Definition for Half:

• häf, n. one of two equal parts: a contraction of half-year, as in a school session:-- pl. HALVES ( hävz).-- adj. having or consisting of one of two equal parts: being in part: incomplete, as measures.-- adv. in an equal part or degree: in part: imperfectly.-- v.i. to divide into two equal parts.-- ns. HALF'- AND-HALF, a mixture of beer or porter and ale; HALF'- BACK, in football, a position on the right or left side of the field, between the quarter-back and full-back, or directly behind the forwards: a player occupying this position.-- adj. HALF'- BAKED, underdone: incomplete: half-witted.-- v.t. HALF'- BAPTISE', to baptise privately and hastily.-- ns. HALF'- BIND'ING, a style of bookbinding in which the backs and corners are of leather, and the sides of paper or cloth; HALF'- BLOOD, relation between those who are of the same father or mother, but not of both.-- adj. HALF'- BLOOD'ED.-- ns. HALF'- BOARD ( naut.), a manoeuvre by which a sailing-ship gains distance to windward by luffing up into the wind; HALF'- BOOT, a boot reaching half-way to the knee.-- adj. HALF'- BOUND, bound only partly in leather, as a book.-- n. HALF'- BREED, one that is half-blooded.-- adj. HALF'- BRED, half or not well bred or trained: wanting in refinement.-- ns. HALF'- BROTH'ER, HALF'- SIS'TER, a brother or sister by one parent only; HALF'- CAP ( Shak.), a cap only partly taken off: a slight salute; HALF'- CASTE, a person one of whose parents belongs to a Hindu caste, and the other is a European: any half-breed; HALF'- CHEEK ( Shak.), a face in profile; HALF'- COCK, the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch ( see COCK); HALF'- CROWN, a silver coin in England, of the value of two shillings and sixpence.-- adj. HALF'- DEAD, almost dead, nearly exhausted.-- n. HALF'- DOLL'AR, a silver coin of the United States, worth 50 cents.-- adj. HALF'- DONE, not fully cooked, roasted, & c.-- n. HALF'- DOZ'EN, six.-- adjs. HALF'- ED'UCATED, imperfectly educated; HALF'EN ( Spens.), half.-- adv. HALF'ENDEAL ( Spens.), half.-- adjs. HALF'- FACED ( Shak.), showing only part of the face: wretched-looking; HALF'- HEART'ED, cold, ungenerous: lukewarm: indifferent.-- adv. HALF'- HEART'EDLY.-- ns. HALF'- HEART'EDNESS; HALF'- HOLIDAY, half of a working day for recreation; HALF'- KIR'TLE, a kind of jacket worn by women in the 16th and 17th centuries; HALF'- LENGTH, a portrait or photograph showing the upper part of the body.-- adj. of half-length.-- ns. HALF'LING, a half-grown person, between a boy and a man; HALF'- MAST, the position of a flag lowered half-way down, in respect for the dead or in signal of distress; HALF'- MEAS'URE, any means inadequate for the end proposed; HALF'- MOON, the moon at the quarters when but half of it is illuminated: anything semicircular; HALF'- MOURN'ING, a mourning costume less than deep or full mournings.-- adj. HALF'- N[= A]' KED, as nearly naked as clothed.-- ns. HALF'- NOTE ( mus.), a minim, being one-half of a semibreve or whole note; HALF'- ONE ( golf), a handicap of one stroke every second hole; HALF'- PAY, reduced pay, as of naval or military officers when not in active service.-- adj. receiving half-pay.-- ns. HALFPENNY ( h[= a]' pen-i), a copper coin worth half a penny: the value of half a penny: ( Shak.) anything very small:-- pl. HALFPENCE ( h[= a]' pens); HALF'PENNYWORTH, the worth or value of a halfpenny; HALF'- PIKE, a pike with a shaft only half the length of the ordinary; HALF'- PRICE, a reduced charge of admission, & c.-- adj. at half the usual prices.-- adj. HALF'- ROUND ( Milt.), semicircular.-- ns. HALF'- ROY'AL, a special kind of millboard or pasteboard; HALF'- SHELL, one-half of a bivalve, as in oysters ' on the half-shell.'-- adj. HALF'- SIGHT'ED, short-sighted.-- n. HALF'- SOV'EREIGN, an English gold coin, worth ten shillings.-- adj. HALF'- STARVED, having insufficient food.-- ns. HALF'- SUIT, the body armour of the 17th century; HALF'- SWORD ( Shak.), fight within half a sword's length: close fight; HALF'- TIDE, the tide half-way between flood and ebb.-- adj. left dry at half-tide.-- ns. HALF'- TIM'ER, one who works only half the usual time, esp. a pupil in an elementary school allowed to be absent half the school-day at some employment; HALF'- TINT, an intermediate tint; HALF'- T[= I]' TLE, a short title of a book at the head of the first page of the text, or a title of any subdivision of a book when printed in a full page; HALF'- TRUTH, a statement conveying only part of the truth.-- adv. HALF'- WAY, at half the way or distance: imperfectly.-- adj. equally distant from two points.-- adjs. HALF'- WIT'TED, weak in intellect; HALF'- YEAR'LY, occurring at every half-year or twice in a year.-- adv. twice in a year.-- n. BETT'ER-HALF, a wife.-- HALF-SEAS-OVER, half-drunk.-- NOT HALF, to a very slight extent: ( slang) not at all.-- CRY HALVES, to claim a half-share; GO HALVES, to share equally with a person. [ A.S. healf ( Ger. halb, Dan. halv); original meaning ' side.']

