Synonyms of smidgen

smidgen

noun

ˈsmi-jən 

variants also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge

as in glimmer

a very small amount

the maid cleaned the house until there wasn't even a smidgen of dust left

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of smidgen

Homebuying is running 26% below the historic pace, just a smidgen above the low point set in December 2023, according to data going back to 2005. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 13 July 2026

Those hoping to stream it at home will need to wait a smidge. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026

Kind of a sad little smidge of silver lining but perhaps not totally unimportant given that the Padres do have six games remaining before the All-Star break and every loss makes the next game exponentially more important. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026

But the mapmaker drew Lake Michigan just a smidge too far north…inadvertently creating a section of land, called the Toledo Strip, that both Michigan and Ohio had reason to claim. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026