moiety

Main Entry:
moiety [moi-i-tee]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: subdivision
Synonyms: affiliation, component, element, fraction, half, part, piece, portion, share
Main Entry: clan
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: family, clique
Synonyms: association, band, bunch, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, folks, gang, group, house, insiders, kinfolks, mob, moiety, organization, outfit, race, ring, sect, set, society, sodality, stock, tribe
Main Entry: class
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: societal group, background
Synonyms: ancestry, birth, bourgeoisie, breed, caliber, caste, circle, clan, clique, club, company, condition, connection, coterie, cultural level, degree, derivation, descent, estate, extraction, family, genealogy, grade, hierarchy, influence, intelligentsia, league, lineage, moiety, nobility, origin, pecking order, pedigree, pigeonhole, place, position, prestige, quality, sect, social rank, source, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stock, strain, stratum, the right stuff, tier, title
Main Entry: cut
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: portion of profit
Synonyms: allotment, allowance, bite, chop*, division, kickback, lot, member, moiety, part, partage, percentage, piece, quota, section, segment, share, slice
Main Entry: division
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something produced from separating
Synonyms: affiliate, associate, border, boundary, branch, category, chunk, class, compartment, cut, degree, demarcation, department, divide, dividend, divider, dividing line, divvy, end, fraction, fragment, grouping, head, kind, lobe, lump, member, moiety, offshoot, parcel, partition, piece, piece of action, portion, rake-off, ramification, section, sector, segment, share, slice, sort, split, subdivision, wedge
Notes: a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off
Antonyms: system, whole
Main Entry: half
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: one of two equal parts of a whole
Synonyms: bisection, division, fifty percent, fraction, hemisphere, moiety
Notes: half is one of two equal parts of a divisible whole; halve means to divide by two
Main Entry: parcel
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: part, piece
Synonyms: bite, chunk, cut, division, lion's share, member, moiety, piece of the action, portion, rake-off, section, segment, slice
Antonyms: whole
Main Entry: part
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: piece, portion of something
Synonyms: allotment, any, apportionment, articulation, atom, bit, bite, branch, chip, chunk, component, constituent, cut, department, detail, division, element, extra, factor, fraction, fragment, helping, hunk, ingredient, installment, item, limb, lot, lump, measure, meed, member, module, moiety, molecule, organ, parcel, particle, partition, piece, quantum, quota, ration, scrap, section, sector, segment, share, side, slab, slice, sliver, splinter, subdivision, unit
Notes: a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off
Antonyms: whole
Main Entry: piece
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: part
Synonyms: allotment, bit, bite, chunk, cut, division, dole, end, example, fraction, fragment, gob, half, hunk, instance, interest, iota, item, length, lot, lump, member, moiety, morsel, parcel, percentage, portion, quantity, quota, sample, scrap, section, segment, share, shred, slice, smithereen, specimen
Notes: a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off
Antonyms: whole
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