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. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon:

   Most of McNeilly's concerns proved to be either factually incorrect or the result of mis- or partial understanding.

2. Mira Ghaleni:

   I understand, striking is a constitutional right but there should at least be a partial( subway) service.

3. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz:

   He explained in his views that he was pro-choice, he supported partial birth abortion, open to gay marriage, and his explanation for all that, he said, 'I'm a New Yorker, I'm from Manhattan,' those are the views of New York. Those are what New York values are, they're not Iowa values, but that's 'New York values.' So, that was Donald's explanation of what New York values are. It's how he articulated it.

4. The IEA:

   Oil continues to dominate road transport demand, despite an increase in consumption of biofuels, electrification of mobility, with the partial exception of two and three wheelers, makes only limited inroads. This pathway suggests little change in Southeast Asia from today's congested roads and poor urban air quality.

5. 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, ... create a fully independent tax commission.