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• noun (Context 1)

A small broken piece or splinter resulting from something being violently shattered (almost always used in the plural).

Usage Example

"The antique porcelain vase slipped from the shelf and shattered into smithereens on the tile floor."

Strongest
fragment
shard
Strong
splinter
shiver
sliver
piece
bit
scrap
chip
Weak
speck

Opposites of smithereen

The opposite of smithereen shifts depending on context. Common opposites include:

whole
entirety
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• Nearby Words

smishing
smite
smith
smithereen
smithereens
smithers
smithing

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Wordmom. (2026). Synonyms for Smithereen. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/synonyms/smithereen
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