smidgen

smid·gen

noun \ˈsmi-jən\\ˈsmij\

Definition of SMIDGEN

: a small amount : bit <a smidgen of salt> <a smidgen of common sense>

Variants of SMIDGEN

smid·gen also smid·geon or smid·gin \ˈsmi-jən\ or smidge \ˈsmij\

Examples of SMIDGEN

1. I'll just have a smidgen of ice cream.
2. <the maid cleaned the house until there wasn't even a smidgen of dust left>

Origin of SMIDGEN

probably alteration of English dialect smitch soiling mark

First Known Use: 1845

Related to SMIDGEN

Synonyms: ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smack, smell, particle (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), snap, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace

Related Words: hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit; atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap; dash, drop, pinch; part, portion, section; bite, nibble, taste; handful, scattering, smatter, smattering; dose, shot; chip, flake, fragment, shard, shiver, sliver, smithereens, splinter; shred, tatter; clipping, paring, shaving

Near Antonyms: abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, lashings (also lashins) [chiefly British], loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth; volume; bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus; chunk, hunk, lump, slab

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Rhymes with SMIDGEN

Phrygian, pidgin, pigeon, wigeon