Definitions

not a bit

Part of Speech:

All (2) Adverb (1) Pronoun (1)

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hardly adv.
none pron.

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

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not a bit

“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

And what's more, not a bit of the brown behemoth - on display at Birmingham tourist attraction Cadbury World - is fake.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025

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

“Here now,” said the bard, “no squabbling; there’s not a bit of use to it.”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

not a bit

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