Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun splinter

1 sense of splinter

Sense 1
splinter, sliver -- (a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers")
       => bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap -- (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb splinter

3 senses of splinter

Sense 1
secede, splinter, break away -- (withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away")
       => separate, part, split up, split, break, break up -- (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up")

Sense 2
sliver, splinter -- (divide into slivers or splinters)
       => divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up -- (separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I")

Sense 3
splinter, sliver -- (break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered")
       => break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise -- (break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented")