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ounce

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ounce

a very small amount

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Synonyms of ounce

ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, particle, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, smack, smidgen (also smidgeon), snap, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace

Words Related to ounce

hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit

atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap

dash, drop, pinch

part, portion, section

bite, nibble, taste

handful, scattering, smatter, smattering

Phrases Synonymous with ounce

drop in the bucket

Near Antonyms of ounce

abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth

chunk, hunk, lump, slab

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