PEEWEES Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

peewees

noun

plural of peewee

as in dwarfs

a living thing much smaller than others of its kind that particular species is the peewee of the salmon world

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Recent Examples of peewees Flag football’s prolific growth has strengthened the sport at every amateur level from peewees to the Olympics and led to the NFL’s $32 million commitment for men’s and women’s professional flag leagues to debut next year. — Tim Graham, New York Times, 2 July 2026

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This is why a major question in the field is whether or not rocky planet atmospheres can even survive at all around M dwarfs.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 July 2026
And the question is whether the planets even have atmospheres, because M dwarfs are quite active.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 July 2026

Definition of dwarfs

Noun

Dreyer went on to build many Indy 500 cars in the 1930s and built championship-winning sprint cars, midgets and quarter-midgets.

— Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
From midgets to Indy cars, from sprint cars to stock cars, Stewart was at home behind the wheel.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2026

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