Read chapter 4 for Friday.
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Chapter
/ˈt͡ʃæptə(r)/
Synonyms for "chapter" (125 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (38)
conferencecongregationconsistoryconventionconvocationcouncil of nicaeacouncil of trentdiocesan conferencedivisionecclesiastical councilecumenical councilepisodeessencefasciclefocus of attentionfocus of interestfoliofront mattergatheringgist
Verb(1 words)
discuss results
Noun(9 words)
Related words (62)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: affiliate, affiliate, arm, article, back matter.
- Sentence evidence is available for chapter, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, opengloss, derived_reverse, wiktionary, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "chapter".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "chapter"
Keep "chapter" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "chapter" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "chapter", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "chapter" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
16 entriesMore specific
9 entriesalumni chapterchapter headingchapter numberchapter titlefresh startnew phaseregional chapterstudent chapterturning point
Collocations
6 entrieschapter headingchapter onechapter titlechapter twolocal chapteropening chapter
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
138 translations across 89 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- kapitull noun (section in a book)
- krye noun (section in a book)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κεφάλαιον noun (section in a book)
Arabic
2 entries- بَاب noun (section in a book)
- فَصْل noun (section in a book)
Armenian
1 entries- գլուխ noun (section in a book)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢ noun (section in a book)
Asturian
1 entries- capítulu noun (section in a book)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- fəsil noun (section in a book)
Bashkir
1 entries- бүлек noun (section in a book)
Basque
1 entries- kapitulu noun (section in a book)
Belarusian
2 entries- глава́ noun (section in a book)
- раздзе́л noun (section in a book)
Bengali
1 entries- অধ্যায় noun (section in a book)
Breton
2 entries- chabistr noun (section in a book)
- pennad noun (section in a book)
Bulgarian
1 entries- глава́ noun (section in a book)
Burmese
2 entries- ခန်း noun (section in a book)
- အခန်း noun (section in a book)
Catalan
1 entries- capítol noun (section in a book)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᎠᏯᏙᎸᎢ noun (section in a book)
- ᎠᏯᏙᏢᎢ noun (section in a book)
Chichewa
1 entries- mutu noun (section in a book)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 章 noun (section in a book)
- 章節 /章节 noun (section in a book)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 章 noun (section in a book)
- 章節 /章节 noun (section in a book)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲕⲉⲫⲁⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ noun (section in a book)
Czech
2 entries- hlava noun (section in a book)
- kapitola noun (section in a book)
Danish
1 entries- kapitel noun (section in a book)
Dutch
3 entries- hoofdstuk noun (section in a book)
- kapittel noun (section in a book)
- kapittel noun (ecclesiastical body)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĉapitro noun (section in a book)
Estonian
1 entries- peatükk noun (section in a book)
Ewe
1 entries- ta noun (section in a book)
Finnish
2 entries- luku noun (section in a book)
- pykälä noun (section in a book)
French
2 entries- chapitre noun (section in a book)
- chapitre noun (ecclesiastical body)
Galician
1 entries- capítulo noun (section in a book)
Georgian
1 entries- თავი noun (section in a book)
German
3 entries- Abschnitt noun (section in a book)
- Kapitel noun (section in a book)
- Kapitel noun (ecclesiastical body)
Greek
1 entries- κεφάλαιο noun (section in a book)
Greenlandic
1 entries- kapitali noun (section in a book)
Gujarati
1 entries- પ્રકરણ noun (section in a book)
Hebrew
1 entries- פֶּרֶק noun (section in a book)
Hindi
4 entries- अध्याय noun (section in a book)
- खंड noun (section in a book)
- खण्ड noun (section in a book)
- चैप्टर noun (section in a book)
Hungarian
2 entries- fejezet noun (section in a book)
- káptalan noun (ecclesiastical body)
Icelandic
1 entries- kafli noun (section in a book)
Ido
1 entries- chapitro noun (section in a book)
Indonesian
