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Synonyms of jot

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Another word for jot is bit. Other synonyms of jot are scrap, shred, molecule, thought and hint.

Synonyms and similar words for jot

nounA small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit.

  • aceA very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
  • atomA very small amount; a whit.
  • thoughtA very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.
  • atomyA tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck.
  • bisselA small amount; a bit.
  • continentalThe smallest amount; a whit; a jot.
  • bitA small amount of something.
  • crumbA bit, small amount.
  • glimpseA brief, unspecified amount of time; a moment.
  • dabA small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
  • damnA small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
  • dashA small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
  • diddlyA small amount of no worth.
  • glint
  • dotAnything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
  • spatter
  • dropA very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
  • dusting
  • fleckA small amount.
  • glimmer
  • hintA small, barely detectable amount.
  • flipA whit or jot; the tiniest amount.
  • flyspeckAnything tiny or insignificant.
  • grain
  • halfpennyworth BritishA negligible amount.
  • hootA small particle; a whit or jot.
  • hooterThe tiniest amount; a whit or jot.
  • inch
  • iotaA jot; a very small, insignificant quantity.
  • lickA small amount; a whit.
  • miteAnything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
  • modicumA modest, small, or trifling amount.
  • moleculeA tiny amount.
  • morceauA small bit; a morsel or snippet.
  • morselA very small amount.
  • mote
  • oochA small amount by which something has changed or moved.
  • ounce
  • particleA little bit.
  • pennyworth BritishA small quantity or value.
  • piece
  • pinchA small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
  • semblance
  • scent
  • scintillaA small or trace amount.
  • scoochA small amount; a skosh.
  • scrapThe smallest amount.
  • scrupleA very small quantity; a particle.
  • shredA fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.
  • skerrick AustraliaA very small amount or portion; the least bit.
  • skooshA smidge, a small amount.
  • skoshA tiny amount; a little bit.
  • sliverA small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
  • smatteringA small amount or number of something.
  • smidgeSynonym of smidgen.
  • smidgenChiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a bit, a trace.
  • smidget
  • smidgySynonym of smidgen.
  • smitch USA tiny amount; a smidge or smidgen.
  • smithereen
  • soupçonA very small amount; a hint; a trace, slight idea; an inkling.
  • spark figurativelyA small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater...
  • speckA very small amount; a particle; a whit.
  • speckle
  • spotA small, unspecified amount or quantity.
  • sprinkle
  • sprinklingA small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on to...
  • strain
  • tadA small amount; a little bit.
  • tidbit
  • tidgeA very small amount.
  • tinge
  • tittle
  • toddickA very small quantity of something.
  • touchA little bit; a small amount.
  • traceA very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.
  • trifleA very small amount (of something).
  • tuppence worth BritishA small amount.
  • vestige
  • whiff
  • whitThe smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
  • aught archaicWhit, the smallest part, iota.
  • relish obsoleteA small amount; a tinge, a trace.
  • scantling archaicA small portion, a scant amount.

nounAn instant, a moment.

  • jiffA jiffy; a moment; a short time.
  • mo
  • secSecond, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
  • bat of an eyeSynonym of blink of an eye.
  • blink of an eyeA moment (a very short period of time).
  • eyeblinkA moment (a very short period of time).
  • flashA very short amount of time.
  • half a moA brief time; a jiffy.
  • instantA very short period of time; a moment.
  • jiffyA very short, unspecified length of time.
  • minuteA short but unspecified time period.
  • moment
  • New York minuteAn instant; an extremely short time.
  • New York secondSynonym of New York minute (“short instant of time”).
  • no timeA very short period of time.
  • secondA short, indeterminate amount of time.
  • span
  • split-secondA fraction of a second; hence (figurative, also attributive) a very short time period; an instant, a moment.
  • spurtA moment, a short period of time.
  • tickA short period of time, particularly a second.
  • triceNow only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.
  • twinkA very short moment of time.
  • twinkleA brief moment; a twinkling.
  • twinklingA very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the eyes.
  • whileAn uncertain short moment.
  • crack British, datedA brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
  • stound archaic, dialectalA brief span of time, moment, instant.

verbTo jerk or jolt (something); to jog.

Meaning of jot

  1. noun The smallest letter or stroke of any writing; an iota.
  2. noun A small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit.
  3. noun An instant, a moment.

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Questions about synonyms of jot

What is another word for jot?
Jot has 112 synonyms on Word.ws, such as bit, scrap, shred, molecule, thought, hint, spot and pinch.
What does jot mean?
Jot means the smallest letter or stroke of any writing; an iota.

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