tininess

Quality of miniatures

Tininess is the quality of being extremely small.

The word emphasizes diminutive scale, often with a note of affection or wonder: the tininess of a newborn's fingers, Despite its tininess, the device held thousands of songs.

physical

microscopic

Too small for eyes

atomic · subatomic · teensy · itty-bitty · wee · bitsy · pocket-sized · pint-sized · mini · micro

figurative

diminutive

Very small, or nickname form

puny · bantam · toylike · pygmy · undersized · homuncular · shrunken · miniaturized · dollhouse · fun-sized

delicate

petite

Small and delicate

wispy · gossamer · fragile · airy · slight · ethereal · featherlight · slender · waiflike · gamine

insignificance

trivial

Lacking significance or weight

imperceptible · trifling · picayune · paltry · meager · scant · nominal · marginal · token · modest

Categories
Opposites
physical size

tininesshugeness

Extreme greatness in size

enormousness · vastness · immensity · bigness · largeness

significance or importance

tininessenormity

Grave wickedness or immensity

greatness · magnitude · momentousness · significance · weightiness

Family

tiny, tiniest, tinned, tinning, tinies, tinnily, tinniness, tinner

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G