2 entries- bab noun (section in a book)
- bagian noun (section in a book)
Ingrian
1 entries- glava noun (section in a book)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- باب noun (section in a book)
- فَرْگَرْد noun (section in a book)
- فَصْل noun (section in a book)
Irish
1 entries- caibidil noun (section in a book)
Italian
1 entries- capitolo noun (section in a book)
Japanese
2 entries- 章 noun (section in a book)
- 章節 noun (section in a book)
Kazakh
1 entries- тарау noun (section in a book)
Khmer
3 entries- កណ្ឌ noun (section in a book)
- កថាភាគ noun (section in a book)
- ចំពូក noun (section in a book)
Korean
2 entries- 장 noun (section in a book)
- 장절 noun (section in a book)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- глава noun (section in a book)
- тароо noun (section in a book)
Lao
1 entries- ບົດ noun (section in a book)
Latin
3 entries- capitulum noun (section in a book)
- capitulum noun (ecclesiastical body)
- caput noun (section in a book)
Latvian
1 entries- nodaļa noun (section in a book)
Lithuanian
1 entries- skyrius noun (section in a book)
Macedonian
2 entries- глава noun (section in a book)
- поглавје noun (section in a book)
Malay
1 entries- bab noun (section in a book)
Malayalam
1 entries- അദ്ധ്യായം noun (section in a book)
Middle English
2 entries- chapitre noun (section in a book)
- chapitre noun (ecclesiastical body)
Mongolian
1 entries- бүлэг noun (section in a book)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kapittel noun (section in a book)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kapittel noun (section in a book)
Old English
2 entries- capitul noun (section in a book)
- hēafodweard noun (section in a book)
Old Irish
1 entries- caiptel noun (section in a book)
Polish
2 entries- kapituła noun (ecclesiastical body)
- rozdział noun (section in a book)
Portuguese
1 entries- capítulo noun (section in a book)
Romanian
1 entries- capitol noun (section in a book)
Russian
2 entries- глава́ noun (section in a book)
- разде́л noun (section in a book)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अध्याय noun (section in a book)
- काण्ड noun (section in a book)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- caibideil noun (section in a book)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- gláva noun (section in a book)
- pòglāvlje noun (section in a book)
- гла́ва noun (section in a book)
- по̀гла̄вље noun (section in a book)
Slovak
3 entries- hlava noun (section in a book)
- kapitola noun (section in a book)
- odsek noun (section in a book)
Slovene
1 entries- poglavje noun (section in a book)
Spanish
2 entries- capítulo noun (section in a book)
- capítulo noun (ecclesiastical body)
Swahili
1 entries- sura noun (section in a book)
Swedish
1 entries- kapitel noun (section in a book)
Tagalog
1 entries- kabanata noun (section in a book)
Tajik
2 entries- боб noun (section in a book)
- фасл noun (section in a book)
Telugu
1 entries- ప్రకరణము noun (section in a book)
Thai
2 entries- ตอน noun (section in a book)
- บท noun (section in a book)
Tocharian B
1 entries- sargga noun (section in a book)
Turkish
1 entries- bölüm noun (section in a book)
Turkmen
1 entries- bap noun (section in a book)
Ukrainian
2 entries- глава́ noun (section in a book)
- ро́зділ noun (section in a book)
Urdu
3 entries- باب noun (section in a book)
- فَصْل noun (section in a book)
- کھَنْڈ noun (section in a book)
Uyghur
1 entries- باب noun (section in a book)
Uzbek
2 entries- bob noun (section in a book)
- fasl noun (section in a book)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chương noun (section in a book)
Walloon
2 entries- tchapite noun (section in a book)
- tchaptrê noun (section in a book)
Welsh
1 entries- pennod noun (section in a book)
Yiddish
1 entries- קאַפּיטל noun (section in a book)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
Each chapter in the textbook is followed by about a dozen comprehension questions.
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Give me chapter and verse.
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At any rate, we have to finish this chapter before we can start on the next.
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Showing 4 of 28 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "chapter"?
Closest matches include affiliate, affiliate, arm, article, back matter.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "chapter"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.