SLICE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SLICE?

Need another word that means the same as “slice”? Find 35 synonyms and 30 related words for “slice” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Slice” are: piece, fade, slicing, cut, gash, slash, portion, wedge, chunk, hunk, lump, slab, segment, share, part, tranche, bit, parcel, proportion, allotment, allocation, percentage, slice up, slit, cut up, carve, divide, section, cut off, sever, chop off, hack off, shear off

Slice as a Noun

Definitions of "Slice" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “slice” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A utensil with a broad, flat blade for lifting foods such as cake and fish.
• A serving that has been cut from a larger portion.
• A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
• A thin flat piece cut off of some object.
• A share of something.
• A portion or share of something.
• A wound made by cutting.
• A spatula for spreading paint or ink.
• A stroke that makes the ball curve away to the right (for a left-handed player, the left), typically inadvertently.
• A thin, broad piece of food, such as bread, meat, or cake, cut from a larger portion.
• (in sport) a shot or stroke made with glancing contact so that the ball travels forward spinning.

Synonyms of "Slice" as a noun (22 Words)

allocation	An amount of a resource assigned to a particular recipient. Ticket allocation.
allotment	An amount allotted to a person. The allotment of equity securities.
bit	The cutting part of a drill usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press. There are 8 bits in a byte.
chunk	A significant amount of something. Huge chunks of masonry littered the street.
cut	The way or style in which something especially a garment or someone s hair is cut. Instead of hard cuts we used dissolves to give it a very dreamy character.
fade	Gradually ceasing to be visible. Shortly after receiving the snap he threw a fade to Crabtree.
hunk	A large piece of something, especially food, cut or broken off a larger piece. A hunk of bread.
lump	The state of being self-employed and paid without deduction of tax, especially in the building industry. I won t stand a chance against a big lump like you.
parcel	A collection of things wrapped or boxed together. A parcel bomb.
part	A melody or other constituent of harmony assigned to a particular voice or instrument in a musical work. He tried to sing the tenor part.
percentage	A rate, number, or amount in each hundred. Only a tiny percentage of the day trippers are aware of the village s gastronomic distinction.
piece	A figure or token used to make moves in a board game. A haunting piece of music.
portion	Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group. Success that was her portion.
proportion	The relationship of one thing to another in terms of quantity, size, or number; ratio. The proportion of examination to coursework.
segment	The part of a circle enclosed between an arc and a chord. The market for private cars can be broken down into several segments.
share	Each of the notional parts into which property held by joint owners is divided. She can t take a share in childcare she s a nervous wreck.
slab	A large, smooth body of rock lying at a sharp angle to the horizontal. A fishmonger s slab.
slash	A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information. The man took a mighty slash at his head with a large sword.
slicing	A wound made by cutting. He took lessons to cure his slicing.
tranche	A portion of something (especially money. They released the first tranche of the loan.
wedge	A heel on a wedge shoe. A wedge of cheese.

Usage Examples of "Slice" as a noun

• Local authorities control a huge slice of public spending.
• A slice of the company's revenue.
• Potato slices.
• A slice of bread.
• Four slices of bread.

Slice as a Verb

Definitions of "Slice" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “slice” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Cut into slices.
• Cut with or as if with a sharp implement.
• Make a clean cut through.
• Strike (the ball) or play (a stroke) so that the ball curves away to the right (for a left-handed player, the left.
• (in sport) propel (the ball) with a glancing contact so that it travels forward spinning.
• Move easily and quickly.
• Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction.
• Hit a ball so that it causes a backspin.
• Cut (something, especially food) into slices.
• Cut something from (something larger) with a sharp implement.

Synonyms of "Slice" as a verb (13 Words)

carve	Cut to pieces. Cliff wouldn t carve so she was expected to wield the knife.
chop off	Cut into pieces.
cut	Form or shape by cutting or incising. She could not cut the long days in the office.
cut off	Cut off the testicles of male animals such as horses.
cut up	Hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction.
divide	Force, take, or pull apart. 30 does not divide by 8.
hack off	Be able to manage or manage successfully.
section	Divide into sections. Should she be sectioned and forced back into hospital.
segment	Divide into segments. The unemployed are segmented into two groups.
sever	Cut off from a whole. His head was severed from his body.
shear off	Cut or cut through with shears.
slice up	Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction.
slit	Form one s eyes into slits squint. She slitted her eyes to look at him.

Usage Examples of "Slice" as a verb

• He sliced 70 seconds off the record.
• He sliced a corner from a fried egg.
• The bomber's wings were slicing the air with some efficiency.
• Grimsby sliced through Swindon's defence.
• Evans went and sliced a corner into his own net.
• Duval sliced his ball into the water to the right of the green.
• Slice the onion into rings.
• The blade sliced into his palm.

Associations of "Slice" (30 Words)

angular	Having angles or an angular shape. Angular chairs.
clipping	The act of clipping or snipping. He searched through piles of letters and clippings.
cut	Used of grass or vegetation cut down with a hand implement or machine. The mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget.
dapper	Neat and trim in dress and appearance (typically used of a man. He looked very dapper in a dark silk suit.
diaphanous	(especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent. A diaphanous dress of pale gold.
elongated	Long in relation to width, especially unusually so. The old man s gaunt and elongated frame.
gangling	(of a person) tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing. A gangling teenager.
gangly	Tall and thin and having long slender limbs.
gossamer	A fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, seen especially in autumn. Gossamer cobwebs.
incision	A mark or decoration cut into a surface. A block of marble delicately decorated with incisions.
indistinct	Not clear or sharply defined. An indistinct memory.
lanky	(of a person) ungracefully thin and tall. A lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man.
lissom	Moving and bending with ease. The kind of outfit that should be left to lissom teenagers.
membrane	A thin sheet of tissue or layer of cells acting as a boundary, lining, or partition in an organism. The concrete should include a membrane to prevent rising damp.
piece	To join or unite the pieces of. Take a car to pieces.
poky	(of a room or building) uncomfortably small and cramped. Passed a series of poky little one horse towns.
shredded	Having well-defined or well-developed muscles; muscular. Finely shredded cabbage.
skinny	A skinny person. His skinny arms.
slender	Being of delicate or slender build. Slender iron railings.
slim	Of a garment cut on slender lines designed to make the wearer appear slim. A pair of slim immaculately cut trousers.
slit	Cut a slit into. Make a slit in the stem under a bud.
streamlined	Made efficient by stripping off nonessentials. Short streamlined meetings.
thin	Relatively thin in consistency or low in density not viscous. Air is thin at high altitudes.
underweight	Having less investment in a particular area than is normal or desirable. We feared the hot air balloon had been underweighted.
vague	Not clearly understood or expressed-Anatole Broyard- P.A.So. He had been very vague about his activities.
waif	A homeless, neglected, or abandoned person, especially a child. A little shop presided over by a Gothic waif in purple eyeshadow and lipstick.
wiry	Resembling wire in form and texture. Wiry red hair.
wispy	Thin and weak- Edmund Wilson. The sky was blue with a few wispy clouds.
withered	Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. Withered leaves.