minnownoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmɪn.əʊ/us/ˈmɪn.oʊ/minnow noun [ C ] (FISH)
a very small fish found in lakes and rivers
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Freshwater fish
- bream
- carp
- catfish
- eel
- elver
- fish
- fry
- goldfish
- lamprey
- perch
- pike
- piranha
- roach
- salmon
- salmon trout
- stickleback
- trout
minnow noun [ C ] (PERSON/ORGANIZATION)
an organization or person that is not important and has little influence or power
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People of little importance
- a cog in a/the machine idiom
- be past your sell-by date idiom
- cannon fodder
- cipher
- inferior
- lightweight
- mediocrity
- nobody
- nothing
- past
- pipsqueak
- plaything
- poor
- poor relation idiom
- pygmy
- small fry
- waste
- waste of space idiom
- waster
- worm
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