Half

//hɑːf//

Word Type

Noun
Adverb
Adjective
Adjective
Preposition
Verb
Intj
Adverb

The word "half" can be used as noun, adverb, adjective, adjective, preposition, verb, intj and adverb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

whole whole

Coordinate Terms

quarter

Derived Terms

Halfrican a danger foreseen is half avoided a fault confessed is half redressed ain't half all over hell's half acre and a half at half-sword automatic half-barrier level crossing baker's half dozen better half by half by halves call it half a day centre half centre-half cheap at half the price cry halves cut the baby in half do by half-measures dummy half first half fly half fly-half four-half glass-half-empty glass-half-full go half and half go halves go off half-cocked half a brain half a century half a chance half a dozen half a grunter half a head half a loaf is better than no bread half a loaf is better than no loaf half a loaf is better than none half a mile half a mind half a mo half adder half again half an eye half an hour half and half half ass half back half baked half bath half bathroom half bent half binding half birthday half blood half blue half board half boarder half brother half brother-in-law half bull half butt half cadence half cap half cell half cent half cock half cocked half columnar half court half cut half day half dead half dime half dozen half duplex half eagle half empty half fare half foot half forward half full half gip half glove half gross half gyp half hitch half hose half hour half in the bag half inch half joe half joke half lit half mast half measure half moon half murder half nelson half nephew half niece half note half orphan half page half pay half pipe half polluted half price half rest half rhyme half round half seas over half shaft half shell half shift half sib half sister half sister-in-law half slip half smile half sole half sovereign half space half stack half staff half step half term half the battle half the story half tide half time half tint half title half to death half tone half truth half undern half viaduct half volley half year half-Jew half-Windsor half-a-crown half-a-dollar half-a-dozen half-an-hour half-and-half half-angel half-ape half-arse half-arsed half-asleep half-ass half-assed half-assedly half-assery half-awake half-back half-baked half-bakedness half-ball half-baptism half-barrier half-bat half-bath half-birthday half-blood half-blooded half-boiled half-boot half-bound half-brained half-breadth plan half-break half-bred half-breed half-broken half-brother half-built half-caf half-caste half-cell half-century half-chair half-chance half-clammed half-cock half-cocked half-colonel half-court half-court line half-court violation half-cousin half-cracked half-crown half-cut half-dead half-deal half-decent half-decked half-demon half-diminished seventh chord half-dollar half-door half-dozen half-duplex half-eaten half-edge half-elf half-elven half-embrace half-equation half-evergreen half-expect half-faced half-filled half-finished half-first cousin half-forgotten half-frame half-free half-fuck half-full half-gip half-god half-graben half-grown half-gyp half-half half-halt half-hardy half-hearted half-heartedly half-heartedness half-hitch half-holiday half-hourlong half-hourly half-human half-hunter half-identical half-inch half-integer half-integral half-island half-jacket half-joke half-jokingly half-kirtle half-landing half-length half-life half-light half-line half-long half-long vowel half-marathon half-marathoner half-marrow half-mask half-mast half-measure half-metal half-metallic half-metallicity half-mile half-monthly half-moon half-mourning half-naked half-natural half-nephew half-niece half-night stand half-noble half-one half-op half-open half-open file half-open interval half-orc half-orphan half-pant half-pass half-past-six half-pie half-pike half-pint half-pipe half-plane half-plate half-port half-pounder half-price half-rate half-ray half-reaction half-read half-relaxation time half-relief half-rep half-rocked half-round half-royal half-seen half-shower half-sib half-sibling half-sibling-in-law half-sider half-sighted half-silvered mirror half-sister half-smile half-solid half-staff half-standard half-step half-strained half-suit half-swastika half-term half-tide half-timber half-timbered half-timbering half-time half-timer half-tint half-title half-tone half-track half-tracker half-truth half-turn half-uncle half-unicorn half-up half-down half-value thickness half-virgin half-volley half-waking half-waxen half-wheel half-width half-wild half-wit half-witch half-witted half-wittedly half-wizard half-world half-year half-yearly half-zip halfalogue halfback halfbeak halfcock halfcourt halfer halfful halfhearted halfie halflife halfling halfmer halfmonth halfness halfpace halfpike halfplanar halfro halfsie halfsies halfspace halfwave halfwidth halfword hell and half of Georgia how the other half lives in half in one's half jury of half-tongue know the half of knowing is half the battle left-half like one o'clock half struck listen with half an ear maternal half aunt maternal half-uncle not half not half bad on the half hour one and a half one and a half syndrome one half one-and-a-half-spaced one-half one-half crosswise one-half lengthwise open half space other half paternal half aunt paternal half-uncle rear admiral lower half right-half saw the baby in half scrum half scrum-half second half second-half seven and a half shared sorrow is half sorrow sharp-and-a-half shelter half show half ball swift half take one's half out of the middle the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long the glass half-empty the glass half-full the half of it time and a half too clever by half well begun is half done with half an eye you can't be half pregnant

Distinct From

whole

Etymologically Related To

behalf halve

Type Of (IsA)

part

Related Terms

not half

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