Synonyms of bits

bits

noun

plural of bit

1

as in specks

a very small piece

she left only a bit of the broccoli on her plate

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in pieces

a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete

bits of cookie scattered on the table

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pieces
• fragments
• fractions
• scraps
• remnants
• slivers
• portions
• shards
• sections
• segments
• shreds
• chips
• splinters
• remainders
• stubs
• leftovers
• tatters
• particles
• patches
• specks
• flakes
• snippets
• molecules
• clippings
• flecks
• atoms
• grains
• crumbs
• shavings
• oddments
• granules
• nuggets
• morsels
• shivers
• snips
• parings
• cantles
• ends
• motes
• shatters
• scruples
• dribbles
• nubbins
• flyspecks
• tittles

3

as in splashes

a very small amount

I'll have only a bit of food right now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashes
• specks
• little
• sprinklings
• hints
• glimmers
• touches
• licks
• particles
• traces
• handfuls
• slivers
• dabs
• flecks
• shreds
• crumbs
• shades
• bites
• sparks
• ounces
• shadows
• parts
• rays
• streaks
• spatters
• peanuts
• drams
• smidgens
• spots
• nips
• smells
• dashes
• mites
• drops
• driblets
• smacks
• pinches
• soupçons
• scruples
• fragments
• portions
• suspicions
• strains
• molecules
• snaps
• grains
• atoms
• aces
• sections
• doses
• nibbles
• scraps
• patches
• scintillas
• syllables
• dots
• drops in the bucket
• granules
• skoshes
• morsels
• tastes
• jots
• vestiges
• semblances
• shards
• smatterings
• motes
• iotas
• nubbins
• chips
• minims
• minima
• splinters
• whits
• scatterings
• flakes
• flyspecks
• clippings
• hoots
• tittles
• shavings
• modicums
• shivers
• tatters
• smithereens
• parings
• smatters
• shots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• quantities
• loads
• piles
• masses
• lots
• heaps
• bundles
• bushels
• buckets
• mountains
• barrels
• stacks
• reams
• deals
• gobs
• rafts
• abundances
• fistfuls
• pecks
• wads
• volumes
• oodles
• scads
• boatloads
• messes
• much
• wealths
• lashings
• chunks
• profusions
• excesses
• surpluses
• potfuls
• plenties
• slabs
• overflows
• passels
• superfluities
• embarrassments
• hunks
• lumps
• bonanzas
• overmuch
• overages
• surfeits
• overabundances
• oversupplies
• overkills
• superabundances

4

as in whiles

an indefinite but usually short period of time

this will only take a bit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whiles
• space
• spells
• minutes
• stretches
• moments
• days
• seasons
• seconds
• eras
• spans
• epochs
• instants
• infinities
• nanoseconds
• interludes
• split seconds
• intervals
• heartbeats
• trices
• shakes
• ages
• lapses
• spurts
• aeons
• twinkles
• twinklings
• perpetuities
• eyeblinks
• winks
• jiffs
• jiffies
• flashes
• intermissions
• interims
• beats
• New York minutes
• eternities

5

as in acts

a performance regularly presented by an individual or group

known for a comedic bit in which she portrayed a very nervous student driver

Synonyms & Similar Words

• acts
• numbers
• routines
• turns
• shticks
• signatures

6

as in treats

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 & Similar Words

• treats
• tidbits
• goodies
• delicacies
• candies
• dainties
• sweets
• viands
• cates
• delectables
• desserts
• morsels
• kickshaws
• sweetmeats
• junkets

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bits

My most memorable taste, however, was the day’s market catch, a mix of little-neck clams, octopus, and tilefish, served in a bowl of savory brodo made from leftover fish bones and bits. — Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026

McCollough thought Watts was a comedic genius, and the pair shared a similar sense of humor, establishing their own bits and improvisational riffs. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026

Unlike circuits that store classical bits, qubits can exhibit strange phenomena like superposition and entanglement that give them extra computational power. — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026

Some people want to know everything that’s going to happen, and some just want to learn little bits at a time as the scripts come out. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026

The inaugural effort was vanilla ice cream swirled with pistachio cream and bits of Meyer lemon shortbread, but the current iteration infuses hochija tea into the ice cream base with a crunchy black sesame swirl. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026

The quantization pass that follows commonly lands around four or five bits per weight, though many formats exist, and presets rather than manual tuning decide which tensors keep higher precision. — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Tokarz needed the cube to play both on stage in Los Angeles and on the Strip in Las Vegas, so the sequence was broken into three bits and, with the magic of VFX and editing, seamlessly woven together. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026

Now More Than Ever, has a long and storied history of taking the internet by storm with viral clips and bits. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing bits

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