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plural of bit
Synonyms & Antonyms of bits
1
a very small piece
- she left only a bit of the broccoli on her plate
Synonyms for bits
Words Related to bits
- aces,
- dabs,
- dashes,
- driblets,
- drops,
- fractions,
- haets
- [chiefly Scottish],
- halfpence
- (or halfpennies),
- ha'pennies,
- iotas,
- jots,
- kennings
- [chiefly Scottish],
- licks,
- minims,
- mites,
- modicums,
- nutshells,
- ounces,
- pinches,
- shreds,
- smatters,
- smidgens
- (also smidgeons or smidgins or smidges),
- spots,
- strains,
- streaks,
- suspicions,
- tastes,
- touches,
- traces,
- whispers,
- whits
Near Antonyms for bits
2
a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete
- bits of cookie scattered on the table
Synonyms for bits
Words Related to bits
3
a very small amount
- I'll have only a bit of food right now
Synonyms for bits
- aces,
- crumbs,
- dabs,
- drams,
- driblets,
- glimmers,
- hints,
- licks,
- little,
- mites,
- nips,
- ounces,
- particles,
- peanuts,
- rays,
- scintillas,
- scruples,
- shades,
- shadows,
- shreds,
- skoshes,
- smacks,
- smells,
- smidgens
- (also smidgeons or smidgins or smidges),
- snaps,
- soupçons,
- sparks,
- spatters,
- specks,
- splashes,
- spots,
- sprinklings,
- strains,
- streaks,
- suspicions,
- touches,
- traces
Words Related to bits
Phrases Synonymous with bits
Near Antonyms for bits
- abundances,
- barrels,
- boatloads,
- buckets,
- bundles,
- bushels,
- deals,
- fistfuls,
- gobs,
- heaps,
- lashings
- (also lashins)
- [chiefly British],
- loads,
- lots,
- masses,
- messes,
- mountains,
- much,
- oodles,
- passels,
- pecks,
- piles,
- plenties,
- potfuls,
- profusions,
- quantities,
- rafts,
- reams,
- scads,
- stacks,
- wads,
- wealths
4
an indefinite but usually short period of time
- this will only take a bit
Synonyms for bits
Words Related to bits
- beats,
- eyeblinks,
- flashes,
- heartbeats,
- instants,
- jiffies,
- jiffs,
- minutes,
- moments,
- nanoseconds,
- New York minutes,
- seconds,
- shakes,
- split seconds,
- spurts,
- trices,
- twinkles,
- twinklings,
- winks
- aeons
- (or eons),
- ages,
- eternities,
- infinities,
- perpetuities
6
something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury
- wielding silver trays, the servers offered partygoers a variety of exotic-looking bits
Synonyms for bits
- cates
- [archaic],
- dainties,
- delectables,
- delicacies,
- goodies,
- kickshaws,
- tidbits
- (also titbits),
- treats,
- viands
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