section

The word “section” has 2 syllables: sec-tion

It's pronounced as /ˈsɛk.ʃən/

What is synonym and antonym for section?

In the thesaurus, “section” has 69 synonyms and 38 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for section along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for section

area
backyard
balloon
barrio
belt
bit
blow
blow up
bourgeon
break
break up
burgeon
burst
cleave
component
constituent
crack
crump
cut
department
detonate
dissever
district
division
element
enclave
explode
factor
fragment
ghetto
go off
hood
ingredient
length
locality
member
moiety
mushroom
nabe
neighborhood
parcel
part
particle
partition
place
pop
portion
precinct
quarter
region
rend
rip
rive
rupture
scrap
segment
separate
sever
shatter
shred
smash
snap
splinter
split
tatter
tear
unlink
ward
zone

Antonyms for section

aggregate
assemble
associate
blend
chain
coalesce
collapse
combine
composite
compound
conjoin
conjugate
connect
couple
fuse
hitch
hook
implode
interfuse
join
knit
marry
mate
mingle
mix
recombine
reconnect
rejoin
reunify
reunite
splice
sum
total
totality
unify
unite
whole
yoke

Meanings of section

noun
1. A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
2. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
3. A part of a document.
4. An act or instance of cutting.
5. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
6. An incision or the act of making an incision.
7. A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
8. A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
9. An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
10. A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
11. A right inverse.
12. A piece of residential land; a plot.
13. A one-mile square area of land, defined by a government survey.
14. Any of the squares, each containing 640 acres, into which the public lands of the United States were divided.
15. The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.
16. A sequence of rock layers.
verb
1. To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
2. To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
3. To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
4. Medical To perform a cesarean section on (someone).

Example Sentences

Please read the next section before tomorrow’s class.
This section of the store is dedicated to electronics.
Each section of the report covers a different topic.
They reserved a section of the restaurant for the party.
The article's most interesting section discussed new technology.

On this page you'll find 107 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to section, such as: aggregate, area, assemble, associate, backyard, balloon, barrio.

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