| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small bit, trace |
| Synonyms: | atom, crumb, dab, dash, drop, flash, hint, iota, particle, pinch, ray, shade, shred, small quantity, smidgen, soupçon, sparkle, speck, spot, whiff, whisper |
| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece |
| Synonyms: | atom, butt, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, driblet, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace, trickle |
| Notes: | a bit is a single unit of computer information and a byte is a sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | grain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seed, piece |
| Synonyms: | atom, bit, cereal, corn, crumb, drop, fragment, granule, grist, iota, jot, kernel, mite, modicum, molecule, morsel, mote, ounce, particle, pellet, scintilla, scrap, scruple, smidgen, spark, speck, tittle, trace, whit |
| Main Entry: | iota |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small bit |
| Synonyms: | atom, crumb, grain, hint, infinitesimal, jot, mite, molecule, nucleus, ounce, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, smidgen, speck, trace, whit |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | minimum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lowest amount |
| Synonyms: | atom, bottom, dab, depth, dot, gleam, grain, hair, iota, jot, least, lowest, margin, modicum, molecule, nadir, narrowest, particle, pittance, point, scintilla, scruple, shadow, slightest, smallest, smidgen, soupçon, spark, speck, trifle, whit |
| Antonyms: | largest, maximum, most |
| Main Entry: | ray |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beam; indication |
| Synonyms: | bar, blaze, blink, emanation, flash, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, hint, incandescence, irradiation, light, moonbeam, patch, pencil, radiance, radiation, scintilla, shaft, shine, spark, sparkle, streak, stream, sunbeam, trace, wave |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| Main Entry: | shred |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece |
| Synonyms: | atom, bit, cantlet, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, modicum, ounce, part, particle, rag, ray, ribbon, scintilla, scrap, shadow, sliver, smidgen, snippet, speck, stitch, tatter, trace, whit |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | smidgen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny amount |
| Synonyms: | atom, chicken feed, crumb, dab, dash, drop, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, little bit, mite, morsel, particle, pinch, scintilla, scrap, shard, shaving, shred, sliver, small amount, small bit, small quantity, speck, tad, taste, trace, wee bit, whiff, whisper |
| Main Entry: | soupçon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small amount |
| Synonyms: | atom, crumb, dab, dash, drop, flash, hint, iota, particle, pinch, ray, scintilla, shade, shred, small bit, small quantity, smidgen, sparkle, speck, spot, suggestion, tinge, trace, whiff, whisper |