Synonyms and antonyms of Small amounts or pieces of something in British Thesaurus

bit (noun)

a small piece of something

piece (noun)

a part that has been cut, broken, or separated from something larger

fragment (noun)

a small piece of a larger object that has broken, often into a lot of pieces

a little ()

a small amount

hint (noun)

a small amount of something

trace (noun)

a very small amount of a substance, especially when it is too small to see clearly or measure accurately

sample (noun)

an example or small amount of something that shows you what all of it is like

taster (noun)

informal a small amount of something that is offered so that you can experience it and decide whether you like it or not

a bit ()

a small amount of something

fraction (noun)

a small part or amount of something

a drop in the ocean ()

a very small amount that will not have much effect

a fat lot ()

nothing, or not very much at all

a shade (noun)

a very small amount

a suspicion of something ()

something that you think you see, hear, or taste, but not very clearly

a tad (informal)

informal a little bit

atom (noun)

a very small amount of something

a touch (noun)

a very small amount of a substance

chip (noun)

a small piece of something such as wood or glass, especially when it has broken off something

critical mass (noun)

the smallest number of people or things needed to make something happen

crumb (noun)

a very small amount of something

dab (noun)

a small amount of a substance put on a surface

daub (noun)

a small amount of a wet substance spread on a surface in a careless way

drip (noun)

a small amount of something such as information that you get regularly

dust (noun)

very small pieces of something such as wood or metal that form a powder

finger (noun)

something that has a long thin shape, for example a piece of food or an area of land

flake (noun)

a small flat piece of something

fleck (noun)

a small piece or amount of something on a surface

fluff (noun)

very small pieces of hair, dust, or cloth that stick together or to the surface of something else

fuzz (noun)

a small mass of fluff

glob (noun)

very informal a small amount of a soft thick substance

globule (noun)

a small ball of a thick liquid or a sticky substance

gobbet (noun)

a small piece of something soft

grain (noun)

a very small individual piece of a substance such as sand, salt, or sugar

granule (noun)

a small hard piece of something

ha’p’orth (noun)

Britishold-fashioned any very small amount

inch (noun)

a very small distance or amount

iota (noun)

a very small amount

kernel of truth/wisdom etc ()

a very small part of something that is true, wise etc

knob (noun)

British a small piece of something

lint (noun)

mainly American fluff

morsel (noun)

a small amount of something, especially something good, contained in something else

mote (noun)

old-fashioned a very small piece of dust

particle (noun)

an extremely small piece or amount of something

paucity (noun)

formal a small amount of something that is not enough

pellet (noun)

a small round piece of a substance

pinch (noun)

a small amount of something that you can hold between your finger and thumb, for example salt

pinpoint (noun)

a very small round spot of something

pinprick (noun)

a very small round spot of something

plug (noun)

a small piece of plastic, wood, rubber etc used for filling a hole so that nothing can get through it

sample (noun)

a small amount of a product that is given to people to try

sample (noun)

made as a sample

scintilla (noun)

formal an extremely small amount

scrapings (noun)

small amounts or pieces of something that have been scraped from a surface

shard (noun)

a sharp piece of broken glass, metal, or other hard substance

shred (noun)

a very small amount of something

slick (noun)

a small amount of something that is wet or sticky

sliver (noun)

a small thin piece of something

smattering (noun)

a small amount of something

smidgen (noun)

informal a very small amount of something

snippet (noun)

a small piece of something, especially information or news

soupçon (noun)

often humorous a small amount of something

splinter (noun)

a small sharp piece of material such as wood or glass that has broken off a bigger piece

sprinkle (verb)

to exist somewhere in separate small amounts

sprinkle (noun)

a small amount of a substance sprinkled over the surface of something

squeeze (noun)

a small amount of something that is squeezed out of something

stick (noun)

a long thin piece of something

twist (noun)

a small piece of something