Synonyms for minuscule
ˈmɪn əˌskyul, mɪˈnʌs kyulmi·nus·cule

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1. minusculeadjective

   Written in minuscules, lower-case.

   Synonyms:
   lower-case, small, microscopic, minute, tiny

   Antonyms:
   uppercase, majuscule

2. minusculeadjective

   Written in minuscule handwriting style.

   Synonyms:
   small, tiny, microscopic, lower-case, minute

3. minusculeadjective

   Very small, tiny.

   a minuscule dot

   Synonyms:
   lower-case, minute, microscopic, small, tiny

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1. small letter, lowercase, lower-case letter, minusculenoun

   the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

   Synonyms:
   lowercase, small letter, lower-case letter

   Antonyms:
   majuscule, large, big, uppercase, majuscular

2. minusculeadjective

   a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts

   Synonyms:
   lowercase, small letter, lower-case letter

   Antonyms:
   large, big, majuscule, majuscular, uppercase

3. minuscule, minuscularadjective

   of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries

   Synonyms:
   miniscule, little, minuscular, small

   Antonyms:
   uppercase, large, majuscular, majuscule, big

4. little, minuscule, smalladjective

   lowercase

   "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

   Synonyms:
   piddling, small-scale, minuscular, picayune, trivial, lowly, footling, minor, humble, lilliputian, slight, fiddling, diminished, petty, short, pocket-sized, little(a), belittled, low, small, pocket-size, small(a), little, modest, piffling, niggling, miniscule

   Antonyms:
   majuscular, big, majuscule, large, uppercase

5. minuscule, minisculeadjective

   very small

   "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell"

   Synonyms:
   miniscule, little, minuscular, small

   Antonyms:
   uppercase, big, majuscular, large, majuscule

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1. List of paraphrases for "minuscule":

   tiny, miniscule, microscopic

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How to use minuscule in a sentence?

1. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   You're a minuscule part of this vast cosmic epoch!

2. Sherrod Brown:

   Given the slack in the labor market and the minuscule increases in the wages for most Americans, The Fed should continue to be patient so as not to choke off the recovery at a time when the stronger dollar is already putting pressure on it.

3. Michael Collins:

   The banks are still cheap, the chance of losing money on a 10-year senior bond is minuscule.

4. Fiance Nicole Johnson:

   I know Michael well enough to know he doesn’t need to partake in the tiny, minuscule decisions. But I also know him well enough to know that he does want to be involved in what flavor our cake is going to be and what flowers he thinks are ugly and what flowers he thinks are really pretty, i show him pictures and I ask what he thinks and he’ll either brush it off, which means he doesn’t really care, or he’ll give me his opinion.

5. Azra Naseem:

   Rich Western Europeans, towards whom most of the Maldives’ tourism is geared, would not want to book expensive holidays in a country known for the production of jihad, if the tourism industry is damaged, the minuscule percentage of rich Maldivians who control it would suffer, and many of them bankroll the government. So the current regimen downplays the number of jihadists, pretends it is a problem that does not exist and labels anyone who speaks about it a traitor.