Objects
Synonyms for piece
Synonyms for piece: man, part, bit, composition, patch and slice. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 6 synonyms for piece
Interchangeable with piece, one per sense
Audited under piece's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one piece carries in that sense.
- mannoun, in the sense "game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games"
- partnoun, in the sense "an item that is an instance of some type"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name piece as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- bitbit is a noun in the sense "an instance of some kind"
- compositioncomposition is a noun in the sense "a musical work that has been created"
- patchpatch is a verb in the sense "to join or unite the pieces of"
- sliceslice is a noun in the sense "a serving that has been cut from a larger portion"
The first group is filed under piece's own senses. The second reach piece from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
He lost a piece early in the chess match.
piece in 2 more sentences, same sense
- She reached across the checkers board and slid her piece into the last open square.
- The chess set was missing a piece, so they used a button to stand in for it.
How it behaves: Piece usually serves as the object of verbs like move, take, capture, sacrifice, or lose, in casual or instructional descriptions of board games.
The true synonym
man
Same sentence, swapped: He lost a man early in the chess match.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- part
- while
- jack
an item that is an instance of some type
She bought a lovely piece of china.
piece in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The museum acquired a rare piece of Ming pottery for its Asian art wing.
- She wrapped the piece of glassware carefully before placing it in the moving box.
How it behaves: In this sense, piece usually appears in the construction piece of plus a mass noun naming a material or category, functioning as a countable classifier in neutral to formal prose.
The true synonym
part
Same sentence, swapped: She bought a lovely part of china.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for piece in the sentence quoted.
- while
- opus
- disposable
Where piece turns up in the game
piece is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where piece is the trap
- mateverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is couple, in the sense "engage in sexual intercourse", with piece sitting one tile away.
- partnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is office, in the sense "the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group", with piece sitting one tile away.
- songnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is call, in the sense "the characteristic sound produced by a bird", with piece sitting one tile away.
- humiliationnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is mortification, in the sense "an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect", so piece is there to be ruled out.
Play piece
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so piece reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because objects is the company piece keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. piece carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.