Synonyms for quarter
Most common
ward borough ghetto capitulate one-fourth quarter-final quarter-hour quarta
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. District — place or position. A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its…
district, region, territory, neighborhood US, neighbourhood UK, tract, ward, borough, boro US, ghetto, capitulate, locality
2. Fourth — A fourth part of something. Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part
fourth US, one-fourth, part, fourth part dated, quartern dated
Other
four, quarter-hour, place, mercy, quarter-final, pity, forbearance, quarta, two bits slang US, quaternity dated rare, fardel rare
Definitions
- n. 1
A fourth part of something. Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
I ate a quarter of the pizza.
- n. 2
Place or position. A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
- n. 3
A fourth part of something. A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- n. 4
A fourth part of something. A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- quarters → districts, regions, territories, neighborhoods…
Example sentences
- ward There doesn't seem to be any heating on that ward.
- borough Manhattan is the best-known borough in New York.
- ghetto Tobias's neighborhood looks ghetto and sketchy.
- capitulate Tom had no choice but to capitulate.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| quarter | falling | |
| ward | steady | |
| borough | falling | |
| ghetto | falling | |
| capitulate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- part1, four1, ward1, tail1, pity2, poop1, boro2, cour1
- 5 letters
- place1, mercy2, stern1, tract1
- 6 letters
- region2, fourth1, ghetto2, quarta, fardel
- 7 letters
- borough2
- 8 letters
- district2, locality4, quartern
- 9 letters
- territory4, trimester3
- 10 letters
- capitulate4, quaternity
- 11 letters
- forbearance3
- 12 letters
- neighborhood3
- 13 letters
- neighbourhood3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pity2 = 2 syllables).