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miniature

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of miniature

very small in size

  • a dollhouse with miniature furnishings
Synonyms of miniature

atomic, bitsy, bitty, infinitesimal, itty-bitty (or itsy-bitsy), little bitty, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), minuscule, minute, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee, weeny (also weensy)
Words Related to miniature

baby, diminutive, dwarf, elfin, half-pint, Lilliputian, little, micro, mini, minikin, model, petite, pocket, pocket-size (also pocket-sized), pygmy, small, smallish

dinky, dwarfish, insignificant, pint-size (or pint-sized), puny, scrubby, undersized (also undersize)
Near Antonyms of miniature

big, bulky, bumper, considerable, extensive, good, goodly, grand, great, gross, handsome, hefty, hulking, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), large, largish, major, outsize (also outsized), overgrown, overscale (or overscaled), oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, super, whacking, whopping

formidable, grandiose, imposing, lofty, majestic, monolithic, staggering, stupendous, towering

boundless, cavernous, immeasurable, infinite, vast, vasty, voluminous
Antonyms of miniature

astronomical (also astronomic), colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), elephantine, enormous, giant, gigantic, herculean, heroic (also heroical), huge, immense, mammoth, massive, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, planetary, prodigious, titanic, tremendous

Synonym Discussion of miniature

small, little, diminutive, minute, tiny, miniature mean noticeably below average in size. small and little are often interchangeable, but small applies more to relative size determined by capacity, value, number.
    • a relatively small backyard
little is more absolute in implication often carrying the idea of petiteness, pettiness, insignificance, or immaturity.
    • your pathetic little smile
diminutive implies abnormal smallness.
    • diminutive bonsai plants
minute implies extreme smallness.
    • a minute amount of caffeine in the soda
tiny is an informal equivalent to minute.
    • tiny cracks formed in the painting
miniature applies to an exactly proportioned reproduction on a very small scale.
    • a dollhouse with miniature furnishings

miniature

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of miniature

an exact representation of something in greatly reduced size

  • a diorama filled with miniatures of town buildings as they looked in the 19th century
Synonyms of miniature

model
Words Related to miniature

carbon, carbon copy, clone, copy, dummy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, imitation, mock, reduplication, replica, replication, reproduction

dwarf, midget, mini, pocket edition, pygmy (also pigmy)
Near Antonyms of miniature

archetype, original, prototype

blowup, enlargement

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