Tiny

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: ti=ny

CIDE DICTIONARY

Tiny, a. [Probably fr. tine, teen, trouble, distress, vexation.].

 Very small; little; puny.  [1913 Webster]
"When that I was and a little tiny boy."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Tiny, adj. (tinier, tiniest) very small or slight.

Derivative

tinily adv. tininess n.

Etymology

obs. tine, tyne (adj. & n.) small, a little: ME, of unkn. orig.

THESAURUS

Tiny

Lilliputian, bantam, bitsy, bitty, cursory, dainty, delicate, depthless, diminutive, dwarf, dwarfish, elfin, few, fine, footling, inconsequential, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, lilliputian, little, low, meager, micro, microscopic, midget, mini, miniature, minikin, minim, minuscular, minuscule, minute, negligible, no great shakes, paltry, peewee, petite, petty, picayune, picayunish, pint-sized, pocket, pocket-size, pocket-sized, puny, pygmy, shallow, short, skin-deep, slight, small, superficial, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, trifling, trivial, wee, weeny

ROGET THESAURUS

Tiny

Littleness

N littleness, smallness, exiguity, inextension, parvitude, parvity, duodecimo, Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm, rudiment, vanishing point, thinness, dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf, atomy, dandiprat, doll, puppet, Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb, manikin, mannikin, homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow, animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon, bacteria, infusoria, microzoa, phytozoaria, microbe, grub, tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry, millet seed, mustard seed, barleycorn, pebble, grain of sand, molehill, button, bubble, point, atom, fragment, powder, point of a pin, mathematical point, minutiae, micrometer, vernier, scale, microphotography, photomicrography, micrography, photomicrograph, microphotograph, microscopy, microscope (optical instruments), little, small, minute, diminutive, microscopic, microzoal, inconsiderable, exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin, undersized, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, spare, stunted, limited, cramp, cramped, pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket, portative, portable, duodecimo, dumpy, squat, short, impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial, infinitesimal, homoeopathic, atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular, rudimentary, rudimental, embryonic, vestigial, weazen, scant, scraggy, scrubby, thin, granular, shrunk, brevipennate, in a small compass, in a nutshell, on a small scale, minutely, microscopically.