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Synonyms for quarter
ˈkwɔr tərquar·ter

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.5 / 2 votes

  1. quarter

    Synonyms:
    region, district, locality, territory, mercy, forbearance, pity

    Antonyms:
    extermination, mercilessness, unsparingness, pitilessness, ruthless, ness

Princeton's WordNet1.8 / 5 votes

  1. one-fourth, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quarternnoun

    one of four equal parts

    "a quarter of a pound"

    Synonyms:
    fourth, after part, quartern, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, one-fourth, stern, tail, poop

  2. quarternoun

    a district of a city having some distinguishing character

    "the Latin Quarter"

    Synonyms:
    fourth, after part, quartern, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, one-fourth, stern, tail, poop

  3. quarternoun

    (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided

    "both teams scored in the first quarter"

    Synonyms:
    fourth, after part, quartern, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, one-fourth, stern, tail, poop

  4. quarternoun

    a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour

    "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock"

    Synonyms:
    fourth, after part, quartern, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, one-fourth, stern, tail, poop

  5. quarternoun

    one of four periods into which the school year is divided

    "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"

    Synonyms:
    fourth, after part, quartern, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, one-fourth, stern, tail, poop

  6. quarternoun

    a fourth part of a year; three months

    "unemployment fell during the last quarter"

    Synonyms:
    fourth, after part, quartern, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, one-fourth, stern, tail, poop

  7. quarternoun

    one of the four major division of the compass

    "the wind is coming from that quarter"

    Synonyms:
    fourth, after part, quartern, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, one-fourth, stern, tail, poop

  8. quarternoun

    a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)

    Synonyms:
    fourth, after part, quartern, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, one-fourth, stern, tail, poop

  9. quarternoun

    a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)

    Synonyms:
    fourth, after part, quartern, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, one-fourth, stern, tail, poop

  10. quarternoun

    a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar

    "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"

    Synonyms:
    fourth, after part, quartern, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, one-fourth, stern, tail, poop

  11. quarternoun

    an unspecified person

    "he dropped a word in the right quarter"

    Synonyms:
    fourth, after part, quartern, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, one-fourth, stern, tail, poop

  12. stern, after part, quarter, poop, tailnoun

    the rear part of a ship

    Synonyms:
    fourth, fag end, tail, seat, nincompoop, butt, shite, shadower, can, nates, quartern, crap, shadow, fundament, low-down, posterior, buttocks, behind, shit, ninny, stern, bottom, twenty-five percent, backside, bum, empennage, fourth part, tail assembly, buns, the skinny, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, one-quarter, turd, dirt, hind end, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, fanny, rear, tush, after part, poop, one-fourth, dope, rear end

  13. quarternoun

    piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp

    Synonyms:
    fourth, after part, quartern, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, one-fourth, stern, tail, poop

  14. quarterverb

    clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent

    "he surrendered but asked for quarter"

    Synonyms:
    fourth, after part, quartern, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, one-fourth, stern, tail, poop

  15. quarter, billet, cantonverb

    provide housing for (military personnel)

    Synonyms:
    billet, draw, draw and quarter, canton

  16. draw, quarter, draw and quarterverb

    pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him

    "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"

    Synonyms:
    tie, take in, suck up, pull in, attract, get, thread, billet, withdraw, depict, guide, canton, describe, drag, disembowel, suck, delineate, make, soak up, cast, pull, get out, take out, sop up, puff, reap, pass, imbibe, string, draw and quarter, pull out, draw, draw off, line, run, force, trace, absorb, draw in, pull back, take up, eviscerate

  17. quarterverb

    divide into quarters

    "quarter an apple"

    Synonyms:
    billet, draw, draw and quarter, canton

  18. quarterverb

    divide by four; divide into quarters

    Synonyms:
    billet, draw, draw and quarter, canton

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. quarternoun

    Synonyms:
    fourth part

  2. quarternoun

    Synonyms:
    district, region, territory, locality, place

  3. quarternoun

    Synonyms:
    mercy (granted by a conqueror)

  4. quarterverb

    Synonyms:
    divide in four equal parts

  5. quarterverb

    Synonyms:
    divide, separate into parts or compartments

  6. quarterverb

    Synonyms:
    lodge, BILLET, furnish with quarters (as soldiers)

  7. quarterverb

    Synonyms:
    lodge, abide, have lodgings

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How to use quarter in a sentence?

