pittance

nounCommon GRE wordMore P words

a very small or inadequate amount of money

In a sentence

Pittance in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing pittance in a sentence.

The workers were paid a pittance for grueling twelve-hour shifts.

Synonyms

triflemodicumpeanutsmite

Antonyms

Keep going

to calm or soothe someone who is angry or agitated

a song or expression of joyful praise or triumph

done with careful and thorough effort

agreeable to the taste or acceptable to the mind

resembling a palace in size or grandeur

rebirth, regeneration, or renewal into a new existence

to ease the severity of something without curing it

pale or lacking vitality and color

Common questions

Pittance (noun) means a very small or inadequate amount of money

Here is pittance used in an example sentence: "The workers were paid a pittance for grueling twelve-hour shifts."

Common synonyms for pittance include trifle, modicum, peanuts, mite.

Antonyms of pittance include fortune, windfall.

Pittance is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.