element

The word “element” has 3 syllables: el-e-ment

It's pronounced as /ˈɛlɪmənt/


What is synonym and antonym for element?

In the thesaurus, “element” has 121 synonyms and 21 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for element along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for element

  • alphabet
  • ambit
  • amplitude
  • area
  • arena
  • aspect
  • axiom
  • bailiwick
  • barony
  • basic
  • basics
  • basis
  • bedrock
  • belief
  • bit
  • breadth
  • building block
  • business
  • canon
  • characteristic
  • circle
  • compass
  • component
  • confine
  • constituent
  • cornerstone
  • demesne
  • department
  • detail
  • discipline
  • division
  • doctrine
  • dogma
  • domain
  • drop
  • environment
  • essentials
  • extent
  • facet
  • factor
  • faith
  • feature
  • fief
  • fiefdom
  • field
  • firmament
  • foundation
  • fragment
  • front
  • frontier
  • fundamental
  • fundamentals
  • game
  • grammar
  • groundwork
  • habitation
  • hint
  • ingredient
  • item
  • ken
  • keystone
  • kingdom
  • law
  • line
  • material
  • matter
  • medium
  • member
  • milieu
  • nitty-gritty
  • occupation
  • part
  • part and parcel
  • particle
  • particular
  • partition
  • philosophy
  • piece
  • point
  • portion
  • precept
  • precinct
  • principle
  • principles
  • profession
  • province
  • pursuit
  • racket
  • reach
  • realm
  • root
  • rudiments
  • rule
  • scope
  • section
  • sector
  • segment
  • specialty
  • sphere
  • standard
  • stem
  • study
  • subcomponent
  • subdivision
  • subfield
  • subject
  • subspecialty
  • sweep
  • tenet
  • terrain
  • territory
  • theorem
  • trace
  • trait
  • turf
  • underpinning
  • unit
  • view
  • vocation
  • walk
  • width

Antonyms for element

  • admixture
  • aggregate
  • amalgam
  • amalgamation
  • blend
  • combination
  • composite
  • compound
  • details
  • entirety
  • foreign land
  • intermixture
  • mass
  • mix
  • mixture
  • sum
  • summation
  • total
  • totality
  • trivia
  • whole

Meanings of element

  • noun
    1. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
    2. A small part of the whole.
    3. The sky.
    4. (with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
    5. A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
    6. (usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
    7. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
    8. A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
    9. One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
  • verb
    1. To compound of elements.
    2. To constitute and be the elements of.

Example Sentences

  • Water is an essential element for life.
  • The element of surprise made the performance even more exciting.
  • He added the final element to his design, completing the project.
  • The element of trust is crucial in any successful relationship.
  • Each element of the recipe contributes to the overall flavor of the dish.

On this page you'll find 142 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to element, such as: admixture, aggregate, alphabet, amalgam, amalgamation, ambit, amplitude.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

