Synonyms of shards

shards

noun

plural of shard

as in slivers

a small sharp piece of something (such as glass or pottery)

Watch out for the shards of glass on the floor.

Related Words

• slivers
• fragments
• particles
• specks
• flecks
• glimmers
• splashes
• bits
• shades
• sprinklings
• shadows
• splinters
• smells
• hints
• streaks
• rays
• drops
• flakes
• patches
• chips
• traces
• shreds
• sparks
• scraps
• atoms
• crumbs
• grains
• smithereens
• dots
• ounces
• shivers
• parts
• motes
• peanuts
• molecules
• spots
• touches
• drams
• spatters
• scatterings
• granules
• handfuls
• dashes
• little
• syllables
• licks
• semblances
• strains
• scruples
• mites
• minima
• smacks
• sections
• minims
• morsels
• nips
• suspicions
• driblets
• vestiges
• dabs
• smidgens
• snaps
• aces
• nubbins
• bites
• iotas
• soupçons
• jots
• flyspecks
• whits
• portions
• scintillas
• pinches
• tastes
• smatterings
• modicums
• doses
• nibbles
• skoshes
• hoots
• tittles
• clippings
• shavings
• tatters
• smatters
• parings
• shots

Dissimilar Words

• slabs
• chunks
• lumps
• hunks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shards

In fact, they aren’t made of glass at all; they’re made of polycarbonate, a plastic material that mimics the look of a wonky funhouse reflector, to prevent people from shattering the surface and using broken shards as weapons. — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026

Students sitting with arms linked at the elbows could only see in shards through a picket of shin guards, restricting their view of the area where classmates and roommates were dragged one by one and zip-tied face down on the spring grass. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Windows had been boarded up to avoid glass shards hurting anyone in case of an explosion. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Smoke continued to rise from the twisted shards of metal, while the remains of the World Trade Center smoldered in a massive pile. — Sophia Leone, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Once the drop trap — a simple wire cage triggered by yanking on a cord — is set up with an enticing mix of sardines and shards of roast chicken on a cardboard tray inside, everyone moves out of sight behind massive logs a few yards away. — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Scientists literally had to pick up the pieces after the wafers containing the solar wind samples shattered into thousands of tiny shards. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Every piece — the pleated wrap top, the shorts adorned with trailing shards of silk chiffon — was hand-dyed or painted and then covered in Swarovski crystals. — Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Space-grade electronics will cost more, and the ball’s shell—made from a material tough enough to roll over steel shards and withstand minus 184 °C temperatures—has never been evaluated in lunar extremes. — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026