Synonyms of shred

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noun

as in glimmer

a very small amount

the vandals showed not a shred of decency

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glimmer
• hint
• splash
• sprinkling
• speck
• touch
• little
• bit
• lick
• trace
• spark
• handful
• scintilla
• ounce
• tad
• sliver
• dab
• smidgeon
• crumb
• particle
• smack
• suspicion
• streak
• smidgen
• scruple
• pinch
• minimum
• ray
• smidgin
• drop
• spatter
• smell
• strain
• fleck
• smidge
• peanuts
• portion
• bite
• shade
• nip
• modicum
• ace
• shadow
• dash
• spot
• soupçon
• snap
• semblance
• drop in the bucket
• dram
• grain
• mite
• whit
• dose
• vestige
• scrap
• taste
• driblet
• iota
• part
• jot
• skosh
• nibble
• fragment
• patch
• molecule
• section
• morsel
• syllable
• mote
• dot
• smattering
• tittle
• scattering
• atom
• granule
• flake
• minim
• hoot
• splinter
• shard
• smithereens
• shiver
• flyspeck
• tatter
• clipping
• nubbin
• smatter
• shaving
• chip
• paring
• shot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pile
• loads
• plenty
• mountain
• stack
• heaps
• quantity
• wealth
• mass
• bundle
• reams
• deal
• mess
• lot
• abundance
• fistful
• gobs
• raft
• bushel
• bucket
• wad
• peck
• boatload
• oodles
• scads
• barrel
• profusion
• volume
• passel
• excess
• lashings
• surplus
• potful
• much
• embarrassment
• overflow
• lashins
• surfeit
• overabundance
• chunk
• slab
• superabundance
• overkill
• superfluity
• bonanza
• hunk
• overage
• oversupply
• overmuch
• lump

shred

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verb

as in to rip

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

shredded some cooked chicken for the soup

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rip
• tear
• rend
• ribbon
• split
• break
• cut
• rive
• tatter
• cleave
• slash
• rupture
• lacerate
• dissect
• incise
• mangle
• dismember
• butcher
• hack
• gash