bits

noun

plural of bit
1
as in specks
a very small piece she left only a bit of the broccoli on her plate

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2
as in pieces
a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete bits of cookie scattered on the table

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3
as in splashes
a very small amount I'll have only a bit of food right now

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4
as in whiles
an indefinite but usually short period of time this will only take a bit

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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

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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

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Recent Examples of bits Physicists can read and alter their spin states with laser light, creating stable bits of quantum information. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026 Toss with a fork or your hands to distribute, then knead dough in bowl a couple of times to bring together (some dry bits may remain). — Joe Sevier, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Nov. 2026 Pour into wide and bowls and top with the reserved crispy guanciale bits and a dusting of grated Parmigiano. — ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026 When done correctly, a phrase comprising three dice words has roughly 38 bits of entropy, amounting to billions of possible combinations. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 10 Nov. 2026 Jama took to social media to share a goodbye message with some of her best bits from the ITV reality series. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2026 But some directors are more cunning – like Howard Davies, who came to the house to talk about Mother Courage and only told me the good bits. — CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026 A lot of higher-frequency sound from machinery, bits of people’s conversations, and some general hum still came through. — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026 While most bits of ice and rock that burn up are the size of dust grains or pebbles, fireballs arise from debris ranging from the size of a marble to that of a small boulder. — Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bits
  1. specks
  2. pieces
  3. splashes
  4. whiles
  5. acts
  6. treats
  7. particles
  8. fragments
Noun
  • The source was generally in good condition, but mold spots and dense clusters of small white specks required careful treatment.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Breakouts can look like milder, painless white bumps or dark specks known as whiteheads and blackheads, or more painful red bumps and deeper cysts — a mark of cystic acne.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of specks
Noun
  • Alex Bores, a New York Assembly member who authored one of the country’s most substantial pieces of AI legislation — the RAISE Act — disagreed.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Originally purchased in 1963, Betsy says her aunt owned many valuable pieces of art throughout the 1970s, never married, had no children, and lived a successful, cosmopolitan life as a career woman.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of pieces
Noun
  • Picture windows dominate the 30 ample rooms, which are pleasingly clad in unfinished wood and shocking splashes of lime.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026
  • In the distance was a bronze statue of Louis XIV on a rearing horse in the majestic Place des Victoires, its stone pedestal stained by protesters’ splashes of red paint.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of splashes
Noun
  • UCHealth’s decision to postpone surgeries whiles staff addressed the sterilization problem stands out from other hospitals that have found themselves in similar situations.
    — Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
Definition of whiles
Noun
  • Working in Brown’s favor is his stadium-conquering joint R&B Tour with Usher, which has reinforced his status as one of the most lucrative touring acts in Black music history.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Silent Crow gives an even higher figure of 450,100 which included those killed in combat, non-combat losses among military personnel and deaths marked as terrorist acts.
    — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of acts
Noun
  • From Orlando’s theme parks to homegrown holiday events like Dazzling Nights, there are many festive celebrations for enjoying holiday lights, treats and entertainment that inspires warm and fuzzy feelings.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026
  • As a boy born in 1975, Marshall rode his bike, ate sugary treats, watched TV and listened to 1980s rock bands like Van Halen.
    — Noelle Crombie, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of treats
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  • Earning a ghostly reputation by avoiding gravity and nuclear forces, these abundant particles stream through us daily without leaving a single trace.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The dark particles coat white snow and soak up heat from the sun, exacerbating melting that was already happening more quickly because of climate change.
    — Connie Hanzhang Jin, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of particles
Noun
  • Because that earth contained the tiny fragments of textiles, straw, leather, and even bone—the remains of the wrappings, compartments, and chest that held the treasure.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Nov. 2026
  • One of these is at the Ragon Institute, where Yu’s team analyzed more than 1 million cells in Boakye’s blood and found only a tiny number of HIV fragments — and only one that appears to be intact.
    — Diana Kwon, Vox, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of fragments

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“Bits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bits. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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