Modicum

Quick meaning: Modicum is a noun meaning A modest, small, or trifling amount.

Meaning

A modest, small, or trifling amount.

Example Sentences

Unable to garner even a modicum of support for his plan, he conceded to follow the others.

Lo, lo, lo, lo, what modicums of wit he vtters, his euaſions haue ears thus long. I haue bobed his braine more then he has beate my bones.

He [Clement of Alexandria] ſhewes alſo that it is better (if a man do drinke) to take wine at ſupper than at dinner, yet a little modicum [...].

There he lay quiet and composed, sipping small modicums of brandy and water, and taking his outlook into such transtygian world as he had fashioned for himself in his dull imagination.

Word Forms

• modicums
• modica

Synonyms for modicum

Depending on context, synonyms include ace, atom, atomy, aught, bissel, bit.

Antonyms for modicum

Common opposites include lot, abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include minimal, minimum, modest, shred, glimpse, glimmer.

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