a little bit
To some degree
A little bit is a small amount or degree of something: Add a little bit of salt.
It often softens requests or statements: Could you move over a little bit?
The phrase is slightly redundant—both "little" and "bit" suggest smallness—but this doubling is standard in casual speech and adds emphasis to the modesty of the quantity.
Very small quantity
- tadSmall amount, informally
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- dashQuick burst or pinch
- pinchSqueeze with fingertips
dab · hint · trace · soupçon · modicum · fraction · speck · crumb
To a minor extent
vaguely · marginally · moderately · kind of · sort of · a trifle · negligibly · imperceptibly
smidgen
Very small quantity
pinch · dab · hint · trace · soupçon · modicum · fraction · speck · crumb · drop
slightly
To a minor extent
faintly · vaguely · marginally · moderately · kind of · sort of · a trifle · negligibly · imperceptibly · barely
trace
Minute remnant or pursue
- hintIndirect suggestion
- signMark conveying information
- indicationSign of what's coming
suggestion · whisper · glimmer · inkling · vestige · remnant · echo · shadow · flicker · glimpse
a little bita lot
Large quantity or frequency
a great deal · enormously · immensely · tremendously · loads
a little bitentirely
To the full extent
completely · totally · wholly · fully · altogether
bit, little, bits, a bit, bitty, bitingly, bittiest, little bit, bittier