Home › Words › F › flindersflinders/ˈflɪndəz/flinders means A surname.flinders is pronounced /ˈflɪndəz/.EtymologyProbably of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; see flinder.nameA surname.A local government area in northern Queensland, Australia, name after the river; in full, the Shire of Flinders.A long river in northern Queensland, which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria; in full, the Flinders River.A town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australianounfragments, splinterse.g.“The heat brought sweat and the sweat blinded. Black flinders gyrated in the fiery air like bats.” — 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.flinder 75% match — A small piece or fragment; a thin slice; splinter vs flinders →fragmented 73% match — broken into fragments vs flinders →smither 66% match — A fragment, shard or small piece. vs flinders →fragmenting 64% match — fragmentation vs flinders →microfragment 62% match — A microscopic fragment vs flinders →smithereens 62% match — Fragments or splintered pieces; numerous tiny disconnected items. vs flinders →bitsy 62% match — Fragmented. vs flinders →fragmental 62% match — consisting of fragments vs flinders →