Synonyms for quarter
ˈkwɔr tərquar·ter

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. quarter

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.8 / 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

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1. • British Capacity Unit
   • Arithmetic
   • Avoirdupois Unit
   • City District
   • Coin
   • Divide
   • Division
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   • Orientation
   • Person
   • Piece Of Leather
   • Rear
   • School Term
   • Section
   • Time Period
   • Time Unit

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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

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

1. List of paraphrases for "quarter":

   trimester, trimestre, quarterly, qtr, one-quarter, one-fourth, quart, fourth, neighborhood, season, shift, ji, district, ¼, semester, custody, 1/4, quarter-end, watch

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1. Jeremy Stretch:

   It’s very much a case of hopes for the future against the reality of the first quarter of this year which is going to still prove to be fairly troubled, for now at least, the optimism that we’re hoping for has been somewhat delayed and that has taken a little bit of steam out of the euro and just put a little bit of support back in the dollar but ultimately I think it is still a case of those high-beta commodity currencies, reflation currencies, will continue to perform well.

2. Giannis Antetokounmpo:

   We just came out in the third quarter flat.

3. Chief Executive Olivier Bohuon:

   We have done, this quarter and for the first half of the year, exactly what we were expecting to do.

4. The President:

   If you're asking me when is it going to be generally available to the American public, so we can begin to take advantage of vaccine to get back to our regular life, I think we're probably looking at third, late second quarter, third quarter 2021.

5. Nie Wen:

   Given exports are unlikely to stage a comeback and a possible slowdown in the property sector, the downward pressure on China's economy is likely to continue, with fourth-quarter economic growth expected to slip to 5.9%, authorities will loosen policies, but in a more restrained way.