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tiny adjective [ ˈtʌɪni ]

• very small.
• "a tiny hummingbird"
Similar: minute, small-scale, scaled-down, mini, baby, toy, pocket, fun-size, petite, dwarfish, knee-high, miniature, minuscule, microscopic, nanoscopic, infinitesimal, micro, microscale, diminutive, pocket-sized, reduced, Lilliputian, trivial, trifling, negligible, insignificant, unimportant, minor, of no account, of no consequence, of no importance, not worth bothering about, not worth mentioning, inconsequential, minimal, inappreciable, imperceptible, nugatory, petty, token, nominal, paltry, inadequate, insufficient, meagre, derisory, pitiful, pathetic, miserable, wee, vest-pocket, teeny, teeny-weeny, teensy, teensy-weensy, weeny, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, eensy, eensy-weensy, pint-sized, bite-sized, piddling, piffling, measly, mingy, titchy, tiddly, poxy, little-bitty, nickel-and-dime,
Opposite: huge, significant,

tiny noun

• a very young child.
• "books that will make tinies and parents laugh out loud"
Origin: late 16th century: extension of obsolete tine, ‘small, diminutive’, of unknown origin.


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