grain | Definition of grain

Synonyms and Antonyms of grain

1 a very small piece

just give me a grain of information about what to expect on the program

Synonyms of grain

atom, bit, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, nugget, particle, patch, scrap, scruple, snip, snippet, speck, tittle

Words Related to grain

ace, dab, dash, driblet, drop, fraction, haet [chiefly Scottish], halfpenny, ha'penny, iota, jot, kenning [chiefly Scottish], lick, minim, mite, modicum, nutshell, ounce, pinch, shred, smatter, smidgen (also smidgeon), spot, strain, streak, suspicion, taste, touch, trace, whisper, whit

bite, mouthful, nibble, tidbit (also titbit)

fragment, part, portion, section

chip, flake, shard, shiver, sliver, splinter

clipping, paring, shaving

Near Antonyms of grain

chunk, gob, hunk, lump, slab

abundance, barrel, bucket, bushel, deal, heaps, loads, mass, mountain, peck, pile, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, scads, stack, volume, wad, wealth

2 one's characteristic attitude or mood

cheating, even on my income taxes, goes against my grain

Synonyms of grain

disposition, nature, temper, temperament

Words Related to grain

cheer, frame, habit, humor, inclination, mode, spirit

angle, attitude, mind-set, outlook, perspective, slant, standpoint, viewpoint

emotion, feeling, heart, passion, sentiment, spirit

belief, conviction, judgment (or judgement), mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, view

expression, tone, vein

character, identity, individuality, makeup, mettle, personality, selfhood, self-identity, setup

responsiveness, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity