iota
Barely a trace
Iota is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, but in English it almost always means a tiny amount: There's not an iota of truth in that story, It won't change things one iota.
The sense comes from iota being the smallest Greek letter—a single vertical stroke.
quantity
Diacritical dot above letters
- whitMinimal conceivable quantity
- scintillaMinute trace amount
- modicumSmall, limited quantity
- smidgenVery small quantity
trace · speck · grain · bit · shred · crumb · particle · mote
tittle
Diacritical dot above letters
smidgen · trace · speck · grain · bit · shred · crumb · particle · mote · hint
alpha
First Greek letter
epsilon · zeta · eta · theta · kappa · lambda · mu · nu · xi · omicron
slightest
Least in degree
- smallestLeast in dimension
- Greek lifefraternities, fraternity, sorority, sororities, frats
- Greek lettersalpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon
- Greek wordsalpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon
- Informal Amountssmidgen, bunch, ton, heap, loads
- Insignificant thingstrivial, minor, small, tiny, negligible
- tiny amountsbit, drop, hint, dash, dot