Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mote
1 sense of mote
Sense 1
atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck -- ((nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything)
=> material, stuff -- (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread")