MICRO Synonyms: 119 Similar and Opposite Words

micro

adjective

Definition of micro

as in mini

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Recent Examples of micro The Centennial City Council banned some micro-mobility vehicles from some public spaces after unanimously approving the ordinance during Tuesday's meeting. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 These products, along with 22 micro-sized contracts, trade 23 hours a day — from Sunday night through Friday afternoon. — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026 Our favorites include stretch ponte pants, a micro-rib tank, and an affordable cashmere cardigan. — Christina Shepherd McGuire, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026 Regardless, seeing it in practice helped show what the Bills may do at the macro and micro levels once the regular season begins. — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for micro

Recent Examples of Synonyms for micro

Adjective

Joseph is planning a mini dress for the party look and a two-piece set for the ceremony, all in lavender velvet.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
At the company’s headquarters on a recent Tuesday, a mini robot waved its arms and moved its feet to a Dua Lipa song.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of mini

Adjective

Shoichiro was smallish and solidly built, with a dull, pale complexion.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Yet, just a few weeks ago, Zweigenhaft was on the floor inside Ragan-Brown Fieldhouse, matched up with a smallish guard who played fierce defense, crashed the boards and generally played with the aggression of Jose Alvarado of the New York Knicks.

— Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of smallish

Adjective

The black dotted forecast line shows the multi-model median whereas the surrounding range shows the 25th–75th percentiles.

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026
Because solutions are designed with model-agnostic architecture, organizations can adopt future AI innovations without rebuilding their underlying systems.

— Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of model

Adjective

Then handle the smaller responsibilities competing for your attention.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
Its compact permanent magnet motor enables a smaller pod diameter, reducing hydrodynamic drag while maintaining high propulsion performance.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of small

Adjective

The MoonPie might be closer to pocket-size, but its soft and chewy texture and s’mores-like flavor will send you over the moon.

— Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 23 July 2026
Everyone—blue-collar moms, college students, CEOs—suffers from the distractions of carrying around the pinging, blinking pocket-size casinos that our phones have become.

— Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026

Definition of pocket-size

Adjective

Our study takes only a tiny step – but still a step – in that direction, helping to nail down the mechanism of exotic superconductivity in graphene.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
The grand scale of cosmic time reminds her (and us) that social mores and strictures are tiny, meaningless things, that what matters is passion and freedom.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of tiny

Adjective

The next step will connect microscopic damage with the properties that matter most for fusion magnets.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
This is when impacts of objects ranging in size from microscopic micrometeorites to large asteroids, turns over the regolith, mixing it all up including the radioactive supernova debris.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026