GRAINS Synonyms: 146 Similar and Opposite Words

grains

noun

plural of grain

as in specks

a very small piece just give me a grain of information about what to expect on the program

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as in temperaments

one's characteristic attitude or mood cheating, even on my income taxes, goes against my grain

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Recent Examples of grains That means Team Norway has still been getting lots of food like fruits, vegetables, grains and other meats from local American sources. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026 Rye Rye has more fiber than many other grains and is mostly made up of arabinoxylan, a type of soluble fiber. — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 2 July 2026 Insoluble fiber, found in whole grains, helps prevent constipation and keeps things moving. — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 1 July 2026 The recreational use of bigger display fireworks, such as salutes that contain two grains – 130 milligrams – of explosive materials and professional-grade aerial shells with more than 60 grams of pyrotechnic compositions isn't allowed. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 27 June 2026 Sea cows are superior to land cows, Voegtlin suggested, because land cows eat grains, which humans could survive on in a pinch. — David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026 With more shaking or churning, these grains grow and separate from the watery, naturally low-fat buttermilk. — Rosemary Trout, Scientific American, 27 June 2026 With 80 ideal qubits together, a QPU could do more calculations at once than there are grains of sand on Earth. — Donald Keough, Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2026 Choose whole grains like brown rice, bulgur, or amaranth instead of refined grains such as white rice. — Merve Ceylan, Health, 25 June 2026

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Noun

One released a chaff cascade—hell’s own monsoon manifesting as specks of light, sound, and EM pulses falling through the hanging garden.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
Kansas City isn't much of a pedestrian city, but now, blue and green specks of fans dot the sidewalks, like wildflowers poking through a crack in the pavement.

— Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026

Definition of specks

Noun

Cinema is the great compensatory art, the one that artistic temperaments frustrated by the practice of a classical art form turn to when there’s no other outlet left.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
Species with different temperature preferences, growth rates, or temperaments may compete for resources or create stress for one another.

— Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 9 July 2026

Definition of temperaments

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The potential arrival of a coronal mass ejection — a cloud of magnetic fields and charged particles from the sun — may make for a stronger display overnight on Saturday, July 11, through Sunday, July 12.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
This mixture is pushed through an extruder to form tiny, sprinkle-like cylinders, which are then tumbled in a rapidly spinning chamber to round them into near-spherical particles.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

Definition of particles

Noun

Voices were raised and tempers ran high, dividing GOP lawmakers over the Iran war and a major election reform bill called the SAVE America Act, multiple attendees told reporters.

— Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 25 June 2026
Fewer fouls but more red cards This summer’s tournament has been played in good spirit, with tempers rarely flaring and challenges remaining fairly clean across the opening 48 games.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Definition of tempers

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Unlike previous studies, which examined bits of hair and bone fragments in wolf scat to determine what the animals ate, the UC Davis researchers used DNA analysis to determine the makeup of the samples.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
But as memory makers try to build higher stacks to pack in more bits and bandwidth, experts worry this high bandwidth-memory (HBM) will trap enough heat to cook itself into oblivion.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026

Definition of bits

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Consumer attitudes, especially among Gen-Z, have shifted dramatically over the past few years, with many placing greater value on moderation, home consumption, and low-alcohol lifestyles.

— Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
Americans’ attitudes toward the economy have improved slightly as gas prices declined, but their outlook remains mostly negative.

— Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of attitudes

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