splinter

/splˈɪntɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. withdraw from an organization or communion
   “After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away”
2. divide into slivers or splinters
3. break up into splinters or slivers
   “The wood splintered”

noun

1. a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
   “he got a splinter in his finger”

Synonyms for splinter

• secede
• break away
• sliver

Words that rhyme with splinter

• printer
• winter
• midwinter
• minter
• overwinter
• sprinter
• dewinter
• ginter
• kinter
• quinter
• reenter
• wynter
• zinter