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Synonyms for bit

66 synonyms
16 antonyms
4 meanings

noun

Most common

smidge morsel trifle scrap portion part moment turn

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Piece — A small amount of something

smidge, piece informal US, morsel, trifle, scrap, thought, spot, mite, damn, speck, iota, modicum, crumb, shred, grain, handful, sliver, pinch, touch, fleck, mote, tittle

2. Portion — A portion of something

portion, part, chunk, chip, fragment, flake, slice, snippet, cutting, lump, share, clip, segment, snip, hunk, piecemeal, ort

3. Moment — specifically, a small amount of time

moment, no time, second, tick, split-second, spurt, span, instant, mo, jiffy, crack slang dated UK

4. Turn

turn, number, routine, act

Other

joke, snatch, catch, snaffle, shaggy dog story, wind-up, binary digit, toy, plane iron, driver, coin, bid

Antonyms

oodles, bulk, years

All antonyms of bit →

Definitions

n. 1
A small amount of something.
Does your leg still hurt? —Just a bit now.
n. 2
Specifically, a small amount of time.
I'll be there in a bit; I need to take care of something first.
n. 3
A portion of something.
I'd like a big bit of cake, please.
n. 4
A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
A horse hates having a bit put in its mouth.

Related words

Word family: bitstock bitty bits bitcent bit-compressed bitness bitter
Phrases: a bit bit by bit a little bit bit bucket bit of skirt bit rot bit of crumpet bit of fluff

Forms

Plural: bits → smidges, pieces, morsels, trifles…

Example sentences

thought The professor thought it rude to say such a thing.
mite Ziri has a spider mite infestation.
trifle He said he wanted to put an end to such a trifle.
smidge Don't leave even a smidge, eat it all up.
slice I think I still have a slice of pizza in the oven.
chunk Tourism could bring Algeria a big chunk of income.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
bit		rising
thought		rising
mite		falling
trifle		steady
smidge		steady
slice		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters: mo¹
3 letters: act¹, bid¹, toy¹, ort¹
4 letters: part¹, turn¹, damn¹, spot¹, joke¹, chip¹, clip¹, coin¹, span¹, tick¹, lump¹, mite¹, hunk¹, iota³
5 letters: share¹, piece¹, touch¹, catch¹, crack¹, grain¹, slice¹, scrap¹, pinch¹, chunk¹, shred¹, flake¹, speck¹, crumb¹
6 letters: second², number², moment², driver², snatch¹, sliver², trifle², morsel², tittle², smidge
7 letters: thought¹, cutting², portion², routine², segment², instant², handful², snippet², modicum³, snaffle
8 letters: fragment²
9 letters: piecemeal²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (iota³ = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français: mors
Italiano: morso