Half

/hɑːf/

Synonyms for "half" (97 found)

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Closest matches (20)

Noun(1 words)

allotment allowancebig endbigger halfbisection bit bite budget chunk commission contingent cut deal destiny distributional distributive dividend dole

Verb(1 words)

bisect

Strong matches (29)

end equalequal shareequidistanceeven stephenfatefifty percentfifty-fiftyhalf-and-halfhalfwayhalfway househalver halvers helping hemisphere interest lot measure mediety

Noun(10 words)

fifty percentfifty-cent coinfifty-cent piecehalf as manyhalf as muchhalf-dollar coinhalf-period halves halving incomplete

Related words (48)

meed mess mid-distance midcoursemiddle distancemidway modicum moietyone-and-a-halfpart partial particular partlyper capitaper headpercentage piece portionpro rataproportion

Show 18 more words

proportional proportionate prorated quantum quotarake offrake-off ration respective segment semicircle semisphere several share slicesmall sharestake stock

Noun(10 words)

moietiesone halfpartial partially partly period phase segment semi two-part

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

18 entries

coincommon fractioncomparative adverbcondition currencydegree adverbdivision duration fraction part portion quantifier section segmentsimple fractionstate

Showing 16 of 18 words.

More specific

27 entries

fifty 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 entries

half 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 entries

halved halves halving

Derivations

10 entries

half bakedhalf-time halfhearted halfheartedly halfness halfway halve halved halves halving

Antonyms

1 entries

whole

similar

4 entries

fractional incomplete partial uncomplete

Translations

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.

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Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.

Source: tatoeba (1732)

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)

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