Synonyms of mote

mote

noun

ˈmōt 

as in speck

a very small piece

there's not a mote of dirt in that woman's house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speck
• particle
• fleck
• bit
• grain
• patch
• shred
• scrap
• snippet
• mouthful
• sliver
• molecule
• atom
• crumb
• granule
• dribble
• lick
• scruple
• morsel
• fragment
• nugget
• tittle
• drop
• bite
• whisper
• snip
• flyspeck
• trace
• whit
• fraction
• nubbin
• dash
• portion
• shard
• pinch
• touch
• section
• ounce
• mite
• modicum
• jot
• splinter
• minim
• taste
• iota
• streak
• nibble
• dab
• suspicion
• smidgen
• nutshell
• halfpenny
• spot
• strain
• kenning
• part
• flake
• smatter
• chip
• tidbit
• ace
• ha'penny
• haet
• clipping
• driblet
• shiver
• shaving
• paring
• smithereens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slab
• chunk
• lump
• quantity
• mass
• abundance
• pile
• gob
• mountain
• loads
• wealth
• hunk
• pot
• stack
• volume
• bucket
• deal
• bushel
• barrel
• heaps
• raft
• profusion
• peck
• wad
• scads

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mote

There’s always a new speck of dirt, mote of dust, or lock of hair to clean up. — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025

There’s a Gambit-adjacent one that has players depositing motes while killing other teams. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025

The sensors’ small size allows seamless integration into almost any environment, while the wireless, modular design lets motes be added or removed as needed depending on the application. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025

The researchers say their prototype mote used a commercially available circuit board. — Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2016