minnow-like
Like small fish
Minnow-like describes something resembling a minnow—small, slender, and darting.
The term applies to other tiny fish or to quick, flickering movements: minnow-like shapes in the shallows, His eyes made minnow-like movements across the page.
Pale metallic sheen
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
- slenderThin and graceful
- dartingMoving suddenly, swiftly
- shimmerySoftly reflecting light
iridescent · translucent · schooling · flash · gleaming · narrow · elongated · bullet-shaped
Small ornamental aquarium fish
- killifishSmall ornamental aquarium fish
- shinerBruised eye socket
- daceSmall cyprinid fish
- chubStout freshwater cyprinid
roach · bleak · gudgeon · fathead · topminnow · mosquitofish · stickleback · baitfish
Moving suddenly, swiftly
- schoolingFormal education received
- swarmingGathering in large numbers
- flittingMoving swiftly and briefly
- skitteringMoving with quick, light steps
shoaling · scattering · nibbling · hovering · clustering · zigzagging · fleeing · hiding
Of little significance
- minor-leagueBelow professional level
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- negligibleToo small to consider
- punySmall and weak
trivial · lightweight · unimportant · lesser · subordinate · bottom-feeder · small-fry · overshadowed
silvery
Pale metallic sheen
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
- slenderThin and graceful
- dartingMoving suddenly, swiftly
shimmery · iridescent · translucent · schooling · flash · gleaming · narrow · elongated · bullet-shaped · flickering
guppy
Small ornamental aquarium fish
chub · roach · bleak · gudgeon · fathead · topminnow · mosquitofish · stickleback · baitfish · fingerling
darting
Moving suddenly, swiftly
- schoolingFormal education received
- swarmingGathering in large numbers
- flittingMoving swiftly and briefly
skittering · shoaling · scattering · nibbling · hovering · clustering · zigzagging · fleeing · hiding · foraging
small-time
Of little significance
- minor-leagueBelow professional level
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- negligibleToo small to consider
puny · trivial · lightweight · unimportant · lesser · subordinate · bottom-feeder · small-fry · overshadowed · outmatched
minnow-likecolossal
Extremely large in scale
enormous · gargantuan · gigantic · massive · mammoth
minnow-likebig-league
At the highest level
heavyweight · major-league · dominant · powerhouse · formidable
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