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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How to use half in a sentence?

1. Patrick Vanier:

   They come in, in half-hour intervals.

2. Patrick Chauvet:

   It's true that we have lost a month and a half.

3. C. C. Colton:

   It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do.

4. Edward Young:

   By night an atheist half believes in God.

5. Michael McFaul:

   I think people need to remember that we're talking about cities like Kharkiv and Mariupol and Kyiv, there are large populations there, you know, up to a third and sometimes as much to a half that are Russian speakers and are ethnic Russians. And yet Putin doesn't seem to care about that. He slaughters the very people he said he has come to liberate.