Synonyms for partial
ˈpɑr ʃəlpar·tial

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1. partialadjective

   Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute.

   The referee is blatantly partial!

   Antonyms:
   impartial

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1. partial

   Synonyms:
   conservative, inadequate, incomplete, moderate, palliative, slight, superficial, tentative, trial

   Antonyms:
   complete, constitutional, entire, essential, extreme, fundamental, ingrained, innate, native, natural, organic, original, perfect, positive, primitive, radical, thorough, thoroughgoing, total

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1. partial

   Synonyms:
   restricted, local, peculiar, specific, favoring, inequitable, unfair, biased, particular

   Antonyms:
   unrestricted, total, universal, general, impartial, equitable, just, fair, unbiased

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1. partial derivative, partialnoun

   the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant

   Synonyms:
   partial tone, overtone, partial derivative

   Antonyms:
   impartial, indifferent, complete, dispassionate, unbiased, disinterested, unbiassed, cold-eyed, disinclined

2. overtone, partial, partial toneadjective

   a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

   Synonyms:
   partial tone, overtone, partial derivative

   Antonyms:
   complete, indifferent, impartial, unbiased, disinterested, unbiassed, dispassionate, cold-eyed, disinclined

3. partialadjective

   being or affecting only a part; not total

   "a partial description of the suspect"; "partial collapse"; "a partial eclipse"; "a partial monopoly"; "partial immunity"

   Synonyms:
   partial(p), fond(p)

   Antonyms:
   complete, indifferent, unbiased, cold-eyed, impartial, disinclined, unbiassed, dispassionate, disinterested

4. partialadjective

   showing favoritism

   Synonyms:
   partial(p), fond(p)

   Antonyms:
   indifferent, disinterested, disinclined, unbiassed, unbiased, cold-eyed, impartial, dispassionate, complete

5. fond(p), partial(p)adjective

   (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for

   "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies"

   Antonyms:
   cold-eyed, unbiased, unbiassed, indifferent, disinterested, complete, dispassionate, disinclined, impartial

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1. incomplete

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1. partialadjective

   Synonyms:
   incomplete, imperfect, limited, not entire, not total, not general, not universal

2. partialadjective

   Synonyms:
   biassed, prejudiced, prepossessed, warped, interested, unfair, unjust, one-sided, not indifferent

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1. partialadjective

   Synonyms:
   warped, biased, prejudiced, imperfect, incomplete

   Antonyms:
   impartial

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1. List of paraphrases for "partial":

   partially, biased, one-sided, part, part-time, by-election, partly, incomplete, by-elections, part-, fractional, piecemeal, micro, fuzzy

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1. Henry Cuellar:

   Additionally, my faith does not allow me to support extreme positions such as late term or partial birth abortions. My faith is clear : abortion must be rare safe.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   We don't know the extent of full recovery or partial recovery, so there's a lot we need to learn.

3. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis:

   Our government is eager to rationalize the pension system (for example, by limiting early retirement), proceed with partial privatization of public assets, address the non-performing loans that are clogging the economy's credit circuits, create a fully independent tax commission, and boost entrepreneurship, the differences that remain concern how we understand the relationships between the various reforms and the macro environment.

4. Mohamed El-Erian:

   It's a really tough policy call, not only do domestic indicators conflict with external ones, but the Fed itself has only a partial handle on the economy - and inevitably so. This is a time of significant policy uncertainty, particularly given that what's on the table is a policy regime change - namely the first interest rate hike in over nine years.

5. Sarah Riggs Amico:

   Any candidate claiming victory based on partial results is dishonoring the voices of hundreds of thousands of voters who, in good faith, turned in absentee ballots or stood in long lines late into the night in the pouring rain to make their voices heard, dismissing or ignoring valid ballots from these voters is an audacious affront to the entire voting rights movement and takes a page straight from the voter suppression playbook championed by Republicans like( Governor) Brian Kemp and State Brad Raffensperger.