Synonyms for fragment

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : noun frag-muh nt; verb frag-muh nt, -ment, frag-ment

Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈfræg mənt; verb ˈfræg mənt, -mɛnt, frægˈmɛnt

Top 10 synonyms for fragment

Other synonyms for the word fragment

Définition of fragment

Origin : early 15c., from Latin fragmentum "a fragment, remnant," literally "a piece broken off," from root of frangere "to break" (see fraction).

noun part, chip
verb break into pieces

Example sentences :

Epos, p. 65, places the fragment in the Finn episode, between ll.
Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown

The stone-breaker, who had not broken a fragment since we began to converse, then did as follows.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

It was as if men had been able to preserve a fragment of a sunset.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

I beg your pardon, my dear "Clarinda," for the fragment scrawl I sent you yesterday.
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

"I'm sorry you think——" he began, but did not complete the fragment.
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

But these were only a fragment of those that visit the Post in summer.
Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

In a fragment of his we read, The most invincible of all things is a woman!
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

The genuineness of this fragment has been established beyond doubt.
Extract from : « The Issahar Artifacts » by Jesse Franklin Bone

A fragment of a bursting shell had struck him on the back of the neck.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 » by Various

The 'New Atlantis' is only a fragment, and far inferior in merit to the 'Utopia.'
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Antonyms for fragment

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019