Minnow

//ˈmɪnəʊ//

Synonyms for "minnow" (71 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Noun(5 words)

absolute zero also-ran chopped liver cipher crumb

bantam banty benthos button cetacean chit diminutive dolphin featherweight fish

Strong matches (21)

fry kipper lightweight loch ness monster man eater marine animal mini mouse nubbin

Noun(12 words)

galaxiid gremlin joe nobody jollytail little guy minim nebbish no one nobody nonentity nothing nothingburger

Related words (35)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

cyprinid cyprinid fish

More specific

15 entries

Antalya minnow Antalya spring minnow Eurasian minnow European minnow Family Cyprinidae Hainan minnow Other families White Cloud Mountain minnow common minnow fathead minnow mudminnow rosy-red minnow stoneroller top minnow topminnow

derived

11 entries

faster than a minnow can swim a dipper minnock minnow basher minnow bashing minnowed minnower mud minnow pikeminnow quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper satinfin minnow spottail minnow

has context

1 entries

fishing

is a

2 entries

cyprinid fish

related to

23 entries

baby baby fish bait carp fish fishing freshwater guppy in water little little fish pinkeen pole small small fish tad

Showing 16 of 23 words.

Translations

68 translations across 32 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

φοξῖνος noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Basque

1 entries

ezkailu noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Bulgarian

1 entries

лещанка noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Catalan

1 entries

barb roig noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏨᏗᏯ noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Czech

1 entries

střevle noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Dutch

2 entries

elrits noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
ondermaatse vis noun (any small fish)

Finnish

4 entries

karppi noun (any of a number of other (small) fish from the family Cyprinidae; other small (usually freshwater) fish from other families)
mutu noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
pikkukala noun (any small fish)
pikkutekijä noun (person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value)

French

3 entries

fretin noun (any small fish)
vairon noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
vaironner verb (to fish using minnows as bait)

German

4 entries

Bitterfisch noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
Elritze noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
Maipiere noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
Pfrille noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Hungarian

4 entries

cselle noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
fürge cselle noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
halacska noun (any small fish)
kis hal noun (any small fish)

Irish

2 entries

bodairlín noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
pincín noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Italian

1 entries

sanguinerola noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Latin

1 entries

phoxinus noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Macedonian

4 entries

пи́јор noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
ри́пче noun (any small fish)
си́тна ри́ба noun (any small fish)
си́тна ри́ба noun (person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value)

Manx

1 entries

mynnag noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries

so'qomu'j noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Middle English

1 entries

menowe noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Māori

1 entries

pokotehe noun (any small fish)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

ørekyte noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Polish

2 entries

płotka noun (any small fish)
płotka noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Portuguese

3 entries

peixe pequeno noun (person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value)
peixinho noun (any small fish)
vairão noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Romanian

1 entries

boiștean noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Russian

2 entries

голья́н noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
рыбка noun (any small fish)

Scots

2 entries

baanie noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
bandy noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

doirbeag noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
sgiolag noun (any small fish)

Spanish

3 entries

carpa noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
carpita noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
pececillo noun (any small fish)

Swedish

2 entries

elritsa noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
kvidd noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Thai

2 entries

ซิว noun (any small fish)
ซิว noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Turkish

1 entries

golyan noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Unami

1 entries

namètët noun (any small fish)

Welsh

4 entries

brithyll y dom noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
crothell y dom noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
pilcodyn noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)
sil y dom noun (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Europe is a minnow when it comes to the chips that are vital to high-end manufacturing.

Source: tatoeba (9794791)

Tom is a minnow in the Boston academic community.

Source: tatoeba (10538156)

I have obſerved, as I have ſat by a ſpout of vvater, vvhich decſends from a ſtone trough about tvvo feet into a ſtream belovv, at particular ſeaſons of the year, a great number of little fiſh called minums, or pinks, throvv themſelves about tvventy times their ovvn length out of the vvater, expecting to get into the trough above.

Source: wiktionary

I wonder King George is let venture down on this coast, where he might be snapped up in a moment like a minnow by a her'n, so near as we be to the field of Boney's vagaries!

Source: wiktionary

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