half

The word “half” has 1 syllable: half

It's pronounced as /hæf/

What is synonym and antonym for half?

In the thesaurus, “half” has 95 synonyms and 49 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for half

analog
analogue
anywise
at all
bisected
bisection
broken
carbon copy
coequal
companion
component
constituent
coordinate
counterpart
damaged
deficient
divided
division
double
duplicate
element
enough
equal
equivalent
even-steven
ever
facsimile
fairly
fellow
fifty percent
fifty-fifty
flawed
fraction
fractional
fragmental
fragmentarily
fragmentary
halfway
halved
halvers
hemisphere
identical twin
impaired
imperfect
in part
incomplete
incompletely
injured
kind of
kindly
like
likeness
limited
marred
match
mate
meridian
mirror image
moderate
moderately
moiety
more or less
parallel
part
partial
partially
partly
partway
peer
piece
portion
pretty
quite
rather
relatively
remotely
replica
ringer
rival
section
segment
semicircle
similarity
sketchy
somehow
something
someway
someways
somewhat
sort of
spoiled
twin
unassembled
uncompleted
unfinished

Antonyms for half

absolutely
aggregate
all
altogether
antipode
antithesis
complete
completed
completely
contrary
converse
dead
downright
entire
entirely
especially
exceeding
exceedingly
exceptionally
extremely
finished
flawless
full
fully
greatly
highly
hugely
intact
integral
opposite
particularly
perfect
perfectly
plain
quite
reverse
sum
total
totally
unbroken
undamaged
unimpaired
uninjured
unlimited
unmarred
utterly
very
whole
wholly

Meanings of half

noun
1. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
2. Half of a standard measure; frequently used for half a pint of beer or cider.
3. (preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
4. Part; side; behalf.
5. Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.
6. A half sibling.
7. A child ticket.
verb
1. To halve.
adjective
1. Consisting of a half (1/2, 50%).
2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
3. (of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
4. (rare, of a relative other than a sibling) Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
adverb
1. In two equal parts or to an equal degree.
2. In some part approximating a half.
3. Partially; imperfectly.
preposition
1. A half-hour after, thirty minutes after (used with the number of the hour).

Example Sentences

She ate only half of her sandwich and saved the rest for later.
The team was trailing by half at halftime but managed to stage a remarkable comeback in the second half.
He promised to help with the chores, but he only did half of what he said he would.
The recipe called for two cups of flour, but she only used half because she ran out.
Despite feeling tired, she decided to go for a run, completing half of her usual distance before turning back.

On this page you'll find 144 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to half, such as: absolutely, aggregate, all, altogether, analog, analogue, antipode.

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