ABCs

  • ABCs
  • Bible
  • abecedarian
  • accessory
  • accidence
  • account
  • acknowledgment
  • affidavit
  • affirmation
  • allegation
  • alphabet
  • amount
  • annal
  • announcement
  • article
  • articulation
  • aside
  • asseveration
  • assurance
  • authority
  • averment
  • avowal
  • axiom
  • background
  • bare bones
  • basal
  • base
  • basic
  • basics
  • basis
  • beacon
  • bed
  • bedrock
  • beginning
  • beginnings
  • belief
  • bellwether
  • blow-by-blow
  • body
  • bottom
  • bottom line
  • brass tacks
  • brief
  • bulletin
  • burden
  • canon
  • cap
  • capital
  • case
  • catalog
  • center
  • chapter and verse
  • character
  • characterization
  • characters
  • charge
  • chronicle
  • circumstance
  • circumstantiality
  • clear
  • clue
  • coal-and-ice
  • comment
  • communication
  • compendium
  • component
  • condition
  • confession
  • constituent
  • core
  • cornerstone
  • corpus
  • count
  • crux
  • cue
  • declaration
  • definition
  • delineation
  • depiction
  • description
  • design
  • detail
  • dictum
  • directory
  • doctrine
  • dogma
  • dope
  • drift
  • duck soup
  • easy
  • effect
  • ejaculation
  • element
  • elemental
  • elements
  • enchiridion
  • essence
  • essential
  • essentiality
  • essentials
  • explanation
  • explication
  • facile
  • fact
  • factor
  • facts of life
  • faith
  • feature
  • fine point
  • fingerprint
  • fire and ice
  • first principles
  • first steps
  • focus
  • foot
  • footing
  • foundation
  • foundational
  • fraction
  • fundamental
  • fundamentals
  • fundaments
  • general meaning
  • gist
  • gospel
  • grammar
  • graphic representation
  • gravamen
  • groceries
  • ground
  • groundwork
  • guidebook
  • guiding light
  • guts
  • handbook
  • heart
  • hieroglyphs
  • history
  • hot lead
  • ideograph
  • import
  • information
  • infrastructure
  • initial
  • innards
  • introductory
  • item
  • justification
  • kernel
  • key
  • keystone
  • know
  • landmark
  • law
  • linguistics
  • lodestar
  • lowdown
  • majuscule
  • make
  • manifesto
  • manual
  • mark
  • marker
  • marrow
  • mass
  • matter
  • meat
  • meat and potatoes
  • mention
  • minor point
  • minuscule
  • minutia
  • monograph
  • morphemes
  • morphology
  • must
  • name of the game
  • narration
  • narrative
  • nicety
  • nitty-gritty
  • nub
  • nuts and bolts
  • observation
  • origin
  • original
  • part
  • part and parcel
  • particular
  • peculiarity
  • philosophy
  • phonemes
  • pictograph
  • picture
  • pith
  • plain
  • plan
  • play by play
  • point
  • pointer
  • portion
  • portraiture
  • portrayal
  • precept
  • precondition
  • prefatory
  • preliminaries
  • preliminary
  • preparation
  • prerequisite
  • presentation
  • presentment
  • primary
  • primitive
  • primo
  • principium
  • principle
  • principles
  • print
  • proclamation
  • profession
  • prop
  • protestation
  • purport
  • quintessence
  • rationale
  • reason
  • recital
  • recitation
  • record
  • recountal
  • rehearsal
  • relation
  • remark
  • report
  • representation
  • requirement
  • requisite
  • respect
  • rock bottom
  • root
  • rudiment
  • rudimentary
  • rudiments
  • rule
  • run down
  • rundown
  • rune
  • schedule
  • scoop
  • score
  • sense
  • sentence structure
  • setup
  • sign
  • signal
  • significance
  • signpost
  • signs
  • simplest
  • simplex
  • simplified
  • sine qua non
  • singularity
  • sketch
  • small letter
  • soul
  • speciality
  • specialty
  • specific
  • specification
  • standard
  • staple
  • statement
  • stay
  • story
  • straightforward
  • stratification
  • strength
  • structure
  • stuff
  • subject
  • substance
  • substratal
  • substratum
  • substructure
  • sum total
  • summarization
  • summary
  • support
  • syllabary
  • symbols
  • syntax
  • tab
  • tagmemics
  • take
  • tale
  • technicality
  • telltale
  • tenet
  • tenor
  • testimony
  • the book
  • the numbers
  • the picture
  • the whole picture
  • theme
  • theorem
  • thing
  • thrust
  • tip-off
  • trait
  • trivia
  • triviality
  • type
  • uncial
  • uncomplex
  • uncomplicated
  • underlying
  • underpinning
  • understructure
  • upshot
  • utterance
  • vade mecum
  • ventilation
  • verbalization
  • version
  • vignette
  • virtuality
  • vital part
  • vocalization
  • voice
  • way of it
  • whole story
  • word
  • writeup
  • yarn

facet

  • air
  • angle
  • appearance
  • article
  • aspect
  • case
  • character
  • color
  • complexion
  • component
  • condition
  • count
  • detail
  • dimension
  • element
  • face
  • factor
  • feature
  • front
  • hand
  • instance
  • interpretation
  • item
  • level
  • look
  • matter
  • obverse
  • outlook
  • part
  • particular
  • period
  • perspective
  • phase
  • plane
  • point
  • position
  • posture
  • reading
  • regard
  • rendering
  • respect
  • semblance
  • shape
  • shoes
  • side
  • slant
  • stage
  • stance
  • standpoint
  • state
  • step
  • switch
  • translation
  • twist
  • version
  • view
  • viewpoint
  • visage

