Synonyms of nugget

nugget

noun

ˈnə-gət 

1

as in mouthful

a small piece or quantity of food

nuggets of beef in the chow mein

fried chicken nuggets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mouthful
• bite
• taste
• nibble
• tidbit
• morsel
• snack
• bit
• medallion
• snippet
• chew
• appetizer
• hint
• shred
• particle
• smidgen
• nosh
• noisette
• dash
• fleck
• mote
• canapé
• sprinkling
• gulp
• lap
• collop
• crumb
• snip
• speck
• pinch
• touch
• dribble
• suspicion
• tittle
• spot
• scrap
• nubbin
• swallow
• lick
• dab
• drop
• driblet
• scruple
• swig
• hors d'oeuvre
• trace

2

as in chunk

a small uneven mass

a nugget of gold

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chunk
• hunk
• clump
• wad
• lump
• glob
• piece
• dollop
• nub
• knob
• gob
• blob
• gobbet
• bead
• clod
• clot
• bit
• nubble
• drop
• portion
• globule
• patch
• particle
• bulk
• chip
• morsel
• block
• crumb
• granule
• scrap
• body
• nubbin

3

as in speck

a very small piece

a seemingly inconsequential nugget of information that proved to be the key to cracking the case

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nugget

Some guests have reported that there was not a formal wedding dinner, but instead food stations that included fun hors d’oeuvres like chicken nuggets topped with caviar. — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2026

One of the most expensive dishes at the Iowa State Fair brings caviar and chicken nuggets from JR’s SouthPork Ranch for $99 that blends childhood nostalgia with pure luxury. — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 9 July 2026

The one useful nugget revealed in its sinister pages this time is the existence of an ancient dagger that is the sole means of killing a deadite for good. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026

Jeff Johnson, a pastor and podcaster, shared the budget-friendly order in a social media video, saying his family skips individual meals and orders a 30-count nugget tray and a few buttered buns instead. — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 7 July 2026