'Modicum' definitions:
Definition of 'modicum'
(from WordNet)
noun
A small or moderate or token amount; "England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists"- Ian Jack
Definition of 'Modicum'
From: GCIDE
- Modicum \Mod"i*cum\, n. [L., fr. modicus moderate, fr. modus. See Mode.] A little; a small quantity; a measured supply. "Modicums of wit." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Her usual modicum of beer and punch. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'modicum'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ace,
- allotment,
- allowance,
- atom,
- big end,
- bigger half,
- bit,
- bite,
- budget,
- butt,
- chip,
- chunk,
- clip,
- clipping,
- collop,
- commission,
- contingent,
- crumb,
- cut,
- cutting,
- dab,
- dash,
- deal,
- destiny,
- dividend,
- dole,
- dollop,
- dot,
- dram,
- dribble,
- driblet,
- drop,
- dwarf,
- end,
- equal share,
- farthing,
- fate,
- fleck,
- flyspeck,
- fragment,
- gob,
- gobbet,
- grain,
- granule,
- groat,
- hair,
- half,
- halver,
- handful,
- helping,
- hint,
- hunk,
- interest,
- iota,
- jot,
- little,
- little bit,
- lot,
- lota,
- lump,
- measure,
- meed,
- mess,
- minim,
- minimum,
- minutiae,
- mite,
- moiety,
- molecule,
- morsel,
- mote,
- nutshell,
- ounce,
- paring,
- part,
- particle,
- pebble,
- percentage,
- piece,
- pinch,
- pittance,
- point,
- portion,
- proportion,
- quantum,
- quota,
- rake-off,
- rasher,
- ration,
- scintilla,
- scoop,
- scrap,
- scruple,
- segment,
- shard,
- share,
- shaving,
- shiver,
- shred,
- slice,
- sliver,
- small share,
- smidgen,
- smidgin,
- smitch,
- smithereen,
- snack,
- snatch,
- snip,
- snippet,
- spark,
- speck,
- splinter,
- spoonful,
- spot,
- stake,
- stitch,
- stock,
- stump,
- suggestion,
- tatter,
- thimbleful,
- tinge,
- tiny bit,
- tittle,
- touch,
- trifle,
- trifling amount,
- trivia,
- whit