Synonyms for microscopic
ˌmaɪ krəˈskɒp ɪkmi·cro·scop·ic

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1. microscopicadjective

   Antonyms:
   macroscopic

2. microscopicadjective

   We supply all microscopic stains and other materials.

   Antonyms:
   macroscopic

3. microscopicadjective

   The water was full of microscopic organisms.

   Antonyms:
   macroscopic

4. microscopicadjective

   Compared to the galaxy, we are microscopic in scale.

   Antonyms:
   macroscopic

5. microscopicadjective

   The police carried out a microscopic search of the crime scene.

   Antonyms:
   macroscopic

6. microscopicadjective

   Why has not man a microscopic eye? Alexander Pope.

   Antonyms:
   macroscopic

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1. microscopic

   Synonyms:
   brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, limited, little, mean, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial

   Antonyms:
   abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vast, wide

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. microscopic, microscopicaladjective

   of or relating to or used in microscopy

   "microscopic analysis"; "microscopical examination"

   Synonyms:
   microscopical

   Antonyms:
   imprecise, large, big, invisible, unseeable

2. microscopic, microscopicaladjective

   visible under a microscope; using a microscope

   Synonyms:
   microscopical

   Antonyms:
   big, large, unseeable, imprecise, invisible

3. microscopicadjective

   extremely precise with great attention to details

   "examined it with microscopic care"

   Synonyms:
   microscopical

   Antonyms:
   big, unseeable, large, invisible, imprecise

4. microscopic, microscopicaladjective

   so small as to be invisible without a microscope

   "differences were microscopic"

   Synonyms:
   microscopical

   Antonyms:
   large, unseeable, big, imprecise, invisible

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1. microscopicadjective

   Synonyms:
   [applied to the eye.] able to see minute objects

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1. List of paraphrases for "microscopic":

   microscopy, microscope, ultrastructural, micro, minuscule

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. microscopic

   Synonyms:
   Microscopical

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How to use microscopic in a sentence?

1. Brad Nelson:

   We're making microscopic robots that are guided by externally generated magnetic fields for use in the human body.

2. Steve Hamilton:

   If you just have a liter (of water) down in the bottom of a boat and put it on a trailer and travel over land to a new river system, you could be injecting potentially hundreds or even thousands of microscopic larvae into a new water body.

3. Linsey Marr:

   The smaller microscopic ones that we call aerosols behave kind of like cigarette smoke. So they're going to be more concentrated closer to the smoker, the person who might be infected. As you get farther away, your exposure would be much less.

4. Australian Ralph Grimm:

   It's quite amazing, I was overwhelmed, each year we are blown away by the incredible quality and quantity of microscopic images submitted from all over the world.

5. Kenzie Pyne:

   Microscopic pieces they couldn’t get were left behind, she is doing much better, eating and in high spirits.