part

n

1. portion, division, majority, proportion; department, compartment, branch, group, subgroup, species, family; piece, parcel, fragment, fraction, can-tie; section, sector, segment, subdivision, detail, detachment; constituent, component, ingredient, complement; factor, element, part and parcel; appurtenance, leaven, accouterment.

2. particular, item, particle, bit, scrap, shred, crumb, morsel; snippet, cutting, wisp, rag, remnant, hank; slice, wedge, rasher, sliver, finger; hunk, lump, stump, butt, chunk; fraction, half, third, quarter, fifth, etc.

3. attribute, feature, mark, characteristic, trait; quality, property, character, nature; grade, kind, tone, color; stamp, caliber, grain, aspect, type.

4. chapter, column, phrase, clause, subclause, sentence; stanza, verse, verselet, strophe; meter, measure, stich, stave, line; excerpt, extract, quotation; paragraph, passage, article; serial, fascicle, number, issue, installment; book, volume, edition.

5. member, limb, organ, appendage, arm, leg, extremity; joint, wing, shank, shin; torso, trunk, thorax; branch, bough, ramification, adjunct; twig, sprig, spray, switch; offshoot, spur, scion, heir, chip off the old block.

6. share, allotment, lot, apportionment, assignment; dividend, commission, stock, stake, consignment, Sl. cut, Sl. rake-off, Sl. whack; dose, measure, quantum, meed, contingent, modicum; quota, proportion, percentage; pittance, dole, deal, allowance, moiety, ration, budget, Sl. chunk, Sl. slice of the pie.

7. parts

region, territory, area, place; zone, ground, terrain, Sl. turf; quarter, district, ward, bailiwick, precinct; neighborhood, vicinity, purlieus, environs, confines, neck of the woods.

8. participation, say, responsibility; interest, concern, care, regard, business, affair.

9. duty, function, line, office, capacity; realm, province, sphere, scope.

10. character, person, role, cast, lead; cue, lines, side.

11. for the most part

in the main, on the whole, by and large, all in all; mostly, mainly, chiefly, principally; for all practical purposes, essentially, to all intents and purposes.

12. in part

in some measure, to some degree, to some extent; partially, partly, comparatively, moderately, tolerably, relatively.

13. on the part of

on behalf of, in the name of, for the sake of, for, by proxy for, acting for, under orders from.

14. take part

participate, engage in, play a part in, be a party to, join, join in; partake, associate, have a hand in; contribute, chip in, enter into, sit in on, have a voice in, vote.

v

15. divide, break, cleave, split; dissect, anatomize, dismantle, take apart, break up; subdivide, sec-tionalize, segment, fragment; divaricate, splay, deploy, fan out, spread; diverge, deviate, radiate, fork, bifurcate; ramify, branch out, swerve off.

16. keep apart, put apart, separate; dissolve, decompose, disintegrate, disorganize; sunder, dissever, sever, abscind; disconnect, disjoin, detach, dissociate; disunite, divorce, isolate, segregate; cut apart, cut adrift, hive off, split off.

17. come apart, break away, separate; loose, get loose, disengage, unclinch, ungear, unyoke; unmoor, cast off.

18. distribute, apportion, allot, allocate, dole, deal, parcel; divide, Sl. divvy up, halve, carve up; administer, assign, dispense, mete, partition.

19. depart, part company, go separate ways, split up, break up; quit, vacate, go away, go off; get up and go, be gone, take leave, withdraw, retire, make an exit; disband, disperse, scatter, dispel; break away, push off, Sl. hit the road.

20. part with

give up, relinquish, abandon, renounce; forgo, have done with, be rid of, forsake; surrender, yield, cede, release; discard, get rid of, dismiss, lay aside, throw away, jettison.

adj

21. half, partial, partly; bi-, semi-, hemi-, demi-; a bit, a little, a wee bit.