mite
1 of 2noun (1)
ˈmīt 
: any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors
mite
2 of 2noun (2)
1
: a small coin or sum of money
2
a
: a very little : bit
b
: a very small object or creature
Phrases
a mite : somewhat, rather
could be that I am a mite prejudiced
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Synonyms
Noun (2)
- chicken feed [slang]
- chump change
- dime
- hay
- peanuts
- pin money
- pittance
- shoestring
- song
- two cents
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old English mīte; akin to Middle Dutch mite mite, small copper coin
Noun (2)
Middle English, from Middle French or Middle Dutch; Middle French, small Flemish copper coin, from Middle Dutch
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing mite
Kids Definition
mite
noun
ˈmīt
1
: a tiny animal that is related to and resembles the spider and often lives as a parasite on plants and other animals
2
: a very small person, thing, or amount
Medical Definition
mite
noun
ˈmīt
: any of numerous small to very minute arachnids of the order Acari that have a body without a constriction between the cephalothorax and abdomen, mandibles generally chelate or adapted for piercing, usually four pairs of short legs in the adult and but three in the young larvae, and often breathing organs in the form of tracheae and that include parasites of insects and vertebrates some of which are important disease vectors, parasites of plants in which they frequently cause gall formation, pests of various stored products, and completely innocuous free-living aquatic and terrestrial forms see itch mite
mite
noun
1
as in dime
a very small sum of money I have only a mite left to buy lunch for the rest of the week Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- dime
- hay
- peanuts
- pittance
- shoestring
- two cents
- chicken feed
- pin money
- petty cash
- song
- chump change
- pocket money
- spending money
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- mint
- boodle
- wad
- bundle
- fortune
- means
- capital
- funds
- bankroll
- wealth
- treasure
- opulence
- pile
- riches
- pelf
- heap
- wherewithal
- big buck(s)
- mine
- megabuck(s)
- bonanza
- pot
- king's ransom
- treasure trove
- treasury
2
as in diminutive
a living thing much smaller than others of its kind the kitten was just a mite, hardly the size of my palm Synonyms & Similar Words
- diminutive
- dwarf
- shrimp
- runt
- scrub
- midget
- pygmy
- miniature
- pigmy
- mini
- peewee
- bantam
- nubbin
- Tom Thumb
- mannikin
- manikin
- homunculus
- half-pint
- hop-o'-my-thumb
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- monster
- giant
- jumbo
- colossus
- mammoth
- titan
- whale
- behemoth
- leviathan
- whopper
3
as in little
a very small amount that speech didn't make a mite of sense Synonyms & Similar Words
- little
- bit
- tad
- speck
- sprinkling
- glimmer
- hint
- splash
- shred
- touch
- lick
- particle
- dab
- crumb
- smidgen
- spark
- fleck
- trace
- handful
- smack
- smidgin
- smidge
- ray
- dram
- peanuts
- sliver
- spatter
- ounce
- bite
- streak
- strain
- smell
- smidgeon
- skosh
- pinch
- scintilla
- scruple
- nip
- driblet
- dash
- suspicion
- minimum
- ace
- shade
- dose
- soupçon
- drop
- spot
- portion
- mote
- grain
- whit
- shadow
- taste
- drop in the bucket
- nibble
- molecule
- tittle
- part
- patch
- granule
- snap
- modicum
- iota
- atom
- syllable
- morsel
- fragment
- flyspeck
- minim
- dot
- vestige
- nubbin
- scattering
- section
- jot
- hoot
- flake
- semblance
- splinter
- tatter
- smattering
- scrap
- smatter
- chip
- shard
- shiver
- shaving
- clipping
- paring
- shot
- smithereens
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- abundance
- quantity
- mass
- mountain
- pile
- bucket
- deal
- wealth
- mess
- loads
- lot
- peck
- bundle
- plenty
- barrel
- stack
- heaps
- wad
- profusion
- bushel
- raft
- fistful
- volume
- passel
- gobs
- scads
- excess
- boatload
- oodles
- much
- surplus
- overkill
- lashings
- reams
- potful
- overmuch
- bonanza
- embarrassment
- lashins
- overflow
- overabundance
- superfluity
- superabundance
- overage
- slab
- surfeit
- lump
- chunk
- oversupply
- hunk
