Synonyms of bit

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noun

1

as in speck

a very small piece

she left only a bit of the broccoli on her plate

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in piece

a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete

bits of cookie scattered on the table

Synonyms & Similar Words

• piece
• fragment
• fraction
• scrap
• remnant
• portion
• sliver
• shard
• shred
• section
• segment
• remainder
• stub
• tatter
• leftover
• speck
• splinter
• grain
• patch
• flake
• chip
• end
• snippet
• shiver
• clipping
• molecule
• cantle
• particle
• crumb
• nugget
• fleck
• paring
• shatter
• tittle
• mote
• shaving
• dribble
• morsel
• snip
• atom
• granule
• oddment
• scruple
• flyspeck
• nubbin

3

as in little

a very small amount

I'll have only a bit of food right now

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

4

as in while

an indefinite but usually short period of time

this will only take a bit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• while
• space
• span
• stretch
• minute
• spell
• day
• season
• second
• moment
• era
• lapse
• epoch
• instant
• split second
• twinkle
• spurt
• heartbeat
• interlude
• eon
• interval
• jiffy
• nanosecond
• twinkling
• infinity
• trice
• shake
• wink
• interim
• intermission
• beat
• perpetuity
• New York minute
• flash
• age
• jiff
• eyeblink
• eternity
• aeon

5

as in act

a performance regularly presented by an individual or group

known for a comedic bit in which she portrayed a very nervous student driver

Synonyms & Similar Words

• act
• turn
• routine
• number
• schtick
• shtick
• shtik
• signature

6

as in treat

something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury

wielding silver trays, the servers offered partygoers a variety of exotic-looking bits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• treat
• tidbit
• sweet
• candy
• dainty
• titbit
• goodie
• goody
• cate
• delectable
• delicacy
• viand
• kickshaw
• dessert
• morsel
• junket
• sweetmeat

bit

2 of 2

verb

past tense of bite, informal + sometimes impolite

as in sucked

to be objectionable or unsatisfactory

man, that really bites that you have to work on the weekend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sucked
• smelled
• smelt
• stunk
• stank

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ruled
• rocked

Phrases Containing bit

• a bit
• a bit much
• bit by bit
• champing at the bit
• chomping at the bit
• quite a bit
• the whole bit