Synonyms for Half:

• adj.

  •fractional (adjective)
  • segmental,
  • third,
  • semi,
  • fragmentary,
  • fractional,
  • part,
  • sectional,
  • quarter.
  •halved (adjective)
  • bifurcated,
  • Bisected,
  • severed,
  • branching,
  • cleaved,
  • forked,
  • cut,
  • fissured,
  • halve,
  • halfway,
  • divided,
  • split,
  • carved.
  •middle (adjective)
  • mid,
  • middle-of-the-road,
  • mean,
  • equidistant,
  • medial,
  • average,
  • pivotal,
  • intermediate,
  • axial,
  • half-and-half,
  • core,
  • centralized,
  • midmost,
  • Bisecting,
  • mezzo,
  • medium,
  • halfway,
  • median,
  • geocentric,
  • mediocre,
  • nuclear,
  • middle,
  • central,
  • middling.
  •partial (adjective)
  • incomplete,
  • even-steven,
  • moderate,
  • Halved,
  • partly,
  • limited,
  • fractional,
  • divided,
  • fifty-fifty,
  • Bisected.
  •portioned (adjective)
  • measured,
  • budgeted,
  • fraction,
  • Zoned,
  • Pieced,
  • allotted,
  • subdivided,
  • cut,
  • partitioned,
  • sliced,
  • rationed,
  • segmented,
  • Portioned,
  • shared,
  • Parceled,
  • apportioned,
  • compartmented,
  • split,
  • Dismembered,
  • divided.

• n.

