Synonyms of nubbin

nubbin

noun

1

as in speck

a very small piece

had only a nubbin of crayon left

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in root

the central part or aspect of something under consideration

this nubbin of the intelligence report is the prediction that the country's government will soon fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• root
• heart
• core
• kernel
• essence
• nub
• point
• meat
• sum
• nucleus
• crux
• pith
• pivot
• bottom line
• net
• gist
• sum and substance
• keynote
• centerpiece
• the long and short
• meat and potatoes
• bull's-eye
• subject
• tenor
• theme
• the long and the short
• direction
• substance
• body
• content
• drift
• course
• hypothesis
• thesis
• proposition
• purport