smidgen

smid·gen

noun \ˈsmi-jən\\ˈsmij\

Definition of SMIDGEN

: a small amount : bit <a smidgen of salt> <a smidgen of common sense>

Variants of SMIDGEN

smid·gen also smid·geon or smid·gin \ˈsmi-jən\ or smidge \ˈsmij\

Examples of SMIDGEN

1. I'll just have a smidgen of ice cream.
2. <the maid cleaned the house until there wasn't even a smidgen of dust left>

Origin of SMIDGEN

probably alteration of English dialect smitch soiling mark

First Known Use: 1845

Related to SMIDGEN

Synonyms

ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smack, smell, particle (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), snap, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace

Related Words

hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit; atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap; dash, drop, pinch; part, portion, section; bite, nibble, taste; handful, scattering, smatter, smattering; dose, shot; chip, flake, fragment, shard, shiver, sliver, smithereens, splinter; shred, tatter; clipping, paring, shaving

Near Antonyms

abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, lashings (also lashins) [chiefly British], loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth; volume; bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus; chunk, hunk, lump, slab

Rhymes with SMIDGEN

Phrygian, pidgin, pigeon, wigeon