Synonyms for fraction
ˈfræk ʃənfrac·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. fractionnoun

   Part, a substance, quantity, or amount that is the result of the division of something greater, is the general word, including all the others of this group. A fragment is the result of breaking, rending, or disruption of some kind, while a piece may be smoothly or evenly separated and have a certain completeness in itself. A piece is often taken for a sample; a fragment scarcely would be. Division and fraction are always regarded as in connection with the total; divisions may be equal or unequal; a fraction is one of several equal parts into which the whole is supposed to be divided. A portion is a part viewed with reference to some one who is to receive it or some special purpose to which it is to be applied; in a restaurant one portion (i. e., the amount designed for one person) is sometimes, by special order, served to two; a share is a part to which one has or may acquire a right in connection with others; an instalment is one of a series of proportionate payments that are to be continued till the entire claim is discharged; a particle is an exceedingly small part. A component, constituent, ingredient, or element is a part of some compound or mixture; an element is necessary to the existence, as a component or constituent is necessary to the completeness of that which it helps to compose; an ingredient may be foreign or accidental. A subdivision is a division of a division. We speak of a segment of a circle. Compare PARTICLE; PORTION.

   Synonyms:
   atom, component, constituent, division, element, fragment, ingredient, instalment, member, part, part, particle, piece, portion, section, segment, share, subdivision

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 5 votes

1. fractionnoun

   a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process

2. fractionnoun

   a small part or item forming a piece of a whole

3. fractionverb

   the quotient of two rational numbers

4. divide, fractionverb

   perform a division

   "Can you divide 49 by seven?"

   Synonyms:
   separate, split, disunite, part, carve up, dissever, split up, divide

Matched Categories

1. • Arithmetic
   • Calculate
   • Chemical
   • Part

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. fractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   part, portion, fragment, section, piece, bit, scrap

2. fractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Arith.) part of a unit

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "fraction":

   portion, moiety, fractions, proportion, aliquot, faction, part, split, percentage

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1. David Albright:

   The time to prepare a test device is a fraction of the time to build a missile deliverable one.

2. Ron Wyden:

   If Gilead's approach to pricing is the future of how blockbuster drugs are launched, it will cost billions and billions of dollars to treat just a fraction of patients.

3. Anton Hofreiter:

   I won't vote 'no' because I think Greece definitely needs a bailout and we need to keep Greece in the euro zone, but I, and a large majority of the fraction, do not have confidence in the German government to act in a way that will prevent a Grexit.

4. Thomas Mikal-Evans:

   Despite the discovery of thousands of exoplanets, we've only been able to study the atmospheres of a small fraction due to the challenging nature of the observations, we're now moving beyond taking isolated snapshots of specific regions of exoplanet atmospheres, to study them as the 3D systems they truly are.

5. Tanguy Seiwert:

   Response rate doesn't do this justice, a fraction of those patients will probably have long term survival. It can really make a difference for some patients who have incurable metastatic disease.