tads

Wee ones, maybe

Tads is the plural of tad, a small amount or degree: The soup needs just a tad more salt.

A tad can also mean a small child, though this use is old-fashioned: The tads played in the yard.

As an adverb, a tad modifies adjectives to mean slightly: a tad expensive, a tad too long.

amounts

bit

Small amount or portion

  • smidgenVery small quantity
  • touchPerceiving through physical contact
  • dashQuick burst or pinch

pinch · trace · hint · drop · speck · morsel · iota · whit · mite · sliver

tadpoles

polliwog

Immature amphibian stage

toad · larva · spawn · hatchling · gills · tail · pond · aquatic · swimming · freshwater

Categories
Opposites
quantity/amount

tadsheaps

Large informal quantities

tons · loads · masses · piles · lots

SIZE/SCALE (of children or young creatures)

tadsadults

Fully mature individuals

grown-ups · elders · teenagers · adolescents · men

Phrases
Family

tad, tadpole, tadpoles

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G