Thesaurus:modicum

Thesaurus

modicum

English

Noun

Sense: an amount of small or insignificant quantity

Synonyms

• ace
• atom    [⇒ thesaurus]
• aught (archaic)
• bissel
• bit    [⇒ thesaurus]
• crumb
• dab
• damn
• dash    [⇒ thesaurus]
• diddly
• dot
• drop
• dusting
• fleck
• flip
• flyspeck
• grain    [⇒ thesaurus]
• halfpennyworth (British, idiomatic)
• hint
• inch
• iota
• jot
• lick
• mite
• modicum
• molecule    [⇒ thesaurus]
• morceau
• morsel
• mote
• ooch
• ounce
• particle    [⇒ thesaurus]
• pennyworth (chiefly British, idiomatic)
• piece    [⇒ thesaurus]
• pinch
• scantling (archaic)
• scintilla
• scooch
• scrap
• scruple
• shred
• skerrick (Australia, New Zealand)
• skoosh
• skosh
• sliver
• smattering
• smidge
• smidgen
• soupçon
• spark (figuratively)
• speck
• speckle
• spot    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sprinkle
• sprinkling
• strain
• tad
• tidbit
• tidge
• tittle
• toddick
• touch
• trace
• trifle    [⇒ thesaurus]
• tuppence worth (British, idiomatic)
• whiff
• whit

Antonyms

• lot    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• peanuts (idiomatic)
• pittance

See also

• Thesaurus:trifle (item of little value)
• Thesaurus:nothing

Further reading

• Wiktionary:Roget Thesaurus Classification

  Class I. Words Expressing Abstract Relations

  Section III. Quantity

  Quantity by Comparison with a Standard

  “32. smallness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

• “modicum” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.