minim
noun
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Like the more common minimum, minim derives from the Latin word minimus, meaning "least" or "smallest." Musicians were the first to note its significance in the 15th century as a word for the half note. Chirographers soon adopted it as a word for a single downstroke in penmanship (such as any of the three in the letter m), and after careful analysis, apothecaries prescribed minim as a word for their smallest unit of liquid capacity. English speakers have also embraced minim as a general noun referring to things that are very small and as an adjective meaning "of the smallest size," as in "a minim amount."
Word History
Latin minimus least
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
minim
noun
minim 1 of 2
adjective
Synonyms & Similar Words
- micro
- tiny
- minuscule
- infinitesimal
- wee
- microscopic
- mini
- miniature
- minikin
- teeny
- teensy
- inappreciable
- miniaturized
- bitty
- weeny
- teeny-weeny
- minute
- little bitty
- slender
- weensy
- microscopical
- meager
- spare
- sparse
- teensy-weensy
- scarce
- scant
- runty
- scrubby
- runtish
- pinpoint
- scanty
- dwarf
- slim
- skimpy
- small
- stunted
- meagre
- skimp
- niggardly
- toy
- poor
- subnormal
- insufficient
- diminutive
- stingy
- pocket
- dwarfish
- smallish
- pygmy
- lacking
- inadequate
- little
- dinky
- slight
- deficient
- capsule
- puny
- half-pint
- pocket-sized
- toylike
- bantam
- pocket-size
- undersized
- wanting
- fine
- pint-sized
- shrimpy
- pint-size
- Lilliputian
- undersize
- bite-sized
- bite-size
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- large
- considerable
- substantial
- goodly
- sizeable
- sizable
- outsize
- big
- tidy
- great
- oversize
- hefty
- oversized
- handsome
- whopping
- largish
- massive
- grand
- outsized
- prodigious
- enormous
- appreciable
- copious
- husky
- gross
- ample
- voluminous
- huge
- heroical
- liberal
- vast
- immense
- gargantuan
- tremendous
- gigantic
- generous
- colossal
- monumental
- monolithic
- monstrous
- jumbo
- giant
- pharaonic
- mammoth
- bulky
- heroic
- staggering
- humongous
- whacking
- herculean
- plenteous
- abundant
- stupendous
- galactic
- titanic
- biggish
- overscale
- mountainous
- boxcar
- elephantine
- fat
- plentiful
- cavernous
- cyclopean
- leviathan
- healthy
- sufficient
- bountiful
- overscaled
- infinite
- thick
- wide
- adequate
- king-size
- broad
- king-sized
- incalculable
- humungous
- cosmical
- cosmic
- enough
- hulking
- Brobdingnagian
- Bunyanesque
- immeasurable
- boundless
- Himalayan
minim
2 of 2noun
Synonyms & Similar Words
- iota
- jot
- smidgen
- trifle
- mite
- particle
- smidgeon
- crumb
- smidgin
- dab
- smidge
- hairbreadth
- hairsbreadth
- inch
- bit
- hairline
- neck
- hair
- trace
- ace
- shouting distance
- stone's throw
- hop, skip, and jump
- step
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- long haul
- mile
- infinity
- country mile
- light-year