Synonyms of nubbins

nubbins

noun

plural of nubbin

1

as in specks

a very small piece

had only a nubbin of crayon left

Synonyms & Similar Words

• specks
• flecks
• bits
• particles
• patches
• scraps
• grains
• slivers
• crumbs
• snippets
• mouthfuls
• molecules
• granules
• atoms
• licks
• bites
• snips
• morsels
• fragments
• nuggets
• motes
• flyspecks
• drops
• dribbles
• scruples
• fractions
• dashes
• pinches
• shards
• ounces
• portions
• traces
• whispers
• sections
• nutshells
• tittles
• nibbles
• parts
• flakes
• streaks
• shreds
• halfpence
• halfpennies
• chips
• minims
• smidges
• splinters
• tastes
• mites
• touches
• dabs
• smidgens
• clippings
• titbits
• iotas
• spots
• shavings
• whits
• smidgeons
• suspicions
• tidbits
• driblets
• strains
• smidgins
• kennings
• aces
• jots
• shivers
• haets
• parings
• ha'pennies
• modicums
• smatters
• smithereens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slabs
• chunks
• lumps
• hunks
• barrels
• quantities
• masses
• bushels
• gobs
• piles
• loads
• pots
• volumes
• mountains
• buckets
• stacks
• rafts
• heaps
• abundances
• deals
• pecks
• wads
• scads
• profusions
• wealths

2

as in roots

the central part or aspect of something under consideration

this nubbin of the intelligence report is the prediction that the country's government will soon fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roots
• hearts
• kernels
• cores
• essences
• nubs
• points
• meats
• sums
• nuclei
• pivots
• bottom lines
• nets
• meat and potatoes
• cruxes
• gists
• bullseyes
• piths
• centerpieces
• keynotes
• nucleuses
• subjects
• cruces
• bull's-eyes
• themes
• tenors
• substances
• directions
• contents
• drifts
• bodies
• courses
• hypotheses
• theses
• propositions
• purports