soupgon

soupgon
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. Informal: whisker. See BIG, SHOW.

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  • hair — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. mane (see hair); filament;bit, inch (see narrowness, nearness). II Body covering filament Nouns 1. hair; head of hair, mop, mane, crop of hair, thatch, shock; gray, silver or white hair (see… …   English dictionary for students

  • suspicion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mistrust, distrust, apprehension; doubt, misgiving, jealousy; supposition, inkling, intimation, hint; trace, touch, shade, modicum. See littleness, fear, feeling. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. misgiving,… …   English dictionary for students

  • trace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. draw, sketch, delineate, copy; track, trail, follow, scent, detect; investigate; deduce. See inquiry, representation, indication. n. course, path; track, footprint, trail; hint, shade, vestige. See… …   English dictionary for students

  • whisker — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. facial hair, filament, bristle, cilium; see hair 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupgon, streak, suggestion …   English dictionary for students

  • dash — v 1. smash, shatter, crash, Brit. Dial. pash; strike, break, split, cleave, rive, rend; shiver, fragment, splinter, crack, split, snap; crush, destroy; beat, batter, slam, ram, hit, smite. 2. throw, hurl, catapult; fling, cast, sling, shy, pitch; …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • little — adj 1. small, tiny, teeny, pint size, wee, mini, short, snub; All Baby Talk. teeny weeny, itty bitty, itsy bitsy, itty, teensy weensy; Lilliputian, elfin, like Tom Thumb, pygmy, Inf. peewee, baby, child s toy, bantam; undersized, underweight,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • morsel — n 1. bite, mouthful, spoonful, chew, Dial. chaw; sip, sup, nip, drink, draught, shot, Inf. swig, Sl. hit, Sl. slug; taste, flavor, soupgon, sample, sampling, hint, suggestion, idea. 2. bit, crumb, grain, granule, chip, piece, fragment, particle;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • thought — n 1. conception, concept, idea, conceit; imagination, notion, whim, whimsy, vagary, crotchet, fancy. 2. cerebration, cerebrating, thinking, brainwork, headwork, lucubration; concentration, concentrating, focusing, having one s mind on, reflection …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • whiff — n 1. puff, whiffet, breath, breeze, stir, movement; gust, blast, blow. 2. trace, sniff, hint, soupgon, suspicion; slight odor or scent or aroma. 3. pop, snap, flicker, sputter, crackle, shot, spark. v 4. puff, blow, waft, breeze. 5. sniff, inhale …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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