Piecemeal

/ˈpiːs.miːl/

Synonyms for "piecemeal" (96 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (20)

Adjective(6 words)
stepwiseatomisticatomistic perspectiveatomistic viewbit-by-bitdisconnected communities
adriftapartapart fromaside fromasunderaway frombit by bitby degreesby inchesby inchmealby snatches
Adverb(2 words)
asunderbit by bit
Adverb(1 words)
bit by bit

Strong matches (28)

disjointeddrop by dropfitfullyfoot by footfragmentarygradualgraduallyin detailin dribletsin installmentsin lotsin small doses
Adverb(1 words)
Verb(2 words)
Noun(3 words)
divide and conquerfrghodgepodge
Adjective(10 words)
fragmentaryfragmentedfragmented instructionfragmented landscapefragmented learningfragmented modelingfragmented viewgraduallyhaphazard materialsin small stages

Related words (48)

in snatchesin the abstractin twainin twoinch by inchinchmealincompleteintermittentlylittle by littleone by onepart by partpiece by pieceseparatelyseverallyslowlysporadicsporadicallystep-by-step
Adverb(3 words)
in stageslittle by littlemore fragmented farming
Adjective(12 words)
incrementallyisolated national policiesnonsystemic approachpartialpartial energy budgetpatchworkpatchyreductionist thinkingstep-by-stepthematic fragmentationunconnected practicesunsystematic
Adverb(1 words)
Noun(13 words)
partwise analysispatchwork fieldspatchwork policypiecepiecemeal analysispiecemeal reform policyportion outputteringreductionist stancescrabblingstepwise concentration changetackingtrickling
Verb(1 words)

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

3 entries
adverbdescriptive termmanner

More specific

5 entries
by degreesfragmentary approachin stagespartial planstepwise

Collocations

9 entries
piece by piecepiecemeal approachpiecemeal fashionpiecemeal improvementpiecemeal planningpiecemeal processpiecemeal progresspiecemeal reformpiecemeal reforms

Inflections

2 entries
more piecemealmost piecemeal

Derivations

1 entries

similar

1 entries

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The information is leaking piecemeal to the press.

Source: tatoeba (268516)

He said that the piecemeal solution of the government will not work.

Source: tatoeba (4977304)

I won't be swayed by your piecemeal offerings.

Source: tatoeba (10803347)

The regulation is piecemeal and unfocused.

Source: tatoeba (12466823)

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