HALVES Synonyms: 133 Similar and Opposite Words

halves 1 of 2

noun

Definition of halves

plural of half

as in parts

one of two equal or nearly equal parts to be fair, we should each get half the pie

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as in matches

either of a pair matched in one or more qualities it's the bottom half of the ninth inning, and the Yankees are up at bat

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halves

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of halve

as in quarters

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Recent Examples of halves

Noun

Roast halves cut side down rather than boiling them, since roasting concentrates the sugars and cuts moisture. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 The exhibition, which opened Sunday in East Hollywood, aims to unify both halves of his work. — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 But the two disparate halves of his career look startlingly the same. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Peel both halves, then scoop out the seeds, which can be roasted just like pumpkin seeds. — Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 Instead of a typical intermission between the game’s two halves, the performance was an event of its own. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026 To surmount the issue, Apple routed a flexible graphite pipe through the hinge itself to transfer heat between the two halves, thereby increasing the surface area available for heat dissipation. — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026 That's unlike most mobile controllers today, which either have a full-sized gamepad inelegantly clamp on to your phone, or stretch in the middle to accommodate your handset in between two halves of a controller. — New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2026 Perhaps even more concerning than the Broncos’ poor first halves is their inability to get anything going on opening drives. — Sam Jane, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for halves

Noun

Leica still makes film cameras, including the MP and M-A, which have no digital parts.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Faheem Akram, 33, was arrested after a weekslong search involving raids across several parts of the country, a senior official at the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, Atif Ameer, told reporters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of parts

Noun

André said the federation approached Concacaf due to the ongoing security situation in Haiti, which continues to prevent the team from playing international matches in the country.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
There are 16 Orlando area teams still in the running for state titles heading into Saturday matches.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of matches

Verb

The interface splits each 2-core fiber into two single-core fibers inside the repeater for efficient amplification, then merges them back into 2-core fibers.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Mana splits his time between New York and South Florida, with places in Miami and Boca Raton.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of splits

Noun

A couple of sections in the shade, on the home sideline, rose a bit more than 3%.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
This is against the backdrop of the French government imposing a curfew and many businesses and some famous tourist attractions shutting down amid the wave of violence that engulfed sections of Paris and other cites around the country.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of sections

Noun

Harris pointed to Harris and Gill’s healthy older child, who was also living in the home, as evidence that something else was going on with the twins.

— Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
The pathologists who examined the twins also said their causes of death were undetermined, Filicetti said.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of twins

Verb

The collapse of institutional rivalry The separation of powers divides authority among the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government to prevent too much power from becoming concentrated in any one place.

— Stephanie A, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
The method divides relative cost of delay by relative job duration.

— Dr. Timothy J. Giardino, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of divides

Noun

Yes, Googlebooks are fine companions to your Android phone, but that's about where their value proposition stops.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Some users who had developed emotional attachments complained that their AI companions suddenly felt different.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of companions

Verb

While designing the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in the 1990s, the architect would sit by the river that bifurcates the city, looking at different metal treatments.

— Belinda Luscombe, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
For example, Highway 17 currently bifurcates a piece planners hope to lock in through Los Gatos.

— San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 2021

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