fact

  • accomplishment
  • act
  • action
  • actuality
  • adventure
  • affair
  • appearance
  • article
  • aspect
  • authenticity
  • basis
  • being
  • bottom line
  • brass tacks
  • case
  • certainty
  • certitude
  • circumstance
  • component
  • conception
  • concrete happening
  • consideration
  • constituent
  • construction
  • creation
  • data
  • database
  • datum
  • deed
  • detail
  • dope
  • element
  • entity
  • episode
  • event
  • evidence
  • exhibit
  • experience
  • facet
  • factor
  • factuality
  • fait accompli
  • feature
  • findings
  • genuineness
  • gospel
  • gospel truth
  • happening
  • how it is
  • incident
  • inevitability
  • information
  • ingredient
  • intelligence
  • item
  • knowledge
  • law
  • like it is
  • manifestation
  • materiality
  • matter
  • member
  • naked truth
  • nicety
  • occurrence
  • organism
  • palpability
  • part
  • particular
  • particularity
  • performance
  • permanence
  • phenomenon
  • point
  • proceeding
  • reality
  • scene
  • scripture
  • solidity
  • specific
  • stability
  • statistic
  • substantiality
  • thing
  • transaction
  • truism
  • truth
  • verity

factor

  • agency
  • agent
  • aid
  • alternate
  • ambassador
  • antecedent
  • arbiter
  • arbitrator
  • aspect
  • assignee
  • attorney
  • backup
  • basis
  • board
  • broker
  • building block
  • cause
  • characteristic
  • circumstance
  • commissary
  • component
  • comprador
  • compradore
  • conciliator
  • consideration
  • constituent
  • delegate
  • deputy
  • detail
  • diplomat
  • diplomatist
  • distributor
  • division
  • element
  • emissary
  • envoy
  • facet
  • feature
  • foreign minister
  • fragment
  • go-between
  • influence
  • informer
  • ingredient
  • instrument
  • instrumentality
  • intercessor
  • intermediary
  • interposer
  • item
  • legate
  • liaison
  • manager
  • means
  • mediator
  • member
  • middleman
  • minister
  • mouthpiece
  • operative
  • part
  • part and parcel
  • particle
  • particular
  • partition
  • peacemaker
  • piece
  • pinch hitter
  • plenipotentiary
  • point
  • point man
  • point person
  • portion
  • procurator
  • prophet
  • proxy
  • relief
  • rep
  • replacement
  • representative
  • section
  • sector
  • segment
  • speaker
  • spokesman
  • spokesperson
  • spy
  • stand-in
  • sub
  • subcomponent
  • substitute
  • surrogate
  • thing
  • trait
  • understudy

factors

  • agency
  • agent
  • agents
  • aid
  • alternates
  • ambassadors
  • antecedent
  • arbiters
  • arbitrators
  • aspect
  • aspects
  • assignees
  • attorneys
  • backups
  • bases
  • board
  • brokers
  • building blocks
  • cause
  • characteristics
  • circumstance
  • commissaries
  • component
  • components
  • compradores
  • compradors
  • conciliators
  • consideration
  • constituent
  • constituents
  • delegates
  • deputies
  • details
  • diplomatists
  • diplomats
  • distributors
  • divisions
  • element
  • elements
  • emissaries
  • envoys
  • facets
  • features
  • foreign ministers
  • fragments
  • go-betweens
  • influence
  • informers
  • ingredient
  • ingredients
  • instrument
  • instrumentality
  • intercessors
  • intermediaries
  • interposers
  • item
  • items
  • legates
  • liaisons
  • managers
  • means
  • mediators
  • members
  • middlemen
  • ministers
  • mouthpieces
  • operatives
  • part
  • part and parcel
  • part and parcels
  • particles
  • particulars
  • partitions
  • peacemakers
  • pieces
  • pinch hitters
  • plenipotentiaries
  • point
  • point men
  • point people
  • point persons
  • points
  • portion
  • portions
  • procurators
  • prophets
  • proxies
  • reliefs
  • replacements
  • representatives
  • reps
  • sections
  • sectors
  • segments
  • speakers
  • spies
  • spokesmen
  • spokespeople
  • stand-ins
  • sub-components
  • subcomponents
  • subs
  • substitutes
  • surrogates
  • thing
  • traits
  • understudies

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