Synonyms for partial
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Fractional — existing as a part or portion; incomplete
2. Biased
biased, one-sided, unfair, prejudiced, colored US, coloured UK, interested, tendentious
Other
incomplete, imperfect, fragmentary, sectional, fond, inclined, warped, nonimpartial, unwhole, nontotal, prepossessed formal dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident.
- adj. 2
Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates.
It's easy to prove partial correctness, but it's not obvious that it is also totally correct.
Related words
Example sentences
- incomplete He makes judgements based on incomplete knowledge.
- imperfect As we are all imperfect human beings, so is life as well.
- fragmentary Sappho's surviving works are mostly fragmentary.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| partial | steady | |
| fractional | falling | |
| partite | falling | |
| incomplete | steady | |
| imperfect | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fond1
- 6 letters
- unfair2, biased2, warped1
- 7 letters
- colored2, partite, unwhole
- 8 letters
- coloured2, inclined2, nontotal
- 9 letters
- imperfect3, sectional3
- 10 letters
- interested3, incomplete3, fractional3, prejudiced3
- 11 letters
- fragmentary4, tendentious3
- 12 letters
- nonimpartial, prepossessed
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unfair2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- partiel