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not a bit

ADVERB
hardly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
barely comparatively practically rarely seldom simply somewhat
STRONG
just
WEAK
almost inconceivably almost not by a hair by no means detectably faintly gradually imperceptibly infrequently little no more than no way not at all not by much not likely not markedly not measurably not much not notably not noticeably not often not quite once in a blue moon only only just perceptibly pretty near scantly slightly sparsely sporadically with trouble
Antonyms
STRONGEST
frequently
WEAK
very
PRONOUN
none
Synonyms
STRONGEST
no one nobody nothing
STRONG
nil zero zilch
WEAK
no one at all no part not a soul not a thing not any not anyone not anything not one
Antonyms
WEAK
some

Example Sentences

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“This is not a bit, this is not a joke, Michael and I are here to announce that ‘Smiling Friends’ will be ending after Season 3 is done.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

I’m not a bit worried, and I would lose lots of money if I sold today.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025

"There's not a bit of bad blood or whatever."

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2023

It’s hard to say which of these factors — if not a bit of each — contributed to the fate of composer Helen Hagan’s music.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2022

Not a shred of our childhood, not a splinter of our tree house, not a bit of our New Year’s Eve kiss.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

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