one-half

1. 1.

   one of two equal parts of a divisible whole

   “half a loaf”

   “half an hour”

   “a century and one half”

   Synonymshalf

   Broadercommon fraction

   Narrowerfifty percentmoiety

Questions about one-half

What does one-half mean?

one-half means "one of two equal parts of a divisible whole".

How many syllables are in one-half?

one-half has 3 syllables: o-ne--half. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for one-half?

Close synonyms include half. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is one-half a common word?

one-half is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.