Synonyms for chip
- noun
- verb
Most common
coin chunk flake fleck silicon chip microchip fry poker chip
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Scrap — A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material
scrap, piece, flake, bit, fragment, chunk, coin, cutting, slice, crumb, fleck, particle, clip, hunk, lump, shred, crumbling, snippet, ort, snead, fleak dated, scraplet rare
2. Microchip — A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip
3. Crisp
crisp UK IE, potato chip UK IE, potato crisp UK IE
4. Buffalo chip
buffalo chip US, cow chip, cow dung
Other
fry, poker chip, fries, chisel, cut-off, check, splintering, punnet UK AU NZ, boring, pottle NZ
Verb
1. Break off
Definitions
- n. 1
A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
The floor of the sculptor's studio was strewn with chips of marble.
- n. 2
A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.
- n. 3
A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
This cup has a chip in it.
- v. 1
To chop or cut into small pieces.
The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.
Related words
- Word family
- chipboard chipcard chip-fell-out-of-a-oak chippy chipseal chipper chipping
- Phrases
- chip shop chip in cow chip buffalo chip chip butty potato chip chip away fairy chip
- Is a kind of
- check
Example sentences
- coin The coin toss decides who will kick off the match.
- chunk Tourism could bring Algeria a big chunk of income.
- flake It's a flake covered in chocolate!
- fleck There was a fleck of dust on the windshield.
- microchip Gustavo wears a microchip around his neck.
By length
- 3 letters
- bit1, fry1, hew1, ort1
- 4 letters
- nick1, clip1, coin1, lump1, hunk1, knap
- 5 letters
- check1, piece1, slice1, scrap1, fries1, crisp1, chunk1, shred1, flake1, crumb1, fleck1, snead1, fleak
- 6 letters
- boring2, chisel2, punnet, pottle2
- 7 letters
- cutting2, snippet2
- 8 letters
- particle3, fragment2, scraplet
- 9 letters
- crumbling3, microchip3
- 11 letters
- splintering3
- 13 letters
- semiconductor5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (boring2 = 2 syllables).