/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of splinters Find synonyms for: Noun1. matchwood, splinters, woodusage: wood in small pieces or splinters; "the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks"Noun1. matchwood, splinters, woodusage: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"Verb1. secede, splinter, break away, separate, part, split up, split, break, break upusage: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"2. sliver, splinter, divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve upusage: divide into slivers or splinters3. splinter, sliver, break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentiseusage: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: languid Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language