EN

Synonyms for minnie

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Small potatoes — A person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value. a team that is considered less…

small potatoes, shrimp, small fry

2. Minim — any of certain small fish. Synonym of stickleback (family Gasterosteidae)

minim, stickleback, pinkeen IE

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any of certain small fish. Synonym of stickleback (family Gasterosteidae).

  2. n. 2

    A person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value. a team that is considered less skilled and not expected to win many, if any, of its matches.

Related words

Other spellings
minnow

Forms

Plural
minnies → shrimps, minims, sticklebacks, pinkeens…

Example sentences

  • stickleback The freshwater stickleback fish was introduced into the tank.
  • nobody It is said that nobody has solved the problem yet.
  • twinkle The plane disappeared in the twinkle of an eye.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
minniefalling
sticklebackfalling
nobodyrising
twinklerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
penk
5 letters
minim
6 letters
nobody3, shrimp1
7 letters
twinkle2, pinkeen
8 letters
galaxiid
9 letters
jollytail
11 letters
stickleback

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (nobody3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
fretin