Splinter Synonyms and Antonyms

splĭntər
To crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. break
  2. fracture
  3. rift
  4. rive
  5. shatter
  6. shiver
  7. smash
  8. sunder
A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sliver
  2. shiver
  3. fragment
  4. piece
  5. flake
  6. chip
  7. wood
To break away or withdraw from membership in an association or a federation.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sliver
  2. break
  3. split
  4. shiver
  5. shatter
  6. smash
  7. Also used with off: secede
  8. chip
  9. disintegrate
  10. flake
  11. fragment
  12. rend
  13. slice
Antonyms:
  1. combine
  2. fix
  3. mend
Withdraw from an organization or communion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. secede
  2. break-away
To cause to splinter.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. break

Words Related to Splinter

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Splinter Sentence Examples

  • Government will splinter once the attacks occur.

  • Within the enclosure of the Khalifa's house is the tomb of Hubert Howard, son of the 9th earl of Carlisle, who was killed in the house at the capture of the city by a splinter of a shell fired at the Mandi's tomb.

  • Oxygen, recognized by its power of igniting a glowing splinter, results from the decomposition of oxides of the noble metals, peroxides, chlorates, nitrates and other highly oxygenized salts.

  • Wiedemann, in Erlangen Sitzungsberichte (1904, p. 33 o), translates the phrase given above as splinter of wood, by the term wooden cross.

  • And I never feel a break or a splinter in the least.

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