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half has 1 distinct synonym spread across 1 of its 6 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is whole.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
(of siblings) related through one parent only
“a half brother”
one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
“half a loaf”
3 of the 6 recorded senses carry no synonym, antonym or related term, so they are not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for half.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for half come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval