Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.
Source: tatoeba (1732)
Half
/hɑːf/
Synonyms for "half" (97 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (20)
Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (29)
endequalequal shareequidistanceeven stephenfatefifty percentfifty-fiftyhalf-and-halfhalfwayhalfway househalverhalvershelpinghemisphereinterestlotmeasuremediety
Noun(10 words)
fifty percentfifty-cent coinfifty-cent piecehalf as manyhalf as muchhalf-dollar coinhalf-periodhalveshalvingincomplete
Related words (48)
meedmessmid-distancemidcoursemiddle distancemidwaymodicummoietyone-and-a-halfpartpartialparticularpartlyper capitaper headpercentagepieceportionpro rataproportion
Show 18 more words
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: one-half, allotment, allowance, big end, bigger half.
- Sentence evidence is available for half, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, 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 "half".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "half"
Keep "half" 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 "half" 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 "half", 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 "half" 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
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
More specific
27 entriesfifty percentfifty-cent piecefirst halfhalf as manyhalf as muchhalf asleephalf circlehalf finishedhalf inchhalf lifehalf of the populationhalf past noonhalf past threehalf past twohalf pinthalf the data
Showing 16 of 27 words.
Collocations
19 entrieshalf a dozenhalf as manyhalf as muchhalf baked ideahalf centuryhalf circlehalf dollarhalf hourhalf lifehalf ofhalf pricehalf sizehalf the populationhalf the samplehalf the timehalf-time
Showing 16 of 19 words.
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
10 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
274 translations across 135 languages.
Abkhaz
2 entries- абжа adj (consisting of a half)
- абжа noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Adyghe
1 entries- ныкъо noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Afar
1 entries- abxa noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Albanian
2 entries- gjysmë adj (consisting of a half)
- gjysmë noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἥμισυς adj (consisting of a half)
- ἥμισυ noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Arabic
4 entries- نص noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- نص noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- نُصْف noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- نِصْف noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Armenian
2 entries- կես adj (consisting of a half)
- կես noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Aromanian
1 entries- giumitati noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Assamese
1 entries- আধা adj (consisting of a half)
Asturian
1 entries- mitá noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- yarım adj (consisting of a half)
- yarım noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Bashkir
4 entries- ярты adj (consisting of a half)
- ярым adj (consisting of a half)
- ярты noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- ярым noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Belarusian
2 entries- палаві́на noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- пало́ва noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Bengali
1 entries- আধা noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Bikol Central
1 entries- kabanga adj (consisting of a half)
Breton
1 entries- hanter noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Bulgarian
2 entries- половин adj (consisting of a half)
- полови́на noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Burmese
2 entries- အခြမ်း noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- အခွဲ noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Catalan
2 entries- mig adj (consisting of a half)
- meitat noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Central Kurdish
3 entries- نیو adj (consisting of a half)
- نیوە noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- نیوە noun (half a standard measure)
Chamicuro
1 entries- pachishki noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Chechen
2 entries- ах adj (consisting of a half)
- ах noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏰᏟ noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Chinese
2 entries- 一半 noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- 半 noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 半 adj (consisting of a half)
- 一半 noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- 半 noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 半 adj (consisting of a half)
- 一半 noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- 半 noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Czech
4 entries- půl adj (consisting of a half)
- polovina noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- půl noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- půlka noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Dalmatian
1 entries- mesu noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Danish
2 entries- halv adj (consisting of a half)
- halvdel noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Dutch
2 entries- half adj (consisting of a half)
- helft noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Esperanto
2 entries- duona adj (consisting of a half)
- duono noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Estonian
2 entries- pool adj (consisting of a half)
- pool noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Ewe
3 entries- afɑ̃ adj (consisting of a half)
- afɑ̃ noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- afɑ̃ noun (part; side; behalf)
Farefare
1 entries- pʋsʋka noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Faroese
1 entries- helvt noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Finnish
4 entries- puoli adj (consisting of a half)
- puolet noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- puoli noun (part; side; behalf)
- puolikas noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
French
2 entries- demi adj (consisting of a half)
- moitié noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Friulian
3 entries- mieç adj (consisting of a half)
- mieç noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- mitât noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Galician
1 entries- metade noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Georgian
3 entries- ნახევარი adj (consisting of a half)
- მეორედი noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- ნახევარი noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
German
2 entries- halb adj (consisting of a half)
- Hälfte noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 adj (consisting of a half)
Greek
4 entries- ήμισυς adj (consisting of a half)
- μισός adj (consisting of a half)
- μισό noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- μισό noun (half a standard measure)
Gujarati
3 entries- અડધું adj (consisting of a half)
- અર્ધું adj (consisting of a half)
- અરધું noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- mwatye noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Hebrew
2 entries- חֵצִי noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- מַחֲצִית noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Hindi
4 entries- अर्द्ध adj (consisting of a half)
- अर्ध adj (consisting of a half)
- आधा adj (consisting of a half)
- आधा noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Hungarian
1 entries- fél noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Icelandic
1 entries- helmingur noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Ido
1 entries- duima noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Ilocano
1 entries- guddua noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Indonesian
3 entries- setengah adj (consisting of a half)
- separuh noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- setengah noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Ingush
1 entries- ах noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Irish
2 entries- leath- adj (consisting of a half)
- leath noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Isnag
1 entries- xadduwa noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Italian
1 entries- metà noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Japanese
3 entries- ハーフ adj (consisting of a half)
- 半 adj (consisting of a half)
- 半分 noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Kabardian
1 entries- ныкъуэ noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Kapampangan
1 entries- kapitna adj (consisting of a half)
Kazakh
2 entries- жарты noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- жарым noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Khmer
4 entries- កន្លះ adj (consisting of a half)
- ចំហៀង adj (consisting of a half)
- កន្លះ noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- ចំហៀង noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- джын noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Korean
2 entries- 반 adj (consisting of a half)
- 반 noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- жарты noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- жарым noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Lao
3 entries- ເຄິ່ງ adj (consisting of a half)
- ທ່ອງ noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- ເກີ່ງ noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Latgalian
1 entries- puse adj (consisting of a half)
Latin
4 entries- dīmidium adj (consisting of a half)
- sēmis adj (consisting of a half)
- dīmidium noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- semis noun (half a standard measure)
Latvian
1 entries- puse adj (consisting of a half)
Lithuanian
2 entries- pusė adj (consisting of a half)
- pusė noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Macedonian
1 entries- половина noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Malay
1 entries- separuh noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Maltese
1 entries- nofs noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡥᠣᠨᡨᠣᡥᠣ adj (consisting of a half)
Marathi
1 entries- अर्धा noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Mongolian
4 entries- хагас adj (consisting of a half)
- тал noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- хагас noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠰ noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Moore
1 entries- pʋsʋka noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Māori
2 entries- haurua adj (consisting of a half)
- haurua noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- upanɗe class 11/10a noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- nîv adj (consisting of a half)
- niv noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Northern Thai
1 entries- ᨣᩕᩮᩥ᩠᩵ᨦ adj (consisting of a half)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- halv adj (consisting of a half)
- banehalvdel noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- del noun (part; side; behalf)
- halv noun (half a standard measure)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- halv adj (consisting of a half)
- halvdel noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Occitan
2 entries- mièg adj (consisting of a half)
- mitat noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Odia
1 entries- ଅଧା adj (consisting of a half)
Ossetian
1 entries- ӕрдӕг noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Papiamentu
1 entries- mei noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Persian
4 entries- نیم adj (consisting of a half)
- نصف noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- نیم noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- نیمه noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Pipil
1 entries- tajku noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Halft noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Polish
4 entries- połowiczny adj (consisting of a half)
- pół- adj (consisting of a half)
- połowa noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- połowina noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Portuguese
4 entries- meio adj (consisting of a half)
- metade adj (consisting of a half)
- metade noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- tempo noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Quechua
1 entries- ch'iqta adj (consisting of a half)
Romanian
4 entries- emi- adj (consisting of a half)
- jumate adj (consisting of a half)
- jumătate adj (consisting of a half)
- semi- adj (consisting of a half)
Russian
4 entries- пол- adj (consisting of a half)
- полу- adj (consisting of a half)
- полови́на noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- сторона́ noun (part; side; behalf)
Saho
1 entries- abrha noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अर्ध adj (consisting of a half)
- अर्ध noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Sardinian
4 entries- meidade noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- meitate noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- metadi noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- midade noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- leth noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- polovina adj (consisting of a half)
- polovina noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- половина noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Shan
1 entries- ၶိုင်ႈ noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Sinhalese
1 entries- බාගය adj (consisting of a half)
Slovak
2 entries- polovica noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- polovina noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Slovene
2 entries- pol adj (consisting of a half)
- polovica noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Southern Altai
2 entries- јарым adj (consisting of a half)
- јарым noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Spanish
4 entries- medio adj (consisting of a half)
- meitad (disused) noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- metad (disused) noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- mitad noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Sranan Tongo
2 entries- afu adj (consisting of a half)
- afu noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Swahili
1 entries- nusu noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Swedish
4 entries- halv adj (consisting of a half)
- del noun (part; side; behalf)
- halva noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- halvlek noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Tagalog
2 entries- kalahati adj (consisting of a half)
- kalahati noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Tajik
3 entries- ним noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- нима noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- нисф noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Talysh
2 entries- nim noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- nimə noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Tamil
4 entries- அரை adj (consisting of a half)
- அரை noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- அரை noun (half a standard measure)
- பங்கு noun (part; side; behalf)
Tarifit
1 entries- azyen noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Tat
1 entries- nimə noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Tatar
1 entries- ярты noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Tausug
1 entries- tunga noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Telugu
1 entries- సగము noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Thai
4 entries- กึ่ง adj (consisting of a half)
- ครึ่ง adj (consisting of a half)
- ครึ่ง noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- ครึ่งหนึ่ง noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཕྱེད་ཀ noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ywārtsa noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- hap noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Tongan
1 entries- vaeua noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Turkish
4 entries- buçuk adj (consisting of a half)
- yarı adj (consisting of a half)
- yarı noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- yarım noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Turkmen
1 entries- ýarym noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Tày
4 entries- bưởng noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- chang noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- puốn noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
- pán noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Udmurt
1 entries- ӝыны noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Ukrainian
1 entries- полови́на noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Urdu
1 entries- آدھا noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Uzbek
1 entries- yarim noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Venetan
1 entries- mezo noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Vietnamese
2 entries- phân nửa adj (consisting of a half)
- nửa noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
West-Frisian
1 entries- heal adj (consisting of a half)
Yiddish
2 entries- האַלב adj (consisting of a half)
- העלפֿט noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Yoruba
1 entries- idaji noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Zazaki
1 entries- nȋme noun (one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided)
Sample sentences
47 total sentences available.
Half an eye is very useful actually, because an animal can see half of another animal, which wants to eat it, and can get out of the way, and it will eat the animal, which has only one-half eye or only 49% of an eye, because this to it will not be enough, and the animal, which was eaten up, will have no children, because it is dead.
Source: tatoeba (1843)
The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
Source: tatoeba (2265)
Your camera is only half the size of mine.
Source: tatoeba (17399)
Showing 4 of 47 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "half"?
Closest matches include one-half, allotment, allowance, big end, bigger half.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "half"?
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