  1. Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

    About a quarter through it I thought, 'You know – he's selling a bill of goods like a snake oil salesman. We cannot let this ... stand. So ... I started to stack my papers in a way that were tear-able.

  2. Adam Aron:

    We were so much better off than people expected and we were so much better off in the second quarter of this year than we were in the second quarter of last year.

  3. Jonathan Kinas:

    We officially started selling product in the second quarter of last year, and since September we’ve doubled sales into the six-figure range.

  4. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy:

    It's our intention to meet that deadline to get a bill ... on the floor, before the end of the first quarter.

  5. Lucio Garay Mendez:

    The strong rebound was driven by the construction sector that was flying in the second quarter, that was a result of the intensification of restrictions on mobility with the arrival of the second wave.


Translations for quarter

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  • ربعArabic
  • чвэрцьBelarusian
  • quarter, quartCatalan, Valencian
  • čtvrťák, čtvrť, čtvrtletí, kvartál, čtvrtit, rozčtvrtitCzech
  • fjerdedel, kvarter, kvartal, kvartDanish
  • Quartal, Viertel, Vierteldollar, Stadtteil, Vierteljahr, Kwartier, vierteln, quartieren, einquartieren, unterbringenGerman
  • τριμηνία, τετράγωνο, τέταρτο, τρίμηνο, τεταρτημόριο, διαιρώ, φιλοξενώ, τεταρτιάζωGreek
  • kvaronoEsperanto
  • cuartel, trimestre, cuarto, cora, cuartearSpanish
  • neljandik, kvartal, veerandEstonian
  • چارک, سه‌ماهه, فصل, بیست و پنج سنتی, محلهPersian
  • neljännes, neljännesvuosi, kaupunginosa, neljäsosa, vuosineljännes, neljännesdollariFinnish
  • ársfjórðingur, fjórðingurFaroese
  • trimestre, quartier, quartFrench
  • ceathrúIrish
  • ràith, ceathramh, cairtealScottish Gaelic
  • kerrooManx
  • רובע, רבעון, רבעHebrew
  • negyedHungarian
  • քառորդ, թաղամասArmenian
  • quarto, trimestre, quarte parteInterlingua
  • perempat, kuartal, triwulanIndonesian
  • lojigarIdo
  • fjórðungur, hverfiIcelandic
  • quartiere, quarto, trimestreItalian
  • 四半, 四半期, 四半分, 4半期, 四分の一Japanese
  • សង្កាត់Khmer
  • 사분의 일, 분기Korean
  • چاره‌ک, بیستوپێنج سه‌نت, çarêkKurdish
  • ketvirtis, ketvirtadalis, kvartalasLithuanian
  • ceturtdaļaLatvian
  • hauwhāMāori
  • കാല്‍Malayalam
  • ڤرامڤت, perempatMalay
  • fjerdedel, firedelNorwegian
  • wijk, kwart, stadsdeel, kwartje, vierdeel, kwartaal, trimester, kwartier, vierde, kwartieren, vierdelen, inkwartieren, onderbrengen, vierendelenDutch
  • firedel, fjerdedelNorwegian Nynorsk
  • naaki yáálNavajo, Navaho
  • dzielnica, kwartał, ćwierć, ćwierćdolarówka, jedna czwartaPolish
  • trimestre, [[moeda]] [[de]] [[vinte e cinci]] [[centavos]], quarto, [[quarta]] [[parte]], quarteirãoPortuguese
  • pătrime, pătrar, trimestru, sfertRomanian
  • квартал, четвертак, четвертьRussian
  • četvrtSerbo-Croatian
  • štvrťrokSlovak
  • çerekAlbanian
  • kvarts, fjärdedel, kvartal, kvartSwedish
  • roboSwahili
  • பேட்டை, கால், பகுதிTamil
  • నాలుగో వంతు, త్రైమాసికం, పావు భాగంTelugu
  • çeyrek, semt, civar, mahalleTurkish
  • سہ ماہیUrdu
  • harat, luharat, foldil, pöfanaharat, tedaharat, plödaharatVolapük
  • קוואָדערYiddish
  • 四分之一, 25美分硬币Chinese

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