PARTICLE Synonyms: 158 Similar and Opposite Words

particle

noun

ˈpär-ti-kəl

Definition of particle

as in speck

a very small amount there was not a particle of truth in what she said

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as in bit

a very small piece a particle of cookie fell on the carpet

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Recent Examples of particle In 2025 mCDR start-up Gigablue sold 200,000 future credits for a method intended to stimulate phytoplankton on mineral particles that later sink. — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 That approach allowed the researchers to cover a larger cosmic volume with more particles. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026 High pressure causes sinking air, trapping these particles close to the surface. — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 The game makes heavy use of ray tracing and multiple particle effects on-screen at once, as well as volumetric fog and other effects over dense geometry. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for particle

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Noun

Chips could be destroyed by even a speck of dust, so factories became impregnable clean rooms, their workers clad in bunny suits.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
The source was generally in good condition, but mold spots and dense clusters of small white specks required careful treatment.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of speck

Noun

Topped with cream cheese frosting, toffee, and almond candy bits, this scrumptious pumpkin spice cake will be a winner at your next fall party.

— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026
Adding the 11-tap receiver equalizer increased the rate to 200 Gb/s, with the modulator consuming 63 fJ per bit.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of bit

Noun

Special teams had had a sprinkling of errors — like the game-opening 81-yard kickoff return Miami allowed — hindered that unit’s performance each week.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
As ever, the lineup is a mix of new features from Asia’s best auteurs, a sprinkling of Hollywood movies and projects from up-and-coming filmmakers.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of sprinkling

Noun

In addition, since all this debris is moving at orbital velocity, a fleck of paint traveling in the opposite direction to an operational satellite can hit it at a speed in excess of Mach 47.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026
As few as 10 cells, hidden in an infinitesimal fleck of feces, can contaminate raw milk and trigger a fatal infection.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of fleck

Noun

People in search of healthcare do not care which national story others wish to project onto a molecule, device, or platform, which regulatory philosophy defines it, or which flag stands behind a laboratory.

— Ruby Wang, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
To fix the chemical interference, the research team added a decoupling modulator molecule featuring ammonium ions, iodide ions, and two sulfonate groups to the precursor solution.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of molecule

Noun

But that’s a glimmer of progress in an overall bleak data set.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
Curt Cignetti has not just provided a championship mindset for the passionate fans that were sitting through days of blowouts and small glimmers of hope in past years.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of glimmer

Noun

Measuring just a few nanometres, the molecule can attach to gold surfaces through sulfur atoms.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Eventually, the expansion of the universe let the cosmos cool enough for the plasma to largely dissipate and form atoms.

— Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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