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small amount

NOUN
chicken feed
Synonyms
WEAK
Mickey Mouse chump change coins nickels and dimes paltry sum peanuts pin money pittance pocket money small amount of money small change small potatoes spending money
NOUN
chump change
Synonyms
WEAK
Mickey Mouse chicken feed nickels and dimes paltry sum peanuts pittance pocket money small change small potatoes spending money
NOUN
drop in the bucket
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bit trivial amount
STRONG
pittance small change small potatoes small quantity
WEAK
Band-Aid cosmetic measure disappointment drop in the ocean lick and a promise miniscule amount not enough speck spit in the sea too little too late trifle
NOUN
smidgen
Synonyms
STRONGEST
iota morsel sliver whiff
STRONG
atom crumb dab dash drop fraction fragment grain mite particle pinch scintilla scrap shard shaving shred speck tad taste trace whisper
WEAK
chicken feed little bit small bit small quantity wee bit
Antonyms
STRONGEST
lot
STRONG
entirety glob total whole
NOUN
touch
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bit dash detail hint scent shade taste tinge trace whiff
STRONG
drop inkling intimation jot pinch smack smattering speck spot streak suggestion suspicion tincture
WEAK
soupçon
Antonyms
STRONGEST
lot whole

Example Sentences

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The increases, while large, may account for a small amount of responses overall.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

The disinterested universe that serves as backdrop to Mr. Diaz’s world imposes no small amount of irony on Magellan’s campaign to convert the natives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

"That meant we would have to design a neural network that could be trained with a small amount of data and still learn something new."

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

You earned it, with a lifetime of planning and, probably, not a small amount of sacrifice.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

The thing about my coat pockets is that if I have a small amount of trash—like, say, a Snickers wrapper—but I don't see a garbage can, my pockets end up becoming the garbage can.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan