Sliver

//ˈslɪv.ɚ//

Synonyms for "sliver" (154 found)

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18 entries

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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has context

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manner of

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related to

22 entries

Showing 16 of 22 words.

Translations

66 translations across 24 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • вълмо noun (strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state)
  • треска noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 裂片 noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Czech

3 entries
  • odřezek noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • odštěpek noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • tříska noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kuontalo noun (strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state)
  • säle noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • tikku noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

French

4 entries
  • gratte-ciel noun (New York: narrow high-rise apartment building)
  • languette noun (bait made of pieces of small fish)
  • tour noun (New York: narrow high-rise apartment building)
  • écharde noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Galician

2 entries
  • acha noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • estela noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

German

4 entries
  • Band noun (strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state)
  • Faserband noun (strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state)
  • Splitter noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • Spreißel noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • flaski noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • flís noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Italian

4 entries
  • frammento noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • grattacielo noun (New York: narrow high-rise apartment building)
  • scaglia noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • scheggia noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Korean

1 entries
  • 조각 noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • skaida noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • ževers noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Latvian

1 entries
  • skaida noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Māori

2 entries
  • hōripi noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • kōripi noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Spekja noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • lasca noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Romanian

2 entries
  • așchie noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • surcea noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Russian

3 entries
  • дом-точка noun (New York: narrow high-rise apartment building)
  • оско́лок noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • ще́пка noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Slovak

2 entries
  • trieska noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • štiepka noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Slovene

1 entries
  • trska noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Spanish

4 entries
  • astilla noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • cebo lengüeta noun (bait made of pieces of small fish)
  • chin noun (a small amount)
  • edificio noun (New York: narrow high-rise apartment building)

Swedish

4 entries
  • flisa noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • livagn noun (bait made of pieces of small fish)
  • speta noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • speta noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • ṣat noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ince dilim noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • kordon noun (strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state)
  • kıymık noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
  • şerit noun (strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • qırm noun (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Our evidence is no more than a tiny sliver of solid knowledge amidst the vast bog of doubts and speculations.

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I'd only like a sliver, please.

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I'll take a sliver of the cake.

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There's a sliver of hope in this week's news, at least.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.