Synonyms for half
hæf, hɑfhalf

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1. halfadjective

   Having one parent (rather than two) in common.

   A half brother or half sister

   Synonyms:
   

2. halfadjective

   Synonyms:
   semi-, demi-, hemi-

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1. half

   Synonyms:
   moiety, bisection, dimidiation

   Antonyms:
   integrity, entirety, totality, whole

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1. one-half, halfnoun

   one of two equal parts of a divisible whole

   "half a loaf"; "half an hour"; "a century and one half"

   Synonyms:
   one-half

   Antonyms:
   whole, complete

2. halfadjective

   one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval

   Synonyms:
   one-half

   Antonyms:
   complete, whole

3. half(a)adjective

   consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

   "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour"

   Antonyms:
   complete, whole

4. half(a)adjective

   partial

   "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job"

   Antonyms:
   whole, complete

5. halfadverb

   (of siblings) related through one parent only

   "a half brother"; "half sister"

   Synonyms:
   half(a)

   Antonyms:
   complete, whole

6. halfadverb

   partially or to the extent of a half

   "he was half hidden by the bushes"

   Antonyms:
   complete, whole

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1. divide into two

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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1. halfnoun

   Synonyms:
   moiety

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1. halfadverb

   Synonyms:
   partially, imperfectly

2. halfnoun

   Synonyms:
   moiety

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1. List of paraphrases for "half":

   one-half, semester, half-year, halfway, east, middle, pol, halved, half-way, average, -stanzi, poole, 50, means, media

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1. World Athletics:

   There's a rather sobering statistic : 70 % of competitors that are chasing an Tokyo Olympics slot are only going to have one chance of this, to pull the plugs on an Olympic Games when football, tennis, rugby and so many other sports are now up and running -- and some even with crowds -- where cities are coming out of lockdown and are moving towards normalcy, I can see no good reason why you wouldn't want to do everything you possibly can to make sure that you're not discarding a generation of athletes who have spent over half their young lives in pursuit of this one moment which is real life for them and their families and their friends and the systems that have been in place to support them.

2. The IEA:

   China will drive nearly half this global demand growth even as the shape and speed of its reopening remains uncertain.

3. Michael Wachs:

   My wife and I have the same tastes so we'll probably split the reading work in half evenly and then each come back with our 20 favorites and narrow it down from there.

4. The CEA:

   In the current energy market situation, the perspective of industrial development of fourth-generation reactors is not planned before the second half of this century.

5. Jeb Hensarling:

   Not only do tariffs harm American consumers, they harm many American employers and their American workers as well, since over half of our imports are intermediate components or raw materials for American businesses.