Synonyms of particle

particle

noun

ˈpär-ti-kəl 

1

as in sprinkling

a very small amount

there was not a particle of truth in what she said

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sprinkling
• speck
• hint
• splash
• glimmer
• shred
• bit
• touch
• little
• trace
• lick
• ray
• spark
• tad
• spatter
• handful
• ounce
• crumb
• dram
• streak
• dab
• smell
• fleck
• scruple
• mite
• sliver
• scintilla
• suspicion
• peanuts
• molecule
• atom
• minimum
• smack
• portion
• spot
• dose
• granule
• shadow
• drop
• smidgen
• grain
• strain
• bite
• shade
• pinch
• ace
• drop in the bucket
• smidgeon
• syllable
• smidgin
• dash
• fragment
• soupçon
• smidge
• mote
• nip
• dot
• taste
• whit
• iota
• scattering
• driblet
• patch
• part
• section
• skosh
• snap
• tittle
• minim
• semblance
• jot
• scrap
• vestige
• morsel
• flake
• shard
• modicum
• nibble
• nubbin
• chip
• smattering
• splinter
• flyspeck
• clipping
• hoot
• tatter
• shaving
• shiver
• smatter
• paring
• shot
• smithereens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• quantity
• mass
• bucket
• pile
• stack
• mountain
• barrel
• abundance
• loads
• deal
• bundle
• volume
• lot
• wad
• wealth
• mess
• raft
• profusion
• bushel
• plenty
• heaps
• gobs
• peck
• fistful
• boatload
• reams
• scads
• passel
• oodles
• excess
• surplus
• lashings
• much
• potful
• slab
• overflow
• embarrassment
• overabundance
• overage
• superabundance
• chunk
• lump
• oversupply
• lashins
• superfluity
• overmuch
• bonanza
• overkill
• hunk
• surfeit

2

as in speck

a very small piece

a particle of cookie fell on the carpet

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of particle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These hypothetical particles are even lighter than the tiniest WIMP and could possibly be detected via oscillations in their waveforms. —Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2024

The larger particles stayed behind, just at the border between the spinal cord and the beginning of the peripheral nerves. —Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 4 Sep. 2024

As particles move through it, the soup slows them down, and that’s how particles get mass. —Matt Strassler, Quanta Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024

Repeat testing after a positive result is pointless, since viral particles in the nose may remain for days without signifying a risk of infecting others, Schaffner said. —Arthur Allen | Kff Health News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2024