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Synonyms for portion
ˈpɔr ʃən, ˈpoʊr-por·tion

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. portionverb

    Synonyms:
    piece, divvy up, divide, divide up, divvy, part

  2. portionverb

    An allocated amount.

    Synonyms:
    divide, divvy, divvy up, divide up, part, piece

  3. portionverb

    To endow with a portion or inheritance.

    Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest. Alexander Pope.

    Synonyms:
    divvy up, divide, divvy, divide up

English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. portion

    When any whole is divided into parts, any part that is allotted to some person, thing, subject or purpose is called a portion, tho the division may be by no fixed rule or relation; a father may divide his estate by will among his children so as to make their several portions great or small, according to his arbitrary and unreasonable caprice. When we speak of a part as a proportion, we think of the whole as divided according to some rule or scale, so that the different parts bear a contemplated and intended relation or ratio to one another; thus, the portion allotted to a child by will may not be a fair proportion of the estate. Proportion is often used where part or portion would be more appropriate. Compare PART.

    Synonyms:
    lot, parcel, part, part, proportion, share

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 2 votes

  1. part, portion, component part, component, constituentnoun

    something determined in relation to something that includes it

    "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"

    Synonyms:
    grammatical constituent, fortune, fate, dowery, lot, role, piece, theatrical role, dowry, function, section, constituent, share, character, division, part, luck, circumstances, destiny, element, helping, dower, contribution, component, factor, region, persona, parcel, component part, percentage, parting, office, serving, ingredient, voice

  2. part, portionnoun

    something less than the whole of a human artifact

    "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"

    Synonyms:
    fortune, parting, contribution, lot, serving, division, component, role, dower, constituent, share, function, percentage, part, section, voice, dowery, fate, parcel, dowry, piece, office, character, theatrical role, circumstances, region, helping, luck, component part, persona, destiny

  3. parcel, portion, sharenoun

    the allotment of some amount by dividing something

    "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"

    Synonyms:
    fortune, destiny, contribution, lot, serving, tract, piece of land, dower, component, share, parcel of land, part, percentage, parcel, dowery, packet, circumstances, bundle, dowry, constituent, ploughshare, luck, plowshare, package, helping, piece of ground, component part, fate

  4. share, portion, part, percentagenoun

    assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

    "he wanted his share in cash"

    Synonyms:
    fortune, fate, dowery, lot, per centum, role, piece, theatrical role, percentage, dowry, function, section, constituent, percent, share, character, division, part, luck, circumstances, destiny, helping, dower, contribution, component, region, persona, parcel, component part, ploughshare, parting, office, serving, plowshare, pct, voice

  5. fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portionnoun

    your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

    "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

    Synonyms:
    tidy sum, fortune, fate, peck, mint, band, plenty, lot, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, parcel, dowry, spate, muckle, mass, constituent, pile, share, good deal, stack, chance, luck, destiny, deal, serving, dowery, dower, percentage, caboodle, hazard, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, component, slew, heap, mess, part, bunch, sight, circumstances, mountain, draw, helping, component part, set, great deal, pot, circle

  6. dowry, dowery, dower, portionnoun

    money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

    Synonyms:
    fortune, destiny, circumstances, lot, serving, dowery, component, dower, part, percentage, parcel, share, dowry, constituent, helping, luck, component part, fate

  7. helping, portion, servingverb

    an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

    "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"

    Synonyms:
    fortune, destiny, lot, serving, service, dowery, dower, component, share, part, percentage, parcel, circumstances, service of process, dowry, constituent, helping, luck, component part, fate

  8. assign, allot, portionverb

    give out

    "We were assigned new uniforms"

    Synonyms:
    put, lot, grant, set apart, arrogate, parcel out, administer, allot, deal, mete out, dispense, deal out, specify, depute, delegate, designate, ascribe, impute, assign, dish out, dole out, attribute, distribute, shell out, accord

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. portionnoun

    Synonyms:
    part, piece, fragment, bit, scrap, morsel

  2. portionnoun

    Synonyms:
    share, allotment, division, parcel, lot, quantity, dividend, quota, contingent

  3. portionverb

    Synonyms:
    divide, allot, deal out, distribute, parcel out

  4. portionverb

    Synonyms:
    endow, supply with a portion

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. portionnoun

    Synonyms:
    part, section, piece, allotment, quota, share, contingent, inheritance, dowry

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How to use portion in a sentence?

  1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

    Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

  2. Dana Weigel:

    The exposed portion of the old arrays will still be generating power in parallel with the new arrays, but those new Iris arrays have solar cells on them that are more efficient than our original cells, they have a higher energy density and together in combination may generate more power than what our original array, when it was new, did on its own.

  3. Hillary Scholten:

    I think that John Gibbs has certainly fired up a certain portion of the electorate over those claims, and I think it's dangerous.

  4. Ricardo Rosselló:

    A huge portion of the population is unhappy and I recognize it, i've heard you, I love the island and people. ... Today I have the responsibility to direct my strengths to try to find alternatives so that with God we may be able to move forward.

  5. Thomas Jennings:

    Among the leading matters which would occupy the attention of the meeting, were several important documents lately received from Europe, expressive of the sentiments that a very considerable portion of the people of the British Empire entertained respecting the deplorable situation of the colored people in the United States.


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