiro and aligning herself with Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon as the MAGA movement dramatically splinters. — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025

Rumors are swirling in Kansas political circles that Republican leaders are considering initiating a special session like the one that just concluded in Missouri and produced a new map that splinters Kansas City into three congressional districts. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025

Instead of picking a single character to follow for the duration of the film, Cregger splinters the mystery among six people, separated into distinct chapters, beginning with Justine. — Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025