bit part

1. 1.

   a small role

   Synonymsminor role

   Broadercharacter

   Narrowersoubrette

Questions about bit part

What does bit part mean?

bit part means "a small role".

What is another word for bit part?

Close synonyms include minor role. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bit part a common word?

bit part is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.