miniscule

Meaning of miniscule

adjective
  1. extremely small; tiny.
    a minuscule fragment of DNA
  2. of or in lower-case letters, as distinct from capitals or uncials.
noun
  1. minuscule script.
    the humanistic hands of the 15th century were based on the Carolingian minuscule

early 18th century: from French, from Latin minuscula (littera) ‘somewhat smaller (letter)’.

Information about miniscule

  • The plural form of miniscule is: miniscules.
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Hyphenation of miniscule

minis-cule

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • miniscule is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

miniscule synonyms

Meaning minuscule:

minuscule

Meaning very small:

tiny, titchy

Meaning a period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour:

minute

Meaning so small as to be visible only with a microscope:

microscopic

Meaning another term for nanoscale:

nanoscopic

Meaning small in size, amount, or degree (often used to convey an appealing diminutiveness or express an affectionate or condescending attitude):

little

Meaning extremely small:

micro, infinitesimal

Meaning on or characterized by a relatively small or detailed scale:

microscale

Meaning extremely or unusually small:

diminutive

Meaning very small of its kind:

miniature

Meaning comparatively small or immature of its kind:

baby

Meaning an object for a child to play with, typically a model or miniature replica of something:

toy

Meaning designed or made in a smaller size than usual; very small:

midget

Meaning denoting something, especially an animal or plant, that is much smaller than the usual size for its type or species:

dwarf

Meaning used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g. pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily:

pygmy

Meaning trivial or very small:

Lilliputian

Meaning little:

wee

Meaning tiny:

teeny, teensy, weeny

Meaning slightly drunk:

tiddly

miniscule antonyms

Meaning of very great extent or quantity; immense:

vast

Meaning extremely large; enormous:

huge

Words that rhyme with miniscule

animacule, bacule, habitacule, macule, somacule, coccule, floccule, saccule, biomolecule, comolecule, macromolecule, molecule, precule, recule, semimolecule, submolecule, supermolecule, supramolecule, trabecule, canicule, caulicule, cicatricule, criticule, cylindricule, denticule, dramaticule, edicule, fascicule, febricule, follicule, funicule, graticule, lenticule, lodicule, monticule, ossicule, particule, pedicule, pellicule, picule, poeticule, proventricule, radicule, reticule, ridicule, scrobicule, silicule, spicule, unguicule, ventricule

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