Europe is a minnow when it comes to the chips that are vital to high-end manufacturing.
Source: tatoeba (9794791)
Minnow
/ˈmɪnəʊ/
Synonyms for "minnow" (51 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
7 entriesMore specific
4 entriesCollocations
6 entriesbait fishminnow distributionminnow habitatminnow mortalityminnow populationminnow sampling
Inflections
1 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 13 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- ondermaatse vis noun (any small fish)
Finnish
3 entries- pikkukala noun (any small fish)
- pikkutekijä noun (person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value)
- sintti noun (any small fish)
French
1 entries- fretin noun (any small fish)
Hungarian
2 entries- halacska noun (any small fish)
- kis hal noun (any small fish)
Macedonian
3 entries- ри́пче noun (any small fish)
- си́тна ри́ба noun (any small fish)
- си́тна ри́ба noun (person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value)
Māori
1 entries- pokotehe noun (any small fish)
Polish
1 entries- płotka noun (any small fish)
Portuguese
2 entries- peixe pequeno noun (person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value)
- peixinho noun (any small fish)
Russian
1 entries- рыбка noun (any small fish)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sgiolag noun (any small fish)
Spanish
1 entries- pececillo noun (any small fish)
Thai
1 entries- ซิว noun (any small fish)
Unami
1 entries- namètët noun (any small fish)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
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
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.