  •
  • booze,
  • dram,
  • belt,
  • aperitif,
  • cup,
  • double,
  • drink,
  • chaser,
  • alcohol.
  •
  • sadly,
  • utter,
  • hopelessly,
  • excruciating,
  • thorough,
  • unspeakable,
  • utterly,
  • sorry,
  • downright.
  •
  • eleventh,
  • And,
  • fifteenth,
  • common fraction,
  • billionth,
  • fifth,
  • eighth,
  • fiftieth.
  •
  • break,
  • first half,
  • halftime,
  • run-in,
  • overtime,
  • pregame.
  •
  • pretty,
  • vaguely,
  • quite,
  • mildly,
  • fairly,
  • slightly,
  • partly,
  • somewhat.
  •bisection (noun)
  • cleavage,
  • fork,
  • dichotomy,
  • fissure,
  • branch,
  • bifurcation,
  • hemisphere.
  •fraction (noun)
  • denominator,
  • fragment,
  • numerator,
  • section,
  • quarter,
  • third.
  •middle (noun)
  • hub,
  • nucleus,
  • marrow,
  • heart,
  • kernel,
  • epicenter,
  • pivot,
  • midst,
  • bisection,
  • axis,
  • center,
  • midpoint,
  • nub,
  • mediocrity,
  • halfway point.
  •one of two equal parts of a whole (noun)
  • bisection,
  • division,
  • fifty percent,
  • hemisphere,
  • fraction,
  • moiety.
  •partly (noun)
  • mixed,
  • Halved,
  • fifty-fifty,
  • two,
  • partial.
  •portion (noun)
  • interest,
  • split,
  • fraction,
  • subdivision,
  • partition,
  • quantum,
  • portion,
  • allotment,
  • bit,
  • measure,
  • member,
  • parcel,
  • division,
  • percentage,
  • allowance,
  • helping,
  • compartment,
  • stake,
  • commission,
  • piece,
  • share,
  • chunk,
  • zone,
  • segment,
  • ration,
  • part,
  • slice,
  • stock,
  • budget,
  • proportion,
  • quota,
  • cut,
  • dividend,
  • sector,
  • lot.
  •quantity (noun)
  • one-half.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • halftime,
  • first half,
  • pregame.
  •
  • overtime,
  • run-in.
  •
  • stoppage.
  •
  • break.
  •part
  • moiety.
  •Other relevant words:
  • halftime,
  • fiftieth,
  • department,
  • contingent,
  • hunk,
  • equal,
  • sketchy,
  • first half,
  • period of play,
  • nearly,
  • eighth,
  • sorely,
  • strongly,
  • distribution,
  • one-half,
  • absolutely,
  • atrociously,
  • downright,
  • pretty,
  • badly,
  • billionth,
  • Prorated,
  • cocktail,
  • meed,
  • utterly,
  • incompletely,
  • double,
  • proportional,
  • middle distance,
  • substantially,
  • rarely,
  • unusually,
  • cup,
  • fate,
  • partway,
  • limited,
  • considerably,
  • fairly,
  • almost,
  • unfinished,
  • deeply,
  • thorough,
  • distributional,
  • composition,
  • uncomplete,
  • uncompleted,
  • forking,
  • somewhat,
  • inadequate,
  • fifteenth,
  • side,
  • fifty percent,
  • rake-off,
  • Anywise,
  • closely,
  • sadly,
  • ever,
  • dreadfully,
  • semicircle,
  • moiety,
  • distributive,
  • lump,
  • article,
  • fifty-fifty,
  • bite,
  • wrongly,
  • utter,
  • chaser,
  • dram,
  • in the middle,
  • faulty,
  • aperitif,
  • pregame,
  • mediety,
  • short,
  • slightly,
  • ramification,
  • belt,
  • vaguely,
  • Halver,
  • particular,
  • respective,
  • rather,
  • And,
  • prong,
  • proportionate,
  • destiny,
  • two,
  • awfully,
  • district,
  • poorly,
  • second half,
  • quite,
  • hideously,
  • hopelessly,
  • halvers,
  • mess,
  • fifth,
  • very,
  • sphere,
  • alcohol,
  • deficient,
  • area,
  • common fraction,
  • semester,
  • midway,
  • betwixt and between,
  • moderately,
  • break,
  • simple fraction,
  • imperfectly,
  • partial,
  • defective,
  • seriously,
  • eleventh,
  • Halved,
  • playing period,
  • realm,
  • frightfully,
  • severely,
  • region,
  • Halfway House,
  • mildly,
  • insufficient,
  • mixed,
  • cutting in two,
  • drink,
  • profoundly,
  • stoppage,
  • excruciating,
  • Halves,
  • bigger half,
  • booze,
  • dole,
  • partially,
  • fold,
  • per capita,
  • virtually,
  • approximately,
  • Moieties,
  • lacking,
  • Equidistance,
  • most,
  • imperfect,
  • intimately,
  • moderate,
  • overtime,
  • partly,
  • divarication,
  • sorry,
  • terrifically,
  • even-steven,
  • disagreement,
  • practically,
  • deal,
  • per head,
  • several,
  • component,
  • behalf,
  • end,
  • run-in,
  • pro rata,
  • unspeakable,
  • modicum,
  • midcourse,
  • last half,
  • incomplete,
  • fragmental.

Antonyms for Half:

• adj.

  • all
    whole.
  • partial
    unlimited, total, whole.
  • Other antonyms:
    full, uninjured, integral, flawless, intact, finished, unmarred, undamaged, completed, complete, entire, unbroken, unimpaired, perfect, whole.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    absolutely, aggregate, all, altogether, antithesis, complete, completed, completely, contrary, converse, dead, downright, entire, entirely, especially, exceedingly, exceptionally, extremely, finished, flawless, full, fully, highly, hugely, intact, integral, particularly, perfect, perfectly, plain, thoroughly, total, totally, unbroken, undamaged, unimpaired, uninjured, unlimited, unmarred, utterly, whole, wholly, Antipode.

• v.

  • cut in half
    combine.