ATOMS Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

atoms

noun

plural of atom

as in particles

a very small piece give me just one atom of information about the novel's surprise ending

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Recent Examples of atoms From oil to atoms Saudi Arabia, the world’s second-largest oil producer, has long pushed for a nuclear program to diversify its energy sources at home and free up oil to sell abroad. — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026 Jet fuel uses hydrocarbons containing between 8 and 16 carbon atoms (C8–C16). — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026 Because of this tremendous heat, hydrogen atoms in the inner core of stars are zipping along at incredible speeds and slamming into each other with astonishing violence. — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 July 2026 For all the attention given to improving model capabilities, the most important inputs to AI are not bits but atoms and electrons. — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026 At the same time, the rate of helium loss provides some indication of the amount of energy available to liberate other atoms. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026 The thermal jiggling of atoms is a constant threat to the precision needed for detailed calculations. — Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026 Two qubits can encode four possibilities at the same time; 10 qubits can encode 1,024; and 300 qubits can represent more states than there are atoms in the universe. — Aldo Romero, The Conversation, 15 July 2026 The team initially searched for simpler sugars with three carbon atoms but didn’t find any. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

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Noun

Storm clouds forming around the smoke in the atmosphere could create dirty rain, but it is more commonly formed with larger particles compared to the smoke’s fine particulate matter.

— Nicole Pilsbury, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2026
Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon in which two or more particles become connected.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026

Definition of particles

Noun

Six months later, there was hope of reconciliation as sovereignty talks opened between the governments over the specks in the ocean that had been part of the British Empire for more than a century.

— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2026
Bellinger, once a babyface, now sports some light specks of gray.

— Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of specks

Noun

Microscopically, a fluid is a chaotic jumble of molecules bouncing off one another like billiard balls.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
These are large, complex molecules made from living cells or organisms, and they're often used to treat conditions such as cancer and autoimmune disorders.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 July 2026

Definition of molecules

Noun

The juvenile then ate the smaller bits of sunfish that had exploded due to the impact, while the adults fed on what remained of the body, but did not consume the smaller sunfish fragments.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
Advertisement One of the film’s comedic bits is your character and Jake Johnson’s character playing against a team in which both players grunt loudly on the court.

— Sean Gregory, Time, 23 July 2026

Definition of bits

Noun

One image of her right knee showed flecks of blue plastic that prosecutors said came from an inflatable pool Burke used to collect blood while dismembering her body.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
Someone unfamiliar with salt bread might even suspect a major baking error, seeing a questionably smooth croissant that entirely missed the lamination process, adorned with only a few flecks of salt acting as its saving grace.

— Candy Hom, AJC.com, 19 July 2026

Definition of flecks

Noun

Roach thinks similarly, noting that multigrain bread may offer various types of grains, and therefore different vitamins and minerals.

— Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 19 July 2026
Turbinado sugar features larger grains that dissolve more slowly than white sugar, which allows the tea’s sweetness to build in a gradual way instead of all at once.

— Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 18 July 2026

Definition of grains

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Most resort to begging, performing on the streets, doing manual labor for low pay, scavenging for scraps, or selling drugs.

— Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2026
But Messi’s lack of influence owed less to his own ineffectiveness than to Spain’s dominance, which starved him of the ball, leaving him to feed off scraps.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of scraps

Noun

The performance moved smoothly along at a breakneck pace, evenly showcasing each of the big stars, while still managing to feel like a cohesive performance as opposed to just a series of snippets sewn together.

— Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 19 July 2026
The snippets Quichocho saw online didn’t spoil the film for her.

— Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026

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