morsel
A small piece of food.
morsel in a sentence
- The starving kitten gobbled every last morsel of chicken from the bowl.
- Not a morsel of the picnic was left; even the last tiny crumb of pie had gone.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to morsel?
- Acrumb
- Bfeast
- Cbite
- Dscrap
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B: feast. The other three mean nearly the same as morsel.
Words that mean something similar
bite, scrap, crumb
Words that mean the opposite
feast
More words about size & amount
- multitude: A very large number of people or things.
- notable: Important or interesting enough to be noticed and remembered.
- numerous: Very many in number.
- plentiful: Available in large amounts; more than enough.
- possess: To own or have something.
- potent: Very strong and powerful in its effect.
- prosperous: Rich and successful.
- puny: Small and weak.
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