SNIPPET Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

snippet

noun

ˈsni-pət

Definition of snippet

as in bit

a very small piece read them a snippet of his latest poem

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Recent Examples of snippet Personalities are sketched only in the margins, mostly via brief snippets of chatter between rounds of gunfire. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026 Across all four albums, part of their universal appeal lies in the individual snippets listeners recognize and connect with. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2026 Cercek and her team are studying the best ways to monitor how tumors respond to dostarlimab by looking at snippets of genetic information that tumors shed in the blood, or more advanced imaging to accurately capture changing tumor sizes. — Alice Park, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 Curiously, despite the plunderphonic conceit that structures the album, there are few moments that reward the listener for recognizing a pop-culture snippet. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snippet

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snippet

Noun

Jama took to social media to share a goodbye message with some of her best bits from the ITV reality series.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2026
But, unfortunately, got a little bit tangled up and fell awkward.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of bit

Noun

The pair are flip sides of the same coin; Kinney a speck of blue running in a red state, and Austin a Republican running in the Democratic stronghold of Connecticut.

— Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026
Chips could be destroyed by even a speck of dust, so factories became impregnable clean rooms, their workers clad in bunny suits.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of speck

Noun

Earning a ghostly reputation by avoiding gravity and nuclear forces, these abundant particles stream through us daily without leaving a single trace.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2026
The dark particles coat white snow and soak up heat from the sun, exacerbating melting that was already happening more quickly because of climate change.

— Connie Hanzhang Jin, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of particle

Noun

There are so many pumpkins on her lawn that the wayward seeds began to grow pumpkin patches.

— Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
Potential applications include wound dressings designed to help protect difficult-to-heal injuries and wearable patches that combine infection prevention with health monitoring.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of patch

Noun

In addition, since all this debris is moving at orbital velocity, a fleck of paint traveling in the opposite direction to an operational satellite can hit it at a speed in excess of Mach 47.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026
As few as 10 cells, hidden in an infinitesimal fleck of feces, can contaminate raw milk and trigger a fatal infection.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of fleck

Noun

El-Sayed didn’t win himself any favors with an arrogant acceptance speech delivered without a shred of grace.

— Kaitlyn Buss, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2026
Not every case deserves that kind of last-minute intervention, but in Duckett’s case nearly every shred of evidence presented at his original trial has been disproven or debunked